Esagila tablet
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The Esagila tablet is an ancient Babylonian cuneiform text that provides a detailed description and measurements of the Esagila temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk.
All labels observed (1)
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| Esagila tablet canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6006577 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esagila tablet Context triple: [Esagila temple complex, mentionedIn, Esagila tablet]
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Ras Shamra tablets
The Ras Shamra tablets are a cache of Late Bronze Age cuneiform texts from ancient Ugarit that preserve a rich corpus of Northwest Semitic mythology, poetry, and administrative records crucial for understanding Canaanite religion and early alphabetic writing.
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B.
Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
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C.
Tablet of Ahkmenrah
The Tablet of Ahkmenrah is a magical Egyptian artifact in the "Night at the Museum" film series that brings museum exhibits to life each night.
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D.
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
The Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar is a Neo-Babylonian clay foundation inscription of King Nabonidus that records his religious devotion and building activities, notably the restoration of the temple of the sun god Shamash.
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E.
Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esagila tablet Target entity description: The Esagila tablet is an ancient Babylonian cuneiform text that provides a detailed description and measurements of the Esagila temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk.
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A.
Ras Shamra tablets
The Ras Shamra tablets are a cache of Late Bronze Age cuneiform texts from ancient Ugarit that preserve a rich corpus of Northwest Semitic mythology, poetry, and administrative records crucial for understanding Canaanite religion and early alphabetic writing.
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B.
Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur is an ancient Sumerian artifact from around 2600–2400 BCE, a richly inlaid wooden box depicting scenes of war and peace that offers key insights into early Mesopotamian society.
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C.
Tablet of Ahkmenrah
The Tablet of Ahkmenrah is a magical Egyptian artifact in the "Night at the Museum" film series that brings museum exhibits to life each night.
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D.
Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar
The Nabonidus Cylinder from Sippar is a Neo-Babylonian clay foundation inscription of King Nabonidus that records his religious devotion and building activities, notably the restoration of the temple of the sun god Shamash.
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E.
Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Babylonian scholarly text
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ancient Mesopotamian text ⓘ cuneiform tablet ⓘ |
| associatedDeity | Marduk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| category |
Mesopotamian temple texts
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ancient Near Eastern architectural sources ⓘ |
| contains | technical terminology for building parts ⓘ |
| culture | Babylonian ⓘ |
| dedicatedToDeity | Marduk NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes | Esagila temple complex NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documents |
dimensions of temple courtyards
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dimensions of temple gates ⓘ dimensions of temple rooms ⓘ |
| genre |
scholarly-technical text
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temple description ⓘ |
| geographicContext | Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | Akkadian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
evidence for Babylonian architectural knowledge
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evidence for Babylonian metrology ⓘ source for reconstruction of Esagila ⓘ |
| historicalPeriod | first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| material | clay ⓘ |
| measurementSystem | Babylonian metrology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsCity | Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsStructure | Esagila temple NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfOrigin | Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| provides |
architectural description of Esagila
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measurements of Esagila temple complex ⓘ |
| religiousAssociation | Marduk cult ⓘ |
| religiousCategory | Marduk temple texts ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Babylonian religion ⓘ |
| religiousFunction | documentation of temple layout ⓘ |
| religiousSiteDescribed | main temple of Marduk in Babylon ⓘ |
| scriptType | wedge-shaped signs ⓘ |
| subject |
cultic topography of Babylon
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temple architecture ⓘ |
| typeOfMeasurement |
area measurements
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length measurements ⓘ |
| usedBy | Babylonian scholars ⓘ |
| usedFor | preserving knowledge of Esagila layout ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Esagila tablet Description of subject: The Esagila tablet is an ancient Babylonian cuneiform text that provides a detailed description and measurements of the Esagila temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk.
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