Babylonian province of Yehud
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The Babylonian province of Yehud was an administrative district established by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the former kingdom of Judah after its conquest and the destruction of Jerusalem in the early 6th century BCE.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Babylon and its province | 1 |
| Babylonian province of Yehud canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T19837636 — 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: Babylonian province of Yehud Context triple: [Judah, successor, Babylonian province of Yehud]
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A.
Persian province of Samaria
The Persian province of Samaria was an administrative district of the Achaemenid Empire in the Levant, centered on the former kingdom of Israel with Samaria as its capital.
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B.
Roman province of Judea
The Roman province of Judea was an imperial territory in the eastern Mediterranean that encompassed Jerusalem and surrounding regions, serving as a focal point of Jewish-Roman tensions and several major revolts in the first and second centuries CE.
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C.
Yehud (Hellenistic province)
Yehud (Hellenistic province) was a small Jewish administrative district in the southern Levant under early Hellenistic rule, succeeding the Persian-era Yehud and forming part of the broader territories controlled by the Ptolemaic and later Seleucid empires.
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D.
Roman province of Samaria
The Roman province of Samaria was an administrative region in the Levant centered on the historical area of Samaria, encompassing parts of what is now the West Bank and Israel during the Roman Empire.
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E.
Yehud (Persian province)
Yehud (Persian province) was a small Achaemenid Persian imperial province in the region of Judah, centered on Jerusalem and serving as the administrative and religious heart of the post-exilic Jewish community.
- 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: Babylonian province of Yehud Target entity description: The Babylonian province of Yehud was an administrative district established by the Neo-Babylonian Empire in the former kingdom of Judah after its conquest and the destruction of Jerusalem in the early 6th century BCE.
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A.
Persian province of Samaria
The Persian province of Samaria was an administrative district of the Achaemenid Empire in the Levant, centered on the former kingdom of Israel with Samaria as its capital.
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B.
Roman province of Judea
The Roman province of Judea was an imperial territory in the eastern Mediterranean that encompassed Jerusalem and surrounding regions, serving as a focal point of Jewish-Roman tensions and several major revolts in the first and second centuries CE.
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C.
Yehud (Hellenistic province)
Yehud (Hellenistic province) was a small Jewish administrative district in the southern Levant under early Hellenistic rule, succeeding the Persian-era Yehud and forming part of the broader territories controlled by the Ptolemaic and later Seleucid empires.
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D.
Roman province of Samaria
The Roman province of Samaria was an administrative region in the Levant centered on the historical area of Samaria, encompassing parts of what is now the West Bank and Israel during the Roman Empire.
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E.
Yehud (Persian province)
Yehud (Persian province) was a small Achaemenid Persian imperial province in the region of Judah, centered on Jerusalem and serving as the administrative and religious heart of the post-exilic Jewish community.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Gubaru (Gobryas)
linked to: Babylonian province of Yehud