Hittite archives
E194329
The Hittite archives are collections of clay tablets preserving administrative, legal, religious, and diplomatic texts from the Hittite Empire, written in cuneiform and other contemporary scripts.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Hattusa archives | 2 |
| Hittite archives canonical | 2 |
| Hittite cuneiform tablets | 2 |
| Hittite royal annals | 2 |
| Hittite texts | 2 |
| Boghazkoy archives | 1 |
| Boğazköy cuneiform tablets | 1 |
| Hattusa royal archives | 1 |
| Hethitische Keilschrifttafeln aus Boghazköi | 1 |
| Hittite treaties | 1 |
| royal archives of Hattusa | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1734908 — 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.
Target entity: Hittite archives Context triple: [Cuneiform Luwian, usedIn, Hittite archives]
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A.
Amarna letters
The Amarna letters are a cache of 14th-century BCE clay tablets containing diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and various Near Eastern rulers and vassal states, providing key insights into the politics, society, and international relations of the Late Bronze Age.
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B.
Mesha Stele
The Mesha Stele is an ancient Moabite stone inscription from the 9th century BCE that records King Mesha’s victories and is one of the most important early sources for the history and language of the Levant.
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C.
Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
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D.
Ugarit
Ugarit was an important ancient port city-state on the Syrian coast, known for its influential Canaanite culture and the discovery of one of the earliest alphabetic writing systems.
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E.
Babylonian chronicles
The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of ancient cuneiform tablets that record key political and military events in Babylonian history, providing one of the most important primary sources for the chronology of the ancient Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Hittite archives Target entity description: The Hittite archives are collections of clay tablets preserving administrative, legal, religious, and diplomatic texts from the Hittite Empire, written in cuneiform and other contemporary scripts.
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A.
Amarna letters
The Amarna letters are a cache of 14th-century BCE clay tablets containing diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and various Near Eastern rulers and vassal states, providing key insights into the politics, society, and international relations of the Late Bronze Age.
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B.
Mesha Stele
The Mesha Stele is an ancient Moabite stone inscription from the 9th century BCE that records King Mesha’s victories and is one of the most important early sources for the history and language of the Levant.
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C.
Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
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D.
Ugarit
Ugarit was an important ancient port city-state on the Syrian coast, known for its influential Canaanite culture and the discovery of one of the earliest alphabetic writing systems.
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E.
Babylonian chronicles
The Babylonian Chronicles are a series of ancient cuneiform tablets that record key political and military events in Babylonian history, providing one of the most important primary sources for the chronology of the ancient Near East.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (56)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient text collection
ⓘ
archaeological find category ⓘ cuneiform tablet corpus ⓘ |
| approximateDate | 17th century BCE to 12th century BCE ⓘ |
| chronologicalRange |
Late Bronze Age
ⓘ
Middle Hittite period ⓘ Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
surface form:
New Hittite Kingdom
Hittite Empire ⓘ
surface form:
Old Hittite Kingdom
|
| composedOf | clay tablets ⓘ |
| contains |
administrative texts
ⓘ
cult inventories ⓘ diplomatic texts ⓘ historical annals ⓘ incantations ⓘ legal texts ⓘ letters ⓘ mythological texts ⓘ omen texts ⓘ religious texts ⓘ ritual texts ⓘ royal edicts ⓘ treaties ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | archaeologists in the late 19th and 20th centuries ⓘ |
| foundAt |
Boğazköy
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Emar ⓘ Boğazköy (Hattusa) ⓘ
surface form:
Hattusa
Kültepe ⓘ Maşat Höyük ⓘ Ortaköy ⓘ
surface form:
Ortaköy
Sapinuwa ⓘ Ugarit ⓘ |
| includes | copy of Egyptian–Hittite peace treaty ⓘ |
| language |
Akkadian
ⓘ
surface form:
Akkadian language
Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite language
Hurrian ⓘ
surface form:
Hurrian language
Cuneiform Luwian ⓘ
surface form:
Luwian language
Sumerian language ⓘ |
| mainCenter |
Hittite archives
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hattusa archives
Hittite archives self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Hattusa royal archives
|
| material | baked clay ⓘ |
| preservationMethod | firing of clay tablets ⓘ |
| scriptType | cuneiform script ⓘ |
| significance |
primary source for Hittite history
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primary source for Hittite law ⓘ primary source for Hittite religion ⓘ primary source for Late Bronze Age diplomacy ⓘ |
| storedInAntiquityAs |
administrative archives
ⓘ
palace archives ⓘ temple archives ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hittite Empire
ⓘ
Hittite administration ⓘ |
| writingSystem |
Akkadian cuneiform
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Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite cuneiform
Hurrian cuneiform ⓘ Luwian hieroglyphic ⓘ Mesopotamian cuneiform ⓘ
surface form:
Sumerian cuneiform
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Referenced by (16)
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