Judith’s maidservant
E339280
Judith’s maidservant is the loyal attendant who aids Judith in the biblical story of Holofernes’s beheading, often depicted in art as helping conceal or carry the severed head.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Judith and her Maidservant | 1 |
| Judith and her maidservant | 1 |
| Judith’s maidservant canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3186199 — 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: Judith’s maidservant Context triple: [Judith Beheading Holofernes, mainCharacter, Judith’s maidservant]
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A.
Judith
Judith is the given name of acclaimed English actress Judi Dench, renowned for her work in theatre, film, and television.
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B.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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C.
Judith Coppicus
Judith Coppicus was the first wife of renowned film director Billy Wilder, to whom he was married in the 1930s before their eventual divorce.
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D.
Susanna
Susanna is a deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Daniel, telling the story of a virtuous woman falsely accused of adultery and vindicated by the prophet Daniel.
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E.
Drusilla of Judea
Drusilla of Judea was a 1st-century princess of the Herodian royal family, known as the daughter of Herod Agrippa I and for her marriage to the Roman procurator Antonius Felix.
- 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: Judith’s maidservant Target entity description: Judith’s maidservant is the loyal attendant who aids Judith in the biblical story of Holofernes’s beheading, often depicted in art as helping conceal or carry the severed head.
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A.
Judith
Judith is the given name of acclaimed English actress Judi Dench, renowned for her work in theatre, film, and television.
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B.
Judith
Judith is a deuterocanonical book of the Bible that tells the story of a courageous Jewish widow who saves her people by beheading the Assyrian general Holofernes.
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C.
Judith Coppicus
Judith Coppicus was the first wife of renowned film director Billy Wilder, to whom he was married in the 1930s before their eventual divorce.
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D.
Susanna
Susanna is a deuterocanonical addition to the Book of Daniel, telling the story of a virtuous woman falsely accused of adultery and vindicated by the prophet Daniel.
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E.
Drusilla of Judea
Drusilla of Judea was a 1st-century princess of the Herodian royal family, known as the daughter of Herod Agrippa I and for her marriage to the Roman procurator Antonius Felix.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical character
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fictional maidservant ⓘ supporting character ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Book of Judith ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkOfArt |
Judith Slaying Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi)
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surface form:
Judith Beheading Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi)
Judith and Her Maidservant (Artemisia Gentileschi, Detroit) ⓘ Judith and Her Maidservant (Artemisia Gentileschi, Detroit) ⓘ
surface form:
Judith and Her Maidservant (Artemisia Gentileschi, Florence)
Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes ⓘ
surface form:
Judith and Her Maidservant (Orazio Gentileschi)
Judith and Her Maidservant (Valentin de Boulogne) ⓘ Judith and Her Maidservant (Valentin de Boulogne) ⓘ
surface form:
Judith and Her Maidservant (various Baroque paintings)
Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes ⓘ
surface form:
Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes (Artemisia Gentileschi)
Judith and Holofernes (Caravaggio) ⓘ Judith with the Head of Holofernes ⓘ
surface form:
Judith with the Head of Holofernes (Lucas Cranach the Elder)
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| artHistoricalTheme |
Judith and Holofernes
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Judith’s maidservant self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Judith and her maidservant
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| associatedWith |
Holofernes
ⓘ
Judith ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | beheading of Holofernes ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
courageous
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discreet ⓘ loyal ⓘ |
| characterType | loyal servant ⓘ |
| gender | female ⓘ |
| hasNoProperName | true ⓘ |
| hasRole | attendant of Judith ⓘ |
| helpsWith |
concealment of Holofernes’s head
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deception of Holofernes ⓘ execution of Judith’s plan ⓘ transport of Holofernes’s head ⓘ |
| iconographicAttribute |
bag
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basket ⓘ cloth ⓘ lamp or lantern ⓘ |
| literaryGenre | deuterocanonical literature ⓘ |
| literarySetting | Bethulia ⓘ |
| nameInText | not specified in the biblical narrative ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
assistant to heroine
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witness of Holofernes’s death ⓘ |
| oftenDepictedAs |
helping Judith carry the severed head
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holding a bag or cloth for the head of Holofernes ⓘ standing beside Judith ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
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Judaism ⓘ |
| roleInPlot |
accompanies Judith to Holofernes’s camp
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assists Judith in returning to the city with the head ⓘ guards the entrance to Judith’s tent ⓘ |
| serves | Judith ⓘ |
| timeOfStory |
Assyrian siege of Bethulia
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surface form:
Assyrian campaign against Bethulia
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How these facts were elicited
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Input
Subject: Judith’s maidservant Description of subject: Judith’s maidservant is the loyal attendant who aids Judith in the biblical story of Holofernes’s beheading, often depicted in art as helping conceal or carry the severed head.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Judith and her Maidservant
this entity surface form:
Judith and her maidservant