Sha'ar Ha'ashpot
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Sha'ar Ha'ashpot, better known in English as the Dung Gate, is one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, located near the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Sha'ar Ha'ashpot canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3787770 — 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: Sha'ar Ha'ashpot Context triple: [Dung Gate, alsoKnownAs, Sha'ar Ha'ashpot]
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A.
Sha'arei Orah
Sha'arei Orah is a seminal Kabbalistic work that systematically explains the divine names and sefirot within Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
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C.
Sha'ar HaRachamim
Sha'ar HaRachamim is the eastern gate of Jerusalem’s Old City walls, historically associated with messianic and eschatological traditions in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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D.
Mishmar HaGvul
Mishmar HaGvul is Israel’s gendarmerie-style border police force responsible for security, counterterrorism, and law enforcement in border and sensitive areas.
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E.
Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
- 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: Sha'ar Ha'ashpot Target entity description: Sha'ar Ha'ashpot, better known in English as the Dung Gate, is one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, located near the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter.
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A.
Sha'arei Orah
Sha'arei Orah is a seminal Kabbalistic work that systematically explains the divine names and sefirot within Jewish mysticism.
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B.
Yad ha-Chazakah
Yad ha-Chazakah is a monumental 12th-century legal code by Maimonides that systematically organizes and clarifies all areas of Jewish law.
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C.
Sha'ar HaRachamim
Sha'ar HaRachamim is the eastern gate of Jerusalem’s Old City walls, historically associated with messianic and eschatological traditions in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
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D.
Mishmar HaGvul
Mishmar HaGvul is Israel’s gendarmerie-style border police force responsible for security, counterterrorism, and law enforcement in border and sensitive areas.
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E.
Sarei HaMeah
Sarei HaMeah is a significant Hebrew work by Rabbi Yehuda Leib Maimon that profiles and analyzes one hundred prominent rabbinic figures.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
city gate
ⓘ
historic site ⓘ structure in Jerusalem ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ |
| accessControlledBy |
Israeli authorities
ⓘ
surface form:
Israeli security forces
|
| administrativeAuthority | Jerusalem Municipality ⓘ |
| constructionPeriod | Ottoman period ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| function |
access route for worshippers to Western Wall
ⓘ
entrance to Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Dung Gate
ⓘ
Mezquita Bab al-Mardum ⓘ
surface form:
Gate of the Moors
Mughrabi Gate ⓘ
surface form:
Mughrabi Gate (outer gate)
|
| hasArabicName | باب المغاربة ⓘ |
| hasEnglishName | Dung Gate ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
arched opening
ⓘ
city wall towers nearby ⓘ fortified gatehouse ⓘ |
| hasHebrewName | שער האשפות ⓘ |
| heritageSite |
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site
ⓘ
surface form:
Old City of Jerusalem and its Walls
|
| heritageStatus | part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| historicalUse | access for refuse removal from the city ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Jerusalem
ⓘ
Old City of Jerusalem UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
surface form:
Old City of Jerusalem
|
| locatedNear |
Armenian Quarter
ⓘ
Jewish Quarter of the Old City ⓘ
surface form:
Jewish Quarter
Mughrabi Gate ⓘ Temple Mount ⓘ Western Wall ⓘ |
| material | stone ⓘ |
| namedAfter | refuse and waste once taken out through the gate ⓘ |
| nearbySite |
City of David archaeological area
ⓘ
surface form:
City of David
Mount Zion ⓘ Silwan ⓘ |
| partOf | walls of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ |
| primaryAccessTo |
Jewish Quarter by road
ⓘ
Western Wall Plaza ⓘ
surface form:
Western Wall plaza
|
| rebuiltBy | Suleiman the Magnificent ⓘ |
| rebuiltIn | 16th century ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance |
access point to sites sacred to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
ⓘ
gateway for Jewish worshippers to Western Wall ⓘ |
| securityFeature | checkpoint for entry to Western Wall plaza ⓘ |
| tourismInfrastructure |
bus parking nearby
ⓘ
visitor security screening area ⓘ |
| usedBy |
pedestrians
ⓘ
vehicles ⓘ |
| wallSection | southern wall of the Old City of Jerusalem ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Sha'ar Ha'ashpot Description of subject: Sha'ar Ha'ashpot, better known in English as the Dung Gate, is one of the historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, located near the Western Wall and the Jewish Quarter.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Dung Gate