Old Aramaic

Target entity: Old Aramaic
Context triple: [Imperial Aramaic, predecessor, Old Aramaic]

• A. Classical Aramaic
  Classical Aramaic is the standardized literary and liturgical form of the Aramaic language used in antiquity, notably in religious texts and inscriptions across the Near East.
• B. Aramaic
  Aramaic is an ancient Semitic language historically spoken in the Near East, notable as a lingua franca of empires and as the everyday language of parts of the biblical and early Christian world.
• C. Middle Aramaic
  Middle Aramaic is a historical stage of the Aramaic language, used roughly between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, that served as a key transitional phase between earlier Imperial Aramaic and the later Neo-Aramaic languages.
• D. Eastern Aramaic
  Eastern Aramaic is a branch of the Aramaic language group comprising several modern and classical dialects historically spoken across Mesopotamia and surrounding regions.
• E. Samaritan Aramaic
  Samaritan Aramaic is a distinct variety of Aramaic historically spoken and preserved in liturgical and literary traditions by the Samaritan community.
• F. None of above. chosen
• G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

Target entity: Old Aramaic
Target entity description: Old Aramaic is an early stage of the Aramaic language used in the first millennium BCE across parts of the ancient Near East, known from inscriptions and documents of various Aramaean kingdoms and empires.

• A. Classical Aramaic
  Classical Aramaic is the standardized literary and liturgical form of the Aramaic language used in antiquity, notably in religious texts and inscriptions across the Near East.
• B. Aramaic
  Aramaic is an ancient Semitic language historically spoken in the Near East, notable as a lingua franca of empires and as the everyday language of parts of the biblical and early Christian world.
• C. Middle Aramaic
  Middle Aramaic is a historical stage of the Aramaic language, used roughly between the 3rd century BCE and the 3rd century CE, that served as a key transitional phase between earlier Imperial Aramaic and the later Neo-Aramaic languages.
• D. Eastern Aramaic
  Eastern Aramaic is a branch of the Aramaic language group comprising several modern and classical dialects historically spoken across Mesopotamia and surrounding regions.
• E. Samaritan Aramaic
  Samaritan Aramaic is a distinct variety of Aramaic historically spoken and preserved in liturgical and literary traditions by the Samaritan community.
• F. None of above. chosen