Tell Leilan
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Tell Leilan is a major ancient Near Eastern archaeological site in northeastern Syria, identified with the Bronze Age city of Shubat-Enlil, a former capital of the Old Assyrian Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tell Leilan canonical | 3 |
| Tell Leilan (Shubat-Enlil) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4825306 — 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: Tell Leilan Context triple: [Khabur River, hasArchaeologicalSite, Tell Leilan]
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A.
Tel Maresha
Tel Maresha is an archaeological mound in central Israel identified with the ancient city of Maresha, notable for its extensive underground cave systems and remains from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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B.
Lachish
Lachish was a major fortified Canaanite and later Judahite city in the Shephelah region, known as a strategic military and administrative center in ancient Israel.
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C.
Tel Zayit
Tel Zayit is an archaeological mound in Israel’s Shephelah region, known for discoveries such as the Tel Zayit Abecedary that shed light on early Hebrew writing and Iron Age settlement.
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D.
Tel Azekah
Tel Azekah is an ancient archaeological mound in central Israel, identified with a biblical city that guarded the approach to the Judean highlands.
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E.
Ras al-Ain archaeological site
Ras al-Ain archaeological site is an ancient heritage area in Amman, Jordan, featuring significant archaeological remains that illuminate the city’s historical development.
- 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: Tell Leilan Target entity description: Tell Leilan is a major ancient Near Eastern archaeological site in northeastern Syria, identified with the Bronze Age city of Shubat-Enlil, a former capital of the Old Assyrian Empire.
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A.
Tel Maresha
Tel Maresha is an archaeological mound in central Israel identified with the ancient city of Maresha, notable for its extensive underground cave systems and remains from the Hellenistic and Roman periods.
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B.
Lachish
Lachish was a major fortified Canaanite and later Judahite city in the Shephelah region, known as a strategic military and administrative center in ancient Israel.
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C.
Tel Zayit
Tel Zayit is an archaeological mound in Israel’s Shephelah region, known for discoveries such as the Tel Zayit Abecedary that shed light on early Hebrew writing and Iron Age settlement.
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D.
Tel Azekah
Tel Azekah is an ancient archaeological mound in central Israel, identified with a biblical city that guarded the approach to the Judean highlands.
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E.
Ras al-Ain archaeological site
Ras al-Ain archaeological site is an ancient heritage area in Amman, Jordan, featuring significant archaeological remains that illuminate the city’s historical development.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age city
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Old Assyrian king ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ archaeologist ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Assyrian Empire
ⓘ
linked to:
Assyria
King Shamshi-Adad I ⓘ
linked to:
Shamshi-Adad I
|
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| culture |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Hurrian ⓘ Old Assyrian ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Harvey Weiss ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1979 ⓘ |
| foundedBy | Shamshi-Adad I ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tell Leilan (Shubat-Enlil)
ⓘ
linked to:
Tell Leilan
|
| hasArchaeologicalExcavation | Yale University expedition ⓘ |
| hasDiscovery |
administrative tablets
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cuneiform tablets ⓘ granaries ⓘ palatial architecture ⓘ temple remains ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceFor |
administrative bureaucracy
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intensive agriculture ⓘ long-distance trade ⓘ urban planning ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
city wall
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large central mound ⓘ lower town ⓘ |
| hasMaterialCulture |
bronze objects
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ceramics ⓘ cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasNearbySite | Tell Brak ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphy | multi-period occupation layers ⓘ |
| identifiedWith | Shubat-Enlil ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Khabur River basin
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Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ al-Hasakah Governorate ⓘ northeastern Syria ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near East ⓘ |
| period | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| researchTopic |
ancient climate change
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state formation in Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| servedAs | capital of the Old Assyrian Empire ⓘ |
| significance |
evidence for climate-related collapse in the 3rd millennium BCE
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key site for study of Old Assyrian expansion ⓘ major urban center in northern Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| timeOfMajorOccupation |
3rd millennium BCE
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early 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tell Leilan Description of subject: Tell Leilan is a major ancient Near Eastern archaeological site in northeastern Syria, identified with the Bronze Age city of Shubat-Enlil, a former capital of the Old Assyrian Empire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tell Leilan