Ataroth

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ancient town archaeological site biblical location

Ataroth is an ancient Moabite town known from biblical texts and the Mesha Stele, associated with conflicts between Israel and Moab.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Atarot	1
Ataroth canonical	1
Calneh	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6343694 — 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: Ataroth
Context triple: [Mesha Stele, mentionsPlace, Ataroth]

A. Argobba
Argobba is an endangered South Semitic language spoken by the Argobba people in central Ethiopia.
B. Halistra
Halistra is a small crofting settlement on the Waternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
C. Tirhuta
Tirhuta is a historical Brahmic script traditionally used for writing the Maithili language in the Mithila region of India and Nepal.
D. Arakhin
Arakhin is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with the laws of vows of valuation and consecration to the Temple.
E. Alatyr
Alatyr is a historic town in the Chuvash Republic of Russia, known as a regional cultural center with roots dating back to the medieval period.
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: Ataroth
Target entity description: Ataroth is an ancient Moabite town known from biblical texts and the Mesha Stele, associated with conflicts between Israel and Moab.

A. Argobba
Argobba is an endangered South Semitic language spoken by the Argobba people in central Ethiopia.
B. Halistra
Halistra is a small crofting settlement on the Waternish peninsula of the Isle of Skye in Scotland.
C. Tirhuta
Tirhuta is a historical Brahmic script traditionally used for writing the Maithili language in the Mithila region of India and Nepal.
D. Arakhin
Arakhin is a tractate of the Mishnah and Talmud that deals primarily with the laws of vows of valuation and consecration to the Temple.
E. Alatyr
Alatyr is a historic town in the Chuvash Republic of Russia, known as a regional cultural center with roots dating back to the medieval period.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient town ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ biblical location ⓘ
associatedWith	King Mesha of Moab ⓘ linked to: Mesha Kingdom of Israel ⓘ linked to: Northern Kingdom of Israel tribe of Gad ⓘ tribe of Reuben ⓘ linked to: Tribe of Reuben
associatedWithEvent	conflicts between Israel and Moab ⓘ
conflictSide	Israel ⓘ Moab ⓘ
culturalContext	Israelite culture ⓘ Moabite culture ⓘ
describedAs	Moabite town ⓘ
hasNameForm	Atarot ⓘ linked to: Ataroth
hasRole	border town between Israelite and Moabite territories ⓘ
languageContext	Biblical Hebrew ⓘ Moabite ⓘ
locatedIn	Moab ⓘ Transjordan ⓘ
mentionedIn	Book of Joshua ⓘ Book of Numbers ⓘ Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh Mesha Stele ⓘ
partOf	ancient Near East ⓘ
region	Levant ⓘ linked to: Levant region
religiousContext	Moabite religion ⓘ ancient Israelite religion ⓘ
sourceType	biblical narrative ⓘ epigraphic evidence ⓘ
timePeriod	1st millennium BCE ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mesha Stele → mentionsPlace → Ataroth ⓘ

Ataroth → hasNameForm → Atarot ⓘ

linked to: Ataroth

King Nimrod → kingOver → Calneh ⓘ