Victory stela of Piye
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The Victory stela of Piye is an ancient Egyptian monumental inscription commemorating the Kushite king Piye’s successful military campaign and consolidation of power over Egypt in the 8th century BCE.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Piye Stela | 1 |
| Piye Victory Stela at Gebel Barkal | 1 |
| Victory stela of Piye canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11629184 — 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: Victory stela of Piye Context triple: [Piye, issued, Victory stela of Piye]
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Naram-Sin Victory Stele
The Naram-Sin Victory Stele is an Akkadian limestone monument depicting King Naram-Sin’s triumphant ascent over defeated enemies, exemplifying early Mesopotamian royal propaganda and hierarchical scale in Near Eastern art.
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B.
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
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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C.
Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
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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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E.
King Ezana's Stele
King Ezana's Stele is a monumental ancient stone obelisk in Aksum, Ethiopia, commemorating the reign and achievements of King Ezana of the Aksumite Empire.
- 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: Victory stela of Piye Target entity description: The Victory stela of Piye is an ancient Egyptian monumental inscription commemorating the Kushite king Piye’s successful military campaign and consolidation of power over Egypt in the 8th century BCE.
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A.
Naram-Sin Victory Stele
The Naram-Sin Victory Stele is an Akkadian limestone monument depicting King Naram-Sin’s triumphant ascent over defeated enemies, exemplifying early Mesopotamian royal propaganda and hierarchical scale in Near Eastern art.
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B.
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV
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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C.
Narmer Macehead
The Narmer Macehead is an ancient ceremonial stone macehead from early dynastic Egypt, notable for its carved scenes that likely commemorate King Narmer’s royal ceremonies or military victories and provide key evidence for the formation of the Egyptian state.
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D.
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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E.
King Ezana's Stele
King Ezana's Stele is a monumental ancient stone obelisk in Aksum, Ethiopia, commemorating the reign and achievements of King Ezana of the Aksumite Empire.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian stela
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historical document ⓘ monumental inscription ⓘ royal inscription ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture |
Kushite
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ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Twenty-fifth Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Piye
NERFINISHED
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Tefnakht of Sais NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| commissionedBy | Piye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCurrentLocation | Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| creator | scribes of Piye’s court ⓘ |
| currentLocation | Egyptian Museum of Cairo NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | circa 728 BCE ⓘ |
| depicts |
Piye’s military campaign in Egypt
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capture of Memphis ⓘ siege of Hermopolis ⓘ submission of Egyptian rulers to Piye ⓘ |
| describesEvent |
Piye’s march from Nubia into Egypt
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submission of Delta princes to Piye ⓘ |
| genre | victory inscription ⓘ |
| historicalSignificance |
evidence for political fragmentation of Egypt in the 8th century BCE
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primary source for early Kushite rule in Egypt ⓘ |
| inscriptionTechnique | carved in sunk relief ⓘ |
| inscriptionType | royal annalistic text ⓘ |
| language | Egyptian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Kushite conquest of Egypt
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Piye NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| material |
granite
ⓘ
stone ⓘ |
| mentionsDeity |
Amun
NERFINISHED
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Ra NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsPlace |
Gebel Barkal
NERFINISHED
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Hermopolis NERFINISHED ⓘ Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ Thebes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionsRuler |
Nimlot
NERFINISHED
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Osorkon IV NERFINISHED ⓘ Peftjauawybast NERFINISHED ⓘ Tefnakht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person voice of Piye ⓘ |
| originalLocation |
Napata
NERFINISHED
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Temple of Amun at Gebel Barkal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Third Intermediate Period of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
commemorating Piye’s victory in Egypt
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legitimizing Kushite rule over Egypt ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Amun cult ⓘ |
| style | traditional Egyptian royal rhetoric ⓘ |
| writingSystem | hieroglyphic script ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Victory stela of Piye Description of subject: The Victory stela of Piye is an ancient Egyptian monumental inscription commemorating the Kushite king Piye’s successful military campaign and consolidation of power over Egypt in the 8th century BCE.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Piye Victory Stela at Gebel Barkal
this entity surface form:
Piye Stela