Kültepe
E39434
Kültepe is an important ancient archaeological site in central Turkey, best known for its large cache of cuneiform tablets that provide key evidence for Old Assyrian trade and early Anatolian languages.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kültepe-Kaneš | 1 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List site
ⓘ
ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ tell ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culture |
Anatolian
ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite
Old Assyrian ⓘ |
| distanceFromKayseri | approximately 20 kilometers northeast ⓘ |
| elevation | about 1100 meters ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
Old Assyrian commercial law
ⓘ
earliest attested Indo-European language (Hittite) ⓘ long-distance trade between Mesopotamia and Anatolia ⓘ urbanization in Bronze Age Anatolia ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Bedřich Hrozný
ⓘ
Tahsin Özgüç ⓘ |
| excavationsBegan | late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAncientName |
Kaneš
ⓘ
Neša ⓘ |
| hasName |
Kültepe
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Kültepe-Kaneš
|
| hasPart |
Kaneš
ⓘ
surface form:
karum Kaneš
lower town ⓘ upper city mound ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (Turkey) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Assyrian merchant quarter (karum)
ⓘ
Old Assyrian trade records ⓘ early Anatolian languages ⓘ evidence for Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ large cache of cuneiform tablets ⓘ |
| language |
Hattic (attested in names)
ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite
Old Assyrian ⓘ Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form:
Old Hittite
|
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Central Anatolia Region ⓘ
surface form:
Central Anatolia
Kayseri Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Kayseri ⓘ |
| majorExcavations | 20th century ⓘ |
| period |
Early Bronze Age
ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ Old Assyrian ⓘ
surface form:
Old Assyrian period
Old Assyrian ⓘ
surface form:
Old Hittite period
|
| region | Cappadocia ⓘ |
| script | cuneiform ⓘ |
| tabletCount | over 20,000 cuneiform tablets ⓘ |
| tradeGoods |
silver
ⓘ
textiles ⓘ tin ⓘ |
| tradeNetwork | Old Assyrian merchant colonies in Anatolia ⓘ |
| UNESCOTentativeListSince | 2014 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.