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
Operation Spring Awakening month and year known via predicate surface "datePrecision"
Homer's Iliad
surface form: Iliad
8th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Rigveda c. 1500–1200 BCE via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Greek Writings circa 3rd century BCE to 1st century CE via predicate surface "approximateDateRange" GENERATED
Judith
surface form: Judith (book)
Hellenistic period via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition" GENERATED
1 Maccabees late 2nd century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Additions to Esther 2nd century BCE to 1st century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate" GENERATED
Romans
surface form: Epistle to the Romans
mid-1st century CE via predicate surface "traditionalDateRange"
Titus late 1st century via predicate surface "approximateDateProposedByScholars"
Codex Sinaiticus circa 330–360 CE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Arab Winter early 2010s via predicate surface "hasApproximateStartTime"
Book of Ecclesiastes between 5th and 3rd century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
The Cardinal 1640s via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Codex Alexandrinus c. 400–440 via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Virgil's Aeneid 1st century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Book of Wisdom 1st century BCE via predicate surface "estimatedDate"
Book of Wisdom 2nd century BCE via predicate surface "estimatedDate"
Sefer HaBahir 12th century via predicate surface "probableDate"
Muspilli 9th century via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Muspilli Carolingian period via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Rollo c. 860 via predicate surface "approximateBirthDate"
The Seafarer 10th century via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Homeric epics 8th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Te Deum 4th–5th century via predicate surface "approximateDateOfOrigin"
Temple of Hera at Olympia circa 600 BC via predicate surface "approximateConstructionDate"
Proto-Albanian 1st millennium CE via predicate surface "approximateDateRange"
Pāṇini mid-1st millennium BCE via predicate surface "approximatePeriod"
Salar de Uyuni formed from lakes that existed about 30,000 to 40,000 years ago via predicate surface "approximateAge"
Early Modern Dutch circa 1500 via predicate surface "hasApproximateStart"
Bredius 439 1642 via predicate surface "workDateApprox"
The Wanderer 10th century via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
The Wanderer late Old English period via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Belshazzar 6th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateFloruit"
Queen’s Chamber circa 26th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateConstructionDate"
Operation Detachment day via predicate surface "datePrecision"
Quicunque vult 5th century via predicate surface "probableOriginDate"
Quicunque vult 6th century via predicate surface "probableOriginDate"
Council of Jerusalem c. 50 CE via predicate surface "hasApproximateDate"
Council of Jerusalem mid-1st century CE via predicate surface "hasApproximateDate"
Protoevangelium of James c. 150 CE via predicate surface "approximateDateWritten"
Pyrgi Tablets c. 500–450 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Tevet December–January via predicate surface "typicalGregorianRange"
3 Maccabees Hellenistic era via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
3 Maccabees likely between 2nd and 1st century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Ancylus Lake about 10,700 years before present via predicate surface "approximateStart"
Cippus Perusinus 2nd century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Cippus Perusinus late Etruscan period via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Archimedes circa 287 BC via predicate surface "approximateBirthDate"
Proto-Indo-European 4th millennium BCE via predicate surface "approximateDates"
Proto-Indo-European 3rd millennium BCE via predicate surface "approximateDates"