Kültepe tablet corpus

E729299
Old Assyrian text corpus cuneiform tablet corpus epigraphic corpus

The Kültepe tablet corpus is a large collection of Old Assyrian cuneiform tablets from the ancient trading colony at Kültepe (ancient Kanesh) in central Anatolia, documenting commercial, legal, and social activities of Assyrian merchants in the early second millennium BCE.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Kültepe tablets 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Old Assyrian text corpus ⓘ
cuneiform tablet corpus ⓘ
epigraphic corpus ⓘ
approximateDateRange ca. 1950–1700 BCE ⓘ
archaeologicalContext Assyrian trading colony at Kanesh ⓘ
associatedWithCity Assur NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Assyrian merchants ⓘ
local Anatolian population ⓘ
associatedWithPeriod Old Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalContext early second millennium BCE ⓘ
contains envelopes with seal impressions ⓘ
sealed tablets ⓘ
culturalContext Old Assyrian merchant community NERFINISHED ⓘ
documents accounting records ⓘ
administrative records ⓘ
caravan organization ⓘ
commercial activities ⓘ
credit and loan contracts ⓘ
inheritance cases ⓘ
lawsuits and legal disputes ⓘ
legal activities ⓘ
long-distance trade between Assur and Anatolia ⓘ
marriage contracts ⓘ
partnership agreements ⓘ
private letters ⓘ
silver and goods transactions ⓘ
social activities ⓘ
taxation and customs dues ⓘ
textile trade ⓘ
tin trade ⓘ
foundAt Kültepe NERFINISHED ⓘ
ancient Kanesh ⓘ
language Old Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedInThePast central Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLanguageFamily Akkadian ⓘ
material clay tablets ⓘ
modernCountry Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf Old Assyrian textual tradition NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedTo Assyrian merchant colonies in Anatolia ⓘ
Kanesh Level II settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kanesh Level Ib settlement NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptType Old Assyrian cuneiform NERFINISHED ⓘ
significance important for the study of Near Eastern commercial law ⓘ
important for the study of Old Assyrian dialect ⓘ
key source for Old Assyrian trade history ⓘ
major source for the economic history of early second millennium BCE Anatolia ⓘ
major source for the social history of Assyrian merchants ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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Old Assyrian → attestedIn → Kültepe tablet corpus ⓘ
Old Assyrian commercial law → knownFrom → Kültepe tablet corpus ⓘ
this entity surface form: Kültepe tablets