Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
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The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.
All labels observed (8)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T373945 — 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: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV Context triple: [Great Sphinx of Giza, inscriptionNearby, Dream Stele of Thutmose IV]
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Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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B.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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Great Temple of Ptah
The Great Temple of Ptah was the principal sanctuary in ancient Memphis, Egypt, dedicated to the creator god Ptah and serving as a major religious and cultural center of the city.
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Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
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Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
The Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis is a large, finely carved sphinx statue from ancient Egypt, likely dating to the New Kingdom, renowned for its craftsmanship and association with the former capital city of Memphis.
- 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: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV Target entity description: The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.
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A.
Shabaka Stone
The Shabaka Stone is an ancient Egyptian basalt slab inscribed with a theological and cosmological text from the 25th Dynasty that preserves a Memphite creation myth and early philosophical ideas about the god Ptah.
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B.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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C.
Great Temple of Ptah
The Great Temple of Ptah was the principal sanctuary in ancient Memphis, Egypt, dedicated to the creator god Ptah and serving as a major religious and cultural center of the city.
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D.
Black Pyramid
The Black Pyramid is an ancient Egyptian pyramid at Dahshur, notable for its dark mudbrick core and association with the Middle Kingdom pharaoh Amenemhat III.
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E.
Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis
The Alabaster Sphinx of Memphis is a large, finely carved sphinx statue from ancient Egypt, likely dating to the New Kingdom, renowned for its craftsmanship and association with the former capital city of Memphis.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian stele
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inscribed stone slab ⓘ royal monument ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
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surface form:
Dream Stela of Thutmose IV
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV ⓘ
surface form:
Sphinx Dream Stele
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV ⓘ
surface form:
Sphinx Stele of Thutmose IV
|
| associatedWith |
Great Sphinx of Giza
ⓘ
Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Horus
ⓘ
surface form:
Harmachis (Horus-in-the-Horizon)
Ra-Horakhty ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext |
18th Dynasty of Egypt
ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ |
| conditionOfPromise | clearing sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ |
| currentCondition | partially eroded inscription ⓘ |
| dateApproximate | circa 1400 BCE ⓘ |
| dedicatedBy | Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| depictsEvent | dream of Thutmose IV at the Great Sphinx ⓘ |
| describesAction |
clearing sand from around the Sphinx
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restoration of the Great Sphinx ⓘ |
| discoveredIn | antiquity (known since ancient times) ⓘ |
| features |
image of Thutmose IV making offerings
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image of the Great Sphinx ⓘ lunette scene at the top ⓘ |
| function |
commemorative inscription
ⓘ
religious dedication to the sun god ⓘ royal propaganda monument ⓘ |
| height | about 3.6 meters ⓘ |
| inscriptionMedium | carved relief and hieroglyphic text ⓘ |
| inscriptionType |
historical narrative
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royal titulary ⓘ |
| locatedAt | between the paws of the Great Sphinx of Giza ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Giza
ⓘ
surface form:
Giza Plateau
|
| locatedInCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| material | red granite ⓘ |
| promises | kingship to Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| recordsPromiseFrom |
Ra-Horakhty
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surface form:
sun god Ra-Horakhty
the sun god ⓘ |
| reignOf | Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| religiousContext |
solar cult of Ra-Horakhty
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worship of the Great Sphinx ⓘ |
| significance |
example of New Kingdom royal ideology
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important evidence for the cult of the Sphinx ⓘ key source for the reign of Thutmose IV ⓘ |
| studiedBy | Egyptologists ⓘ |
| theme |
divine legitimization of kingship
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maintenance of sacred monuments ⓘ royal piety ⓘ |
| width | about 1.4 meters ⓘ |
| writtenInLanguage | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| writtenInScript | hieroglyphs ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Dream Stele of Thutmose IV Description of subject: The Dream Stele of Thutmose IV is an ancient Egyptian inscribed stone slab commemorating a dream in which the future pharaoh was promised kingship by the sun god if he cleared the sand from the Great Sphinx of Giza.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Dream Stela of Thutmose IV
this entity surface form:
Sphinx Stele of Thutmose IV
this entity surface form:
Sphinx Dream Stele
this entity surface form:
Stela of Thutmose IV
this entity surface form:
Sphinx Stele
this entity surface form:
Dream Stele at the Great Sphinx
this entity surface form:
Dream Stele between the paws of the Great Sphinx