Tel Azekah
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Tel Azekah is an ancient archaeological mound in central Israel, identified with a biblical city that guarded the approach to the Judean highlands.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tel Azekah canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4359989 — 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: Tel Azekah Context triple: [Shfela, contains, Tel Azekah]
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A.
Sha'ar Shechem
Sha'ar Shechem is the Hebrew name for Damascus Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its large stone archway and bustling marketplace.
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B.
Sha'ar Yafo
Sha'ar Yafo is the Hebrew name for Jaffa Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City.
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C.
Beit Hanun
Beit Hanun is a town in the northeastern Gaza Strip near the border with Israel, known for its strategic location and frequent involvement in regional conflict.
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D.
Gezerot
Gezerot are rabbinic decrees in Judaism enacted as protective safeguards around biblical law or to address communal needs.
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E.
Lachish
Lachish was a major fortified Canaanite and later Judahite city in the Shephelah region, known as a strategic military and administrative center in ancient Israel.
- 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: Tel Azekah Target entity description: Tel Azekah is an ancient archaeological mound in central Israel, identified with a biblical city that guarded the approach to the Judean highlands.
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A.
Sha'ar Shechem
Sha'ar Shechem is the Hebrew name for Damascus Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City, notable for its large stone archway and bustling marketplace.
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B.
Sha'ar Yafo
Sha'ar Yafo is the Hebrew name for Jaffa Gate, one of the main historic entrances to Jerusalem’s Old City.
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C.
Beit Hanun
Beit Hanun is a town in the northeastern Gaza Strip near the border with Israel, known for its strategic location and frequent involvement in regional conflict.
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D.
Gezerot
Gezerot are rabbinic decrees in Judaism enacted as protective safeguards around biblical law or to address communal needs.
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E.
Lachish
Lachish was a major fortified Canaanite and later Judahite city in the Shephelah region, known as a strategic military and administrative center in ancient Israel.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient mound
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ tell ⓘ |
| accessibleFor | archaeological tourism ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStratum |
Iron Age II Judean city
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age fortifications ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Assyrian campaign against Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| biblicalIdentification | Azekah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| culture |
Canaanite
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Israelite ⓘ Judean ⓘ |
| elevation | approximately 347 meters above sea level ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Heidelberg University
NERFINISHED
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Tel Aviv University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationProject | Lautenschläger Azekah Expedition NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStartYear | 2010 ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
border fortress
ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ |
| governedBy | Israel Nature and Parks Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| guarded | approach to the Judean highlands ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName | Tell Zakariya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeTransliteration | Tel ‘Azeqa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFind |
ceramic assemblages
ⓘ
fortification walls ⓘ gate complex ⓘ inscriptions ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central Israel ⓘ |
| locatedInDistrict | Judean foothills ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Shephelah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Elah Valley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
|
| mentionedInBook |
Book of Jeremiah
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book of Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Beit Shemesh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nearbyModernLocality | Moshav Zekharia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| overlooks | Valley of Elah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Azekah National Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfOccupation |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Hellenistic period ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Persian period ⓘ |
| protectedStatus | heritage site in Israel ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
border dynamics between Philistia and Judah
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urbanization in the Shephelah ⓘ |
| strategicRole | guarding western approaches to Judah ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tel Azekah Description of subject: Tel Azekah is an ancient archaeological mound in central Israel, identified with a biblical city that guarded the approach to the Judean highlands.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Shfela