Kültepe

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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.

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Kültepe-Kaneš 1

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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

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Kültepe hasName Kültepe self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Kültepe-Kaneš