Diospolis Parva
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Diospolis Parva was an ancient Egyptian town in Upper Egypt, known in Greek as a minor “City of Zeus” distinct from the larger Diospolis Magna (Thebes).
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Diospolis Parva canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19387108 — 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: Diospolis Parva Context triple: [Διόσπολις, hasVariant, Diospolis Parva]
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A.
Diospolis Magna
Diospolis Magna is the ancient Greek name for Thebes, the major city of Upper Egypt that served as a prominent political and religious center, especially as the cult center of the god Amun.
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B.
Diospolis
Diospolis is the ancient name of the city historically known as Lydda (modern Lod) in central Israel, an important urban center in classical and early Christian periods.
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C.
Theodosiopolis
Theodosiopolis was an important late Roman and Byzantine frontier city in eastern Anatolia, located at the site of modern Erzurum in present-day Turkey.
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D.
Marcianopolis
Marcianopolis was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, known as a regional administrative and military center in the Balkans.
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E.
Dura-Europos
Dura-Europos was an ancient Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman frontier city on the Euphrates in present-day Syria, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved religious buildings and early Christian and Jewish art.
- 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: Diospolis Parva Target entity description: Diospolis Parva was an ancient Egyptian town in Upper Egypt, known in Greek as a minor “City of Zeus” distinct from the larger Diospolis Magna (Thebes).
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A.
Diospolis Magna
Diospolis Magna is the ancient Greek name for Thebes, the major city of Upper Egypt that served as a prominent political and religious center, especially as the cult center of the god Amun.
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B.
Diospolis
Diospolis is the ancient name of the city historically known as Lydda (modern Lod) in central Israel, an important urban center in classical and early Christian periods.
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C.
Theodosiopolis
Theodosiopolis was an important late Roman and Byzantine frontier city in eastern Anatolia, located at the site of modern Erzurum in present-day Turkey.
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D.
Marcianopolis
Marcianopolis was an important ancient Roman city in the province of Moesia, known as a regional administrative and military center in the Balkans.
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E.
Dura-Europos
Dura-Europos was an ancient Hellenistic, Parthian, and Roman frontier city on the Euphrates in present-day Syria, renowned for its exceptionally well-preserved religious buildings and early Christian and Jewish art.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.