Yehud (Persian province)
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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.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Yehud (Persian province) canonical | 2 |
| Yehud (Persian province of Judah) | 1 |
| Yehud (province) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2398060 — 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: Yehud (Persian province) Context triple: [Zerubbabel, governedTerritory, Yehud (Persian province)]
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A.
Hamedan Province
Hamedan Province is an administrative region in western Iran known for its historical significance and the ancient city of Hamedan, one of the oldest cities in the country.
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B.
Tehran (Israel)
Tehran (Israel) is an Israeli espionage thriller television series that follows a Mossad hacker-agent on a perilous undercover mission in Iran’s capital.
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C.
Javad Uyezd
Javad Uyezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire located within the Baku Governorate in the South Caucasus region.
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D.
Hail Province
Hail Province is a region in north-central Saudi Arabia known for its desert landscapes, agricultural areas, and historical role as a crossroads for trade routes.
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E.
Sarine district
Sarine district is an administrative district in the canton of Fribourg in western Switzerland, centered around the city of Fribourg and encompassing surrounding municipalities.
- 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: Yehud (Persian province) Target entity description: 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.
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A.
Hamedan Province
Hamedan Province is an administrative region in western Iran known for its historical significance and the ancient city of Hamedan, one of the oldest cities in the country.
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B.
Tehran (Israel)
Tehran (Israel) is an Israeli espionage thriller television series that follows a Mossad hacker-agent on a perilous undercover mission in Iran’s capital.
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C.
Javad Uyezd
Javad Uyezd was an administrative district of the Russian Empire located within the Baku Governorate in the South Caucasus region.
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D.
Hail Province
Hail Province is a region in north-central Saudi Arabia known for its desert landscapes, agricultural areas, and historical role as a crossroads for trade routes.
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E.
Sarine district
Sarine district is an administrative district in the canton of Fribourg in western Switzerland, centered around the city of Fribourg and encompassing surrounding municipalities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Achaemenid province
ⓘ
historical region ⓘ province of Judah ⓘ |
| administrativeCenter | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| archaeologicalEvidence |
Yehud coin hoards
ⓘ
seal impressions reading "Yehud" ⓘ |
| capital | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| centralInstitution | Second Temple in Jerusalem ⓘ |
| currency | Yehud coinage ⓘ |
| economy |
agriculture
ⓘ
tribute and taxation to Persia ⓘ |
| endEvent | conquests of Alexander the Great ⓘ |
| endPeriod | late 4th century BCE ⓘ |
| ethnicMajority | Jews ⓘ |
| followedBy |
Ptolemaic rule in Judea
ⓘ
Yehud (Hellenistic province) ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Jewish local elites
ⓘ
Persian-appointed governors ⓘ |
| historicalSource |
Tanakh
ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
books of Ezra and Nehemiah ⓘ |
| keyEvent |
rebuilding of Jerusalem’s walls under Nehemiah
ⓘ
rebuilding of the Temple ⓘ religious reforms of Ezra ⓘ |
| language |
Aramaic
ⓘ
Hebrew ⓘ |
| legalStatus | imperial province ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Judah
ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form:
Southern Levant
Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form:
ancient Near East
|
| neighbor |
Idumea
ⓘ
Philistia ⓘ Samaria ⓘ
surface form:
Samaria (Persian province)
|
| partOf |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Satrapy of Egypt ⓘ
surface form:
satrapy of Eber-Nari
|
| politicalSystem | provincial administration under satrap ⓘ |
| population | post-exilic Jewish community ⓘ |
| precededBy | Kingdom of Judah ⓘ |
| religion |
Judaism
ⓘ
Yahwism ⓘ |
| religiousCenter | Jerusalem ⓘ |
| religiousRole | center of post-exilic Judaism ⓘ |
| rulingDynasty | Achaemenid dynasty ⓘ |
| sovereign |
Artaxerxes I of Persia
ⓘ
surface form:
Artaxerxes I
Cyrus the Great ⓘ Darius I of Persia ⓘ
surface form:
Darius I
Xerxes I ⓘ |
| startEvent |
Babylonian exile return
ⓘ
Cyrus the Great’s decree ⓘ |
| startPeriod | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Aramaic script
ⓘ
Hebrew script ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Yehud (Persian province) Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yehud (Persian province of Judah)
this entity surface form:
Yehud (province)