Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions
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The Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions are a set of ancient Moabite texts discovered at the site of Khirbet al-Mudayna that provide valuable evidence for the language, culture, and history of the Moabite kingdom.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1239483 — 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: Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions Context triple: [Moabite, knownFrom, Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions]
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A.
Mesha Stele
The Mesha Stele is an ancient Moabite stone inscription from the 9th century BCE that records King Mesha’s victories and is one of the most important early sources for the history and language of the Levant.
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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.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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D.
Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
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E.
Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions
The Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions are monumental trilingual royal texts carved into the rock-cut tombs and reliefs of Achaemenid and Sasanian kings near Persepolis, providing key historical and linguistic evidence about ancient Persia.
- 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: Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions Target entity description: The Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions are a set of ancient Moabite texts discovered at the site of Khirbet al-Mudayna that provide valuable evidence for the language, culture, and history of the Moabite kingdom.
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A.
Mesha Stele
The Mesha Stele is an ancient Moabite stone inscription from the 9th century BCE that records King Mesha’s victories and is one of the most important early sources for the history and language of the Levant.
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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.
Pyrgi Tablets
The Pyrgi Tablets are a set of ancient gold inscriptions from the 5th century BCE bearing parallel texts in Etruscan and Phoenician, making them a key source for understanding the Etruscan language and its cultural contacts.
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D.
Stele of Novilara
The Stele of Novilara is an ancient inscribed stone monument from the Picene region of Italy, bearing one of the most significant and enigmatic examples of the North Picene language.
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E.
Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions
The Naqsh-e Rustam inscriptions are monumental trilingual royal texts carved into the rock-cut tombs and reliefs of Achaemenid and Sasanian kings near Persepolis, providing key historical and linguistic evidence about ancient Persia.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Moabite inscriptions
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Northwest Semitic epigraphic texts ⓘ ancient inscription corpus ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 1st millennium BCE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalContext | Khirbet al-Mudayna excavation ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageFamily |
Northwest Semitic
ⓘ
surface form:
Northwest Semitic languages
|
| associatedWithPeople | Moabites ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolity | Kingdom of Moab ⓘ |
| chronologicalContext | Iron Age II ⓘ |
| chronologicalRelation | roughly contemporary with other Iron Age Moabite texts ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Moabites
ⓘ
surface form:
Moabite culture
|
| discoveredAt |
Khirbet al-Mudayna
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surface form:
Khirbet al-Mudayna archaeological site
|
| evidenceFor |
Moabite epigraphy
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Moabite language ⓘ Moabite onomastics ⓘ Moabite political history ⓘ Moabite religion ⓘ Northwest Semitic historical linguistics ⓘ |
| functionAs |
primary sources for Moabite culture
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primary sources for Moabite history ⓘ primary sources for Moabite religion ⓘ |
| geographicalContext | east of the Dead Sea ⓘ |
| language | Moabite language ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayCountry | Jordan ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Moab ⓘ |
| locatedInSite | Khirbet al-Mudayna ⓘ |
| partOf | corpus of Moabite epigraphy ⓘ |
| regionOfDiscovery | central Transjordan ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Mesha Stele
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other Moabite inscriptions ⓘ |
| religiousContext | West Semitic religion ⓘ |
| script |
Phoenician alphabet
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surface form:
Phoenician script
|
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Northwest Semitic epigraphy
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Semitic linguistics ⓘ biblical archaeology ⓘ |
| typeOfEvidence |
archaeological evidence
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epigraphic evidence ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative records
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commemorative texts ⓘ religious or dedicatory texts ⓘ |
| writingMaterial |
plaster
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pottery sherds ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Northwest Semitic abjad ⓘ |
| writingTradition | Canaanite scribal tradition ⓘ |
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Subject: Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions Description of subject: The Khirbet al-Mudayna inscriptions are a set of ancient Moabite texts discovered at the site of Khirbet al-Mudayna that provide valuable evidence for the language, culture, and history of the Moabite kingdom.
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