Tell Hesban (often identified, not certain)
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Tell Hesban is an archaeological mound in Jordan widely regarded as the likely site of the ancient biblical city of Heshbon.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tell Hesban (often identified, not certain) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T15850155 — 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: Tell Hesban (often identified, not certain) Context triple: [Heshbon, modernSiteIdentification, Tell Hesban (often identified, not certain)]
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A.
Tell Halaf
Tell Halaf is an important archaeological mound in northeastern Syria known for its early first-millennium BCE Aramaean city and distinctive painted pottery culture.
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B.
Khirbet Qana (alternative scholarly identification)
Khirbet Qana is an archaeological site in Galilee that many scholars propose as the historical location of the biblical village of Cana, associated with Jesus’s first miracle in the Gospel of John.
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C.
Tell Abu Salabikh
Tell Abu Salabikh is an important ancient Mesopotamian archaeological site in southern Iraq, known for its Early Dynastic remains and one of the earliest large cuneiform tablet archives.
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D.
Tell al-Hiba
Tell al-Hiba is an important archaeological mound in southern Iraq identified with the ancient Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
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E.
Beit Khallaf (possible)
Beit Khallaf is an early dynastic Egyptian archaeological site in Upper Egypt, notable for its large mudbrick mastaba tombs.
- 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: Tell Hesban (often identified, not certain) Target entity description: Tell Hesban is an archaeological mound in Jordan widely regarded as the likely site of the ancient biblical city of Heshbon.
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A.
Tell Halaf
Tell Halaf is an important archaeological mound in northeastern Syria known for its early first-millennium BCE Aramaean city and distinctive painted pottery culture.
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B.
Khirbet Qana (alternative scholarly identification)
Khirbet Qana is an archaeological site in Galilee that many scholars propose as the historical location of the biblical village of Cana, associated with Jesus’s first miracle in the Gospel of John.
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C.
Tell Abu Salabikh
Tell Abu Salabikh is an important ancient Mesopotamian archaeological site in southern Iraq, known for its Early Dynastic remains and one of the earliest large cuneiform tablet archives.
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D.
Tell al-Hiba
Tell al-Hiba is an important archaeological mound in southern Iraq identified with the ancient Sumerian city-state of Lagash.
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E.
Beit Khallaf (possible)
Beit Khallaf is an early dynastic Egyptian archaeological site in Upper Egypt, notable for its large mudbrick mastaba tombs.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.