Amel-Marduk
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Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Amel-Marduk canonical | 14 |
| Evil-merodach | 3 |
| Amel-Marduk, king of Babylon | 1 |
| Amil-Marduk | 1 |
| Awil-Marduk | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T546157 — 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: Amel-Marduk Context triple: [Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruler, Amel-Marduk]
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A.
Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
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B.
Ur of the Chaldeans
Ur of the Chaldeans is an ancient Mesopotamian city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham.
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C.
Eshmun
Eshmun is a Phoenician god primarily associated with healing and medicine, often linked to later Greco-Roman healing deities.
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D.
Enlil
Enlil is a chief god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with wind, air, and authority over the cosmos.
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E.
Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
- 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: Amel-Marduk Target entity description: Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
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A.
Marduk
Marduk is the chief god of Babylon in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with creation, kingship, and the defeat of the chaos monster Tiamat.
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B.
Ur of the Chaldeans
Ur of the Chaldeans is an ancient Mesopotamian city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of the biblical patriarch Abraham.
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C.
Eshmun
Eshmun is a Phoenician god primarily associated with healing and medicine, often linked to later Greco-Roman healing deities.
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D.
Enlil
Enlil is a chief god in ancient Mesopotamian religion, associated with wind, air, and authority over the cosmos.
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E.
Nimrod
Nimrod is a 1997 studio album by American punk rock band Green Day, best known for its blend of punk energy with more experimental and melodic tracks.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Babylonian king
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Amel-Marduk
ⓘ
surface form:
Amil-Marduk
Amel-Marduk ⓘ
surface form:
Awil-Marduk
Amel-Marduk ⓘ
surface form:
Evil-merodach
|
| associatedDeity | Marduk ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Judean exiles in Babylon ⓘ |
| biblicalName |
Amel-Marduk
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Evil-merodach
|
| capital | Babylon ⓘ |
| chronologicalPosition | second king of the Neo-Babylonian Empire after Nabopolassar and Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| country | Babylon ⓘ |
| culture |
Babylonians
ⓘ
surface form:
Babylonian
|
| deathCause | assassination ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Babylon ⓘ |
| dynasty |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Babylonian dynasty
|
| era |
Neo-Babylonian Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Neo-Babylonian period
|
| father | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| governmentForm | absolute monarchy ⓘ |
| historicalAttestation |
biblical texts
ⓘ
economic tablets ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| historicalReputation | brief and turbulent reign ⓘ |
| killedBy | Neriglissar ⓘ |
| knownFor | releasing Jehoiachin from prison ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Book of Jeremiah
ⓘ
Books of Kings ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Kings
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Akkadian ⓘ |
| notableAct | elevating Jehoiachin to a place of honor at the Babylonian court ⓘ |
| parentOf | possible daughters ⓘ |
| politicalContext | rule following long reign of Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| predecessor | Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ |
| regionRuled | Mesopotamia ⓘ |
| regnalNameLanguage | Akkadian ⓘ |
| regnalNameMeaning | man of Marduk ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 560 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 562 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Babylonian religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse | House of Nebuchadnezzar ⓘ |
| spouse | Kashshaya ⓘ |
| successionType | hereditary succession ⓘ |
| successor | Neriglissar ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| title | King of Babylon ⓘ |
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
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Amel-Marduk Description of subject: Amel-Marduk was a 6th-century BCE king of Babylon, known from biblical and cuneiform sources as the successor of Nebuchadnezzar II and for releasing the Judean king Jehoiachin from prison.
Referenced by (20)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Jehoiachin
subject surface form:
Amel-Marduk
this entity surface form:
Evil-merodach
this entity surface form:
Evil-merodach
this entity surface form:
Awil-Marduk
this entity surface form:
Amil-Marduk
this entity surface form:
Evil-merodach
subject surface form:
Neriglissar
subject surface form:
Neriglissar
subject surface form:
Neriglissar