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
Middle Passage circa 1500 via predicate surface "hasApproximateStartTime"
Middle Passage late 19th century via predicate surface "hasApproximateEndTime"
Kepler’s laws of planetary motion 1609 via predicate surface "approximatePublicationYear"
Siege of Calcutta day via predicate surface "datePrecision"
Acis and Galatea (libretto) circa 1717–1718 via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
High Renaissance late 15th century via predicate surface "hasApproximateStartTime"
High Renaissance early 16th century via predicate surface "hasApproximateEndTime"
1712 Stradivarius cello "Davidov" (formerly used)
surface form: 1712 Stradivarius cello "Davidov"
over 300 years via predicate surface "hasApproximateAge"
Magadhi Prakrit circa 3rd century BCE to 4th century CE via predicate surface "timePeriodApproximate"
Apology 4th century BC via predicate surface "traditionallyDatedTo"
Euthydemus 4th century BCE via predicate surface "traditionallyDatedTo"
Meno 4th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateWritten"
Hippias Major 4th century BCE via predicate surface "traditionallyDatedTo"
Cur Deus Homo c. 1094–1098 via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Etchmiadzin Cathedral early 4th century via predicate surface "traditionallyDatedTo"
Council of Elvira c. 305–306
Κρίτων 4th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Phaedrus 4th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Devonian Fossil Gorge 375 million years via predicate surface "approximateAge"
Early Modern Irish c. 1200 via predicate surface "startTimeApproximate"
Cippus Abellanus 2nd century BCE
Cippus Abellanus Hellenistic period
Iron Crown of Lombardy early medieval period via predicate surface "traditionallyDatedTo"
Epic of Gilgamesh second millennium BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Aksumite Empire 1st century CE via predicate surface "approximateStart"
Letter to Demetrias early 5th century via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Temple of Zeus at Cyrene Classical period via predicate surface "approximateConstructionPeriod"
Calakmul circa 3rd century BCE via predicate surface "startDateApprox"
Argonautica 3rd century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Proto-Dravidian time of divergence of Dravidian branches via predicate surface "hasUncertainDate"
Swilcan Bridge several centuries old via predicate surface "approximateAge"
Peshitta 2nd to 5th century CE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Second Epistle to the Corinthians mid‑first century CE via predicate surface "traditionalDateRange"
Epistle to Titus 1st century CE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfComposition"
Ranna c. 950–c. 1000 CE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Muisca raft (Balsa Muisca)
surface form: Muisca raft
c. 600–1600 CE via predicate surface "estimatedDate"
Epistle to Philemon early 60s AD via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Bois Caïman ceremony 14 August 1791 via predicate surface "hasApproximateDate"
Brandenburg Concertos 1721 via predicate surface "approximateDedicationDate"
Two Treatises of Government 1689 via predicate surface "approximatePublicationYear"
Coffin Texts c. 2055–1650 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Parliament of Fowls c. 1380–1382 via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Battle for Henderson Field day via predicate surface "datePrecision"
Posidonius of Apamea c. 135 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfBirth"
Aristophanes c. 446 BCE via predicate surface "approximateDateOfBirth"
The Book of the Duchess circa 1368 via predicate surface "approximateCompositionDate"
Tome of Leo circa 449
Dream Stele of Thutmose IV circa 1400 BCE
Middle dialogues of Plato 4th century BCE via predicate surface "approximateDate"
Troilus and Criseyde c. 1380s via predicate surface "approximateDate"