Neša

E199137

Bronze Age settlement ancient city archaeological site

Neša is the ancient name of the city of Kültepe, a major Bronze Age trading center and early Hittite capital in central Anatolia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Neša canonical	2
Neshaš	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Bronze Age settlement ⓘ ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ
alternativeName	Nesha ⓘ Nesite ⓘ surface form: Nesha/Neshaš (various scholarly transcriptions) Neša ⓘ surface form: Neshaš
ancientNameOf	Kültepe ⓘ
associatedWithCulture	Assyrians ⓘ surface form: Assyrian Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ surface form: Hittite
country	Turkey ⓘ
economicActivity	long-distance trade ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalComponent	Kültepe ⓘ surface form: Kültepe höyük Kültepe ⓘ surface form: Kültepe kārum
hasModernArchaeologicalName	Kültepe ⓘ
inferredLocation	near modern Kayseri ⓘ
knownFrom	cuneiform tablets ⓘ
languageAttested	Old Assyrian ⓘ Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ surface form: Old Hittite
locatedIn	Anatolia ⓘ Central Anatolia Region ⓘ surface form: Central Anatolia
locatedInPresentDay	Turkey ⓘ
mentionedIn	Old Assyrian commercial law ⓘ surface form: Old Assyrian trade texts early Hittite royal inscriptions ⓘ
partOf	Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ
regionType	urban center ⓘ
religiousRole	cult center in early Hittite period ⓘ
role	early Hittite capital ⓘ major Bronze Age trading center ⓘ
significance	early center of Hittite state formation ⓘ key node in Old Assyrian merchant colonies system ⓘ
timePeriod	Bronze Age ⓘ
tradedWith	Ashur ⓘ surface form: Assur
writingSystemUsed	cuneiform ⓘ

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kültepe → hasAncientName → Neša ⓘ

Neša → alternativeName → Neša ⓘ

this entity surface form: Neshaš

Kaneš → alsoKnownAs → Neša ⓘ