Tell Qarqur
E613424
Tell Qarqur is an archaeological mound in northwestern Syria that preserves a long sequence of human occupation from the early Bronze Age through the Islamic period.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tell Qarqour | 1 |
| Tell Qarqur canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6716421 — 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 Qarqur Context triple: [Orontes River, nearbyArchaeologicalSite, Tell Qarqur]
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A.
Karakays
Karakays are an ethnic community historically associated with the region of Gözleve (modern-day Yevpatoria) in Crimea.
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B.
Qilwah
Qilwah is a town located in the Al Bahah Region of southwestern Saudi Arabia, known for its mountainous terrain and traditional rural character.
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C.
Toqabaqita
Toqabaqita is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, particularly on Malaita Island.
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D.
Tajio Kaili
Tajio Kaili is a regional dialect of the Kaili language spoken by communities in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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E.
Kauthara
Kauthara was an important historical city that served as one of the principal political and cultural centers of the Champa civilization in what is now central Vietnam.
- 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 Qarqur Target entity description: Tell Qarqur is an archaeological mound in northwestern Syria that preserves a long sequence of human occupation from the early Bronze Age through the Islamic period.
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A.
Karakays
Karakays are an ethnic community historically associated with the region of Gözleve (modern-day Yevpatoria) in Crimea.
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B.
Qilwah
Qilwah is a town located in the Al Bahah Region of southwestern Saudi Arabia, known for its mountainous terrain and traditional rural character.
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C.
Toqabaqita
Toqabaqita is an Oceanic language spoken in the Solomon Islands, particularly on Malaita Island.
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D.
Tajio Kaili
Tajio Kaili is a regional dialect of the Kaili language spoken by communities in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.
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E.
Kauthara
Kauthara was an important historical city that served as one of the principal political and cultural centers of the Champa civilization in what is now central Vietnam.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient settlement
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| country | Syria ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
American Schools of Oriental Research
ⓘ
Syrian Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Tal Qarqur
ⓘ
Tell Qarqour ⓘ
linked to:
Tell Qarqur
|
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
architecture
ⓘ
ceramics ⓘ fortification remains ⓘ small finds ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalResearchType | long-term stratigraphic excavation ⓘ |
| hasChronologicalRange | 3rd millennium BCE to 2nd millennium CE (approximate) ⓘ |
| hasCulturalPeriod |
Bronze Age
ⓘ
Classical antiquity ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Medieval period ⓘ |
| hasDiscipline | Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ |
| hasEvidenceFor | long-term rural and urban occupation in the Orontes Valley ⓘ |
| hasFeature | archaeological mound ⓘ |
| hasOccupationSequenceFrom | Early Bronze Age ⓘ |
| hasOccupationSequenceTo | Islamic period ⓘ |
| hasPreservationType | multi-period stratified deposits ⓘ |
| hasSiteType | tell ⓘ |
| hasStratigraphyFromPeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Early Bronze Age ⓘ Hellenistic period ⓘ Iron Age ⓘ Islamic period ⓘ Late Bronze Age ⓘ Middle Bronze Age ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| locatedIn | northwestern Syria ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeEntity | Hama Governorate ⓘ |
| locatedInGeographicRegion |
Levant
ⓘ
linked to:
Levant region
|
| locatedInRegion |
Orontes River Valley
ⓘ
linked to:
Orontes River
|
| locatedOnWaterbody | Orontes River ⓘ |
| nearbySettlement | Qarqur (modern village) ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Near East ⓘ |
| researchFocus |
regional interaction in the Bronze and Iron Ages
ⓘ
settlement history of the Orontes Valley ⓘ |
| significance | preserves long continuous sequence of human occupation ⓘ |
| terrainFeature | river terrace ⓘ |
| usedFor | archaeological field training ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
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Input
Subject: Tell Qarqur Description of subject: Tell Qarqur is an archaeological mound in northwestern Syria that preserves a long sequence of human occupation from the early Bronze Age through the Islamic period.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Tell Qarqur