Colossae
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Colossae was an ancient Phrygian city in Asia Minor, notable in early Christianity as the community addressed by the New Testament Epistle to the Colossians.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Colossae canonical | 15 |
| Colossae (probable) | 1 |
| ancient city of Colossae | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2824377 — 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: Colossae Context triple: [Epistle to the Colossians, locationAddressed, Colossae]
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A.
Philippi
Philippi was an ancient city in eastern Macedonia, notable in early Christianity as the site of one of the first European churches and a key location in the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul.
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B.
Smyrna
Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
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C.
Sardis
Sardis was the ancient capital of the Lydian kingdom in western Anatolia, renowned for its wealth, early coinage, and strategic location on key trade routes.
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D.
Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
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E.
Lystra
Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.
- 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: Colossae Target entity description: Colossae was an ancient Phrygian city in Asia Minor, notable in early Christianity as the community addressed by the New Testament Epistle to the Colossians.
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A.
Philippi
Philippi was an ancient city in eastern Macedonia, notable in early Christianity as the site of one of the first European churches and a key location in the missionary journeys of the Apostle Paul.
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B.
Smyrna
Smyrna was a major Aegean port city (modern-day İzmir in Turkey) that served as a key commercial and cultural hub in the Ottoman Empire.
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C.
Sardis
Sardis was the ancient capital of the Lydian kingdom in western Anatolia, renowned for its wealth, early coinage, and strategic location on key trade routes.
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D.
Tarsus
Tarsus is an ancient city in Cilicia (in modern-day Turkey) known as a major cultural and commercial center of the Roman Empire and as the birthplace of the Apostle Paul.
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E.
Lystra
Lystra was an ancient city in the Roman province of Galatia, known from the New Testament as a place visited by the Apostle Paul and the hometown of his companion Timothy.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStatus | unexcavated major site ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Apostle Paul
ⓘ
Epaphras ⓘ Timothy ⓘ |
| citedBy |
Herodotus
ⓘ
Strabo ⓘ Xenophon ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| declinedByCentury | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| destroyedBy | earthquake ⓘ |
| destroyedInCentury | 1st century CE ⓘ |
| distanceFrom |
about 15 km southeast of Laodicea
ⓘ
about 20 km from Hierapolis ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
textile production
ⓘ
wool trade ⓘ |
| flourishedInCentury |
4th century BCE
ⓘ
5th century BCE ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod | Classical antiquity ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Honaz Höyük ⓘ |
| hasType |
ancient Anatolian city
ⓘ
biblical site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
New Testament Epistle to the Colossians
ⓘ
linked to:
Epistle to the Colossians
early Christian community ⓘ |
| languageUsed |
Greek
ⓘ
Phrygian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Asia Minor
ⓘ
Phrygia ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedInProvince |
Denizli Province
ⓘ
linked to:
Denizli
|
| locatedInRegion | southwestern Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear |
Honaz
ⓘ
linked to:
Hozat
|
| locatedOnTradeRoute | route between Ephesus and the Euphrates ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Epistle to Philemon
ⓘ
Epistle to the Colossians ⓘ |
| partOf |
Achaemenid Empire
ⓘ
Byzantine Empire ⓘ Hellenistic world ⓘ
linked to:
Hellenistic period
Roman Empire ⓘ |
| regionHistorically |
Lydia-Phrygia border area
ⓘ
linked to:
Phrygia
|
| religionPracticed |
Greco-Roman paganism
ⓘ
early Christianity ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | important site for early Christianity ⓘ |
| situatedInValley | Lycus Valley ⓘ |
| situatedOn | Lycus River ⓘ |
| supersededBy |
Hierapolis
ⓘ
Laodicea on the Lycus ⓘ
linked to:
Laodicea
|
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Colossae Description of subject: Colossae was an ancient Phrygian city in Asia Minor, notable in early Christianity as the community addressed by the New Testament Epistle to the Colossians.
Referenced by (17)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
Asia province
linked to: Colossae
subject linked to:
the church in Philemon’s house
subject linked to:
the church in Philemon’s house
linked to: Colossae