Edomite script
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Edomite script is an ancient Northwest Semitic alphabet used by the Edomites in the southern Levant during the first millennium BCE.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Edomite script canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23377474 — 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: Edomite script Context triple: [Northwest Semitic alphabetic script, scriptFamilyOf, Edomite script]
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A.
Moabite script
Moabite script is an ancient Northwest Semitic writing system used by the Moabite people of the Iron Age Levant, best known from the Mesha Stele inscription.
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B.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
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C.
Byblian script
The Byblian script is an ancient Northwest Semitic writing system used in the city of Byblos, notable as an early stage in the development of alphabetic scripts in the Levant.
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D.
Safaitic script
Safaitic script is an ancient North Arabian alphabet used by nomadic tribes in the southern Syrian and northern Arabian deserts during the first centuries BCE–CE, primarily for rock and graffiti inscriptions.
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E.
Paleo-Hebrew script
Paleo-Hebrew script is an ancient Northwest Semitic alphabet closely related to Phoenician, historically used by the Israelites and neighboring peoples before being largely replaced by the Aramaic-derived Hebrew script.
- 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: Edomite script Target entity description: Edomite script is an ancient Northwest Semitic alphabet used by the Edomites in the southern Levant during the first millennium BCE.
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A.
Moabite script
Moabite script is an ancient Northwest Semitic writing system used by the Moabite people of the Iron Age Levant, best known from the Mesha Stele inscription.
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B.
Samaritan script
The Samaritan script is an ancient consonantal writing system used by the Samaritan community to write their version of Hebrew and Aramaic, preserving a distinct tradition separate from mainstream Jewish scripts.
-
C.
Byblian script
The Byblian script is an ancient Northwest Semitic writing system used in the city of Byblos, notable as an early stage in the development of alphabetic scripts in the Levant.
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D.
Safaitic script
Safaitic script is an ancient North Arabian alphabet used by nomadic tribes in the southern Syrian and northern Arabian deserts during the first centuries BCE–CE, primarily for rock and graffiti inscriptions.
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E.
Paleo-Hebrew script
Paleo-Hebrew script is an ancient Northwest Semitic alphabet closely related to Phoenician, historically used by the Israelites and neighboring peoples before being largely replaced by the Aramaic-derived Hebrew script.
- F. None of above. chosen
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.