Tell ed-Duweir
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Tell ed-Duweir is an archaeological site in Israel identified with the ancient city of Lachish, known for its rich remains from the Bronze and Iron Ages.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Tell ed-Duweir canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6936210 — 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 ed-Duweir Context triple: [Lachish ewer inscription, discoveredAt, Tell ed-Duweir]
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Tell el-Muqayyar
Tell el-Muqayyar is the modern archaeological mound in southern Iraq that marks the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, one of the earliest urban centers in Mesopotamia.
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Deir el-Abiad
Deir el-Abiad, better known as the White Monastery, is a prominent Coptic Orthodox monastic complex near Sohag in Upper Egypt, renowned for its massive stone architecture and late antique heritage.
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C.
Tell Brak
Tell Brak is a major ancient Mesopotamian city-site in northeastern Syria, known for its early urban development and long occupation from the 6th millennium BCE onward.
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D.
Khirbat al-Mafjar
Khirbat al-Mafjar is an early Islamic desert palace complex near Jericho, renowned for its richly decorated Umayyad architecture, mosaics, and stucco carvings.
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E.
Deir el-Hagar
Deir el-Hagar is a small, well-preserved Roman-period temple complex in Egypt’s Western Desert, notable for its sandstone architecture and rich relief decorations.
- 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 ed-Duweir Target entity description: Tell ed-Duweir is an archaeological site in Israel identified with the ancient city of Lachish, known for its rich remains from the Bronze and Iron Ages.
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A.
Tell el-Muqayyar
Tell el-Muqayyar is the modern archaeological mound in southern Iraq that marks the site of the ancient Sumerian city of Ur, one of the earliest urban centers in Mesopotamia.
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B.
Deir el-Abiad
Deir el-Abiad, better known as the White Monastery, is a prominent Coptic Orthodox monastic complex near Sohag in Upper Egypt, renowned for its massive stone architecture and late antique heritage.
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C.
Tell Brak
Tell Brak is a major ancient Mesopotamian city-site in northeastern Syria, known for its early urban development and long occupation from the 6th millennium BCE onward.
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D.
Khirbat al-Mafjar
Khirbat al-Mafjar is an early Islamic desert palace complex near Jericho, renowned for its richly decorated Umayyad architecture, mosaics, and stucco carvings.
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E.
Deir el-Hagar
Deir el-Hagar is a small, well-preserved Roman-period temple complex in Egypt’s Western Desert, notable for its sandstone architecture and rich relief decorations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Assyrian siege of Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler | Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Israel ⓘ |
| destroyedIn | 701 BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
David Ussishkin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Leslie Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Olga Tufnell NERFINISHED ⓘ Yohanan Aharoni NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavationEnd | 1938 ⓘ |
| firstMajorExcavationStart | 1932 ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
administrative center
ⓘ
fortified city ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tel Lachish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tell ed-Duweir (Lachish) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalStrata | multiple occupation levels from Bronze Age to Byzantine period ⓘ |
| hasArea | approximately 8 hectares ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLatitude | 31.560 ⓘ |
| hasCoordinateLongitude | 34.835 ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
city wall fortifications
ⓘ
gate shrine ⓘ water system ⓘ |
| hasHistoricalPeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age I NERFINISHED ⓘ Iron Age II NERFINISHED ⓘ Late Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Bronze Age NERFINISHED ⓘ Persian period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | national park of Israel ⓘ |
| identifiedWith | Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| laterExcavationsEnd | 1994 ⓘ |
| laterExcavationsStart | 1973 ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Shephelah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Southern District of Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Kiryat Gat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedInBook |
Book of Chronicles
NERFINISHED
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Book of Joshua NERFINISHED ⓘ Book of Kings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mentionedInSource | Hebrew Bible NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFind |
Assyrian siege ramp
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Judean pillar figurines ⓘ LMLK jar handles NERFINISHED ⓘ Lachish letters NERFINISHED ⓘ city gate complex ⓘ ostraca ⓘ palace-fort ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tell ed-Duweir Description of subject: Tell ed-Duweir is an archaeological site in Israel identified with the ancient city of Lachish, known for its rich remains from the Bronze and Iron Ages.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.