Aleppo Codex fragments

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Hebrew Bible manuscript fragments biblical manuscript fragments

The Aleppo Codex fragments are surviving pieces of a 10th-century authoritative Hebrew Bible manuscript, renowned for their textual accuracy and historical significance in Jewish tradition.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Aleppo Codex	5
Aleppo Codex (partial)	1
Aleppo Codex complete manuscript	1
Aleppo Codex fragments canonical	1
Aleppo Codex vocalization	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2024929 — 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: Aleppo Codex fragments
Context triple: [Israel Museum, notableExhibit, Aleppo Codex fragments]

A. Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
B. Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
C. Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered near Qumran that include some of the oldest known biblical texts and shed light on Second Temple Judaism.
D. Papyrus 66
Papyrus 66 is an early third-century Greek manuscript of the Gospel of John, notable for its importance to New Testament textual criticism and its affiliation with the Alexandrian text-type.
E. Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
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: Aleppo Codex fragments
Target entity description: The Aleppo Codex fragments are surviving pieces of a 10th-century authoritative Hebrew Bible manuscript, renowned for their textual accuracy and historical significance in Jewish tradition.

A. Leningrad Codex
The Leningrad Codex is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, produced by the Masoretic tradition around 1008–1010 CE and serving as a primary textual basis for modern critical editions.
B. Codex Sinaiticus
Codex Sinaiticus is one of the oldest and most complete surviving manuscripts of the Christian Bible, written in Greek on parchment in the 4th century.
C. Dead Sea Scrolls
The Dead Sea Scrolls are a collection of ancient Jewish manuscripts discovered near Qumran that include some of the oldest known biblical texts and shed light on Second Temple Judaism.
D. Papyrus 66
Papyrus 66 is an early third-century Greek manuscript of the Gospel of John, notable for its importance to New Testament textual criticism and its affiliation with the Alexandrian text-type.
E. Codex Bezae
Codex Bezae is a 5th-century Greek-Latin bilingual manuscript of the New Testament, notable for its distinctive textual variants and importance in biblical textual criticism.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Hebrew Bible manuscript fragments ⓘ biblical manuscript fragments ⓘ
associatedWith	Aaron ben Asher ⓘ
associatedWithEvent	damage and loss of leaves in the 20th century ⓘ
contains	portions of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
culturalSignificance	central to Jewish textual tradition ⓘ used as a standard for accurate Torah text ⓘ
currentUse	comparison with other Masoretic manuscripts ⓘ scholarly research ⓘ
dateOfOrigin	10th century ⓘ
evidenceFor	stability of the Masoretic Text ⓘ vocalization practices in medieval Tiberias ⓘ
feature	Masoretic notes ⓘ cantillation marks ⓘ vowel points ⓘ
follows	Tiberian Masoretic tradition ⓘ
genre	biblical codex fragments ⓘ
hasQuality	Masoretic precision ⓘ authoritative status in Jewish tradition ⓘ high textual accuracy ⓘ
historicalSignificance	evidence for the early Masoretic Text ⓘ important for reconstruction of the lost portions of the Aleppo Codex ⓘ reference for later Hebrew Bible manuscripts ⓘ
language	Hebrew ⓘ
material	parchment ⓘ
originalWork	Aleppo Codex complete manuscript ⓘ linked to: Aleppo Codex fragments
partOf	Aleppo Codex ⓘ linked to: Aleppo Codex fragments
placeOfOrigin	Tiberias ⓘ
preservationStatus	partial ⓘ
relatedTo	Leningrad Codex ⓘ Masoretic Text tradition of Tiberias ⓘ linked to: Masoretic Text
religion	Judaism ⓘ
religiousSignificance	considered a highly reliable witness to the biblical text ⓘ
script	Hebrew script ⓘ
scriptType	square Hebrew script ⓘ
studiedBy	Masoretic specialists ⓘ biblical scholars ⓘ textual critics ⓘ
subject	Hebrew Bible ⓘ linked to: Tanakh
survivingFrom	original complete Aleppo Codex ⓘ
timePeriod	medieval Jewish manuscript culture ⓘ
tradition	Masoretic Text ⓘ
typeOfWork	religious manuscript fragments ⓘ
use	Jewish biblical study ⓘ Masoretic textual research ⓘ textual criticism of the Hebrew Bible ⓘ
writingSystem	consonantal Hebrew with Tiberian vocalization ⓘ
writingTechnique	handwritten ⓘ

How these facts were elicited