Shoshenq II
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Shoshenq II was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, primarily recognized from his richly furnished royal tomb at Tanis.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Shoshenq II canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7451134 — 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: Shoshenq II Context triple: [Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt, hasRuler, Shoshenq II]
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A.
Shoshenq I
Shoshenq I was a Libyan-origin pharaoh who founded Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty and is often identified with the biblical Shishak who campaigned against the Kingdom of Judah.
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B.
Ahmose II
Ahmose II, also known as Amasis II, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s 26th Dynasty noted for his prosperous reign, extensive building projects, and active diplomatic and commercial relations with Greek city-states.
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C.
Osorkon II
Osorkon II was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, known for his extensive building projects and religious patronage during the Third Intermediate Period.
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D.
Amenemhat II
Amenemhat II was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 12th Dynasty, known for consolidating Middle Kingdom power through military campaigns and extensive building projects.
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E.
Taharqa
Taharqa was a prominent pharaoh of Egypt’s 25th (Kushite) Dynasty, known for his extensive building projects and resistance against Assyrian expansion in the 7th century BCE.
- 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: Shoshenq II Target entity description: Shoshenq II was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, primarily recognized from his richly furnished royal tomb at Tanis.
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A.
Shoshenq I
Shoshenq I was a Libyan-origin pharaoh who founded Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty and is often identified with the biblical Shishak who campaigned against the Kingdom of Judah.
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B.
Ahmose II
Ahmose II, also known as Amasis II, was a pharaoh of Egypt’s 26th Dynasty noted for his prosperous reign, extensive building projects, and active diplomatic and commercial relations with Greek city-states.
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C.
Osorkon II
Osorkon II was a pharaoh of Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, known for his extensive building projects and religious patronage during the Third Intermediate Period.
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D.
Amenemhat II
Amenemhat II was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s 12th Dynasty, known for consolidating Middle Kingdom power through military campaigns and extensive building projects.
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E.
Taharqa
Taharqa was a prominent pharaoh of Egypt’s 25th (Kushite) Dynasty, known for his extensive building projects and resistance against Assyrian expansion in the 7th century BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian pharaoh
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ruler of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Libyan-origin Twenty-second Dynasty
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Tanis royal necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| attestedBy |
funerary equipment inscriptions
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tomb finds at Tanis ⓘ |
| burialGoods |
amulets
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bracelets ⓘ canopic jars ⓘ gold jewelry ⓘ inscribed royal regalia ⓘ pectoral ornaments ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialSite | Royal tomb at Tanis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialStructure | NRT III (Tanis tomb) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| burialType | intact royal burial ⓘ |
| category |
Ancient Egyptian mummies
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People of the Third Intermediate Period of Egypt ⓘ Pharaohs of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
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surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| culture | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| discoveryOfTomb | 20th century CE archaeological excavations at Tanis ⓘ |
| dynasty | Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | c. 10th century BCE ⓘ |
| hasArtifact |
inscribed jewelry from his tomb
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silver coffin ⓘ silver funerary mask from Tanis ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | poorly attested pharaoh ⓘ |
| knownFor |
gold and silver funerary equipment
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richly furnished royal tomb at Tanis ⓘ silver funerary mask ⓘ |
| language | Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Osorkon I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignLocation |
Lower Egypt
NERFINISHED
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Tanis (as royal residence area) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Ancient Egyptian religion NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Shoshenq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| royalName | Shoshenq II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptUsedOnMonuments | Egyptian hieroglyphs ⓘ |
| successor | Osorkon II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title |
King of Upper and Lower Egypt
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Pharaoh ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Shoshenq II Description of subject: Shoshenq II was a little-known pharaoh of ancient Egypt’s Twenty-second Dynasty, primarily recognized from his richly furnished royal tomb at Tanis.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.