Hellenistic city of Philadelphia (Amman)
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The Hellenistic city of Philadelphia was the Greco-Roman urban center that developed on the site of ancient Rabbath Ammon, forming the historical core of modern Amman, Jordan.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Hellenistic city of Philadelphia (Amman) canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T16422188 — 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: Hellenistic city of Philadelphia (Amman) Context triple: [Rabbath Ammon, successorSettlement, Hellenistic city of Philadelphia (Amman)]
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A.
Syrian tetrapolis
The Syrian tetrapolis was a group of four major Hellenistic cities in northern Syria that served as key administrative and cultural centers of the Seleucid Empire.
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B.
Antioch on the Orontes
Antioch on the Orontes was a major ancient city in Syria that became a leading political, commercial, and cultural center of the Hellenistic and later Roman worlds.
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C.
Ancient City of Aleppo
The Ancient City of Aleppo is a historic urban center in northern Syria renowned for its continuous habitation since antiquity, rich Islamic and pre-Islamic architectural heritage, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
Jerash
Jerash is an ancient city in northern Jordan renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins and monumental colonnaded streets.
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E.
Madaba
Madaba is a historic Jordanian city renowned for its Byzantine and Umayyad-era mosaics, especially the famous 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land.
- 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: Hellenistic city of Philadelphia (Amman) Target entity description: The Hellenistic city of Philadelphia was the Greco-Roman urban center that developed on the site of ancient Rabbath Ammon, forming the historical core of modern Amman, Jordan.
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A.
Syrian tetrapolis
The Syrian tetrapolis was a group of four major Hellenistic cities in northern Syria that served as key administrative and cultural centers of the Seleucid Empire.
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B.
Antioch on the Orontes
Antioch on the Orontes was a major ancient city in Syria that became a leading political, commercial, and cultural center of the Hellenistic and later Roman worlds.
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C.
Ancient City of Aleppo
The Ancient City of Aleppo is a historic urban center in northern Syria renowned for its continuous habitation since antiquity, rich Islamic and pre-Islamic architectural heritage, and status as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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D.
Jerash
Jerash is an ancient city in northern Jordan renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved Greco-Roman ruins and monumental colonnaded streets.
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E.
Madaba
Madaba is a historic Jordanian city renowned for its Byzantine and Umayyad-era mosaics, especially the famous 6th-century mosaic map of the Holy Land.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.