dateApproximate

P877
predicate

Indicates that the associated date is not exact but estimated or approximate rather than precisely known.

All labels observed (131)

Label Occurrences
approximateDate 732
approximateCompositionDate 122
approximateDateOfComposition 116

Description generation (PDg)

The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the predicate name and this instruction.

Instruction
Given a predicate that represents a relationship or action between entities, generate a one-sentence description explaining its meaning.  
# Instructions
Focus on describing the relationship, not the entities themselves. 
# Response Format
Begin the description with \' Indicates...\'
Input
Predicate: dateApproximate
Generated description
Indicates that the associated date is not exact but estimated or approximate rather than precisely known.

Sample triples (2,096)

Subject Object
BWV 248 1734 via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Membra Jesu nostri 1680 via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Praeludium in E major, BuxWV 141 late 17th century via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Allende meteorite specimens 4.56 billion years via predicate surface "approximateAge"
Iron Pillar of Delhi 4th century CE via predicate surface "estimatedDate"
Iron Pillar of Delhi circa 402 CE via predicate surface "estimatedDate"
The Indian Burying Ground late 18th century via predicate surface "approximatePublicationPeriod"
Battle of Lugdunum 197 AD
surface form: Battle of Lugdunum
19 February 197 AD via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Battle of Kyzikos (c. 677) c. 677 via predicate surface "hasApproximateDate"
Battle of Kyzikos (c. 677) 677 via predicate surface "hasApproximateYear"
Kamenets-Podolsky pocket March–April 1944 via predicate surface "approximateDateRange"
Black and White Stairway first millennium BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Site 2 c. 500 BCE–500 CE via predicate surface "estimatedDateRange"
Prasat Hin Phanom Wan 10th–13th century via predicate surface "approximateEra"
The Ring of the Dove c. 1022 via predicate surface "approximateDate"
The Incoherence of the Philosophers late 11th century via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Al-Khwarizmi's Al-jabr wa-l-muqabala c. 820 via predicate surface "approximatePublicationDate"
Prelude in E minor, BWV 855 early 18th century via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Battle of Leros took place in November 1943 via predicate surface "datePrecision"
Germania (work by Tacitus) circa 98 CE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Altamira Cave circa 36,000–13,000 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDating"
Brú na Bóinne World Heritage Site c. 3200 BCE via predicate surface "approximateConstructionDate"
Fugue in F major, BWV 856 circa 1722 via predicate surface "hasApproximateCompositionDate"
Megarian Decree imposed by Athens shortly before 431 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Fugue in F minor, BWV 857 circa 1722 via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis 8th century via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Navigatio Sancti Brendani Abbatis 9th century via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Council of Ancyra spring 314 via predicate surface "dateApproximation"
Il Milione late 13th century via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Rustichello da Pisa 13th century via predicate surface "approximateDateOfBirth"
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution)
surface form: Peace of Callias
5th century BCE via predicate surface "hasApproximateDate"
Peace of Callias (traditional attribution)
surface form: Peace of Callias
c. 449 BCE via predicate surface "hasApproximateDate"
Spartan mora near Lechaeum early 4th century BC via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Euripides’ play "Ion"
surface form: Ion (play)
between 414 BCE and 412 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Al-Battani c. 858 via predicate surface "approximateBirthDate"
Al-Farghani's Elements of Astronomy mid-9th century via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Potidaea 430 BCE via predicate surface "captureApproxDate"
Orkneyinga saga early 13th century via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Gruoch of Scotland before 1030 via predicate surface "approximateDateOfBirth"
Gaius Julius Hyginus 1st half of the 1st century BC via predicate surface "approximateDateOfBirth"
Fabulae 1st century BCE–1st century CE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Pagondas of Thebes c. 424 BC via predicate surface "approximateFloruit"
Ugaritic Baal Cycle 13th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Old Temple circa 900 BCE via predicate surface "approximateConstructionDate"
Raimondi Stela circa 800–500 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Tello Obelisk circa 800–500 BCE via predicate surface "estimatedDate"
New Temple Early Horizon period via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Site 25 approximately 500 BCE–500 CE via predicate surface "estimatedDateRange"
Prelude in B minor, BWV 869 circa 1722 via predicate surface "hasApproximateCompositionDate"
Cambridge University Library MS Nn.2.41 5th century via predicate surface "approximateDate"