Old Assyrian

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Old Assyrian is an early dialect of the Akkadian language used in the ancient city-state of Assur and in Old Assyrian trade colonies during the early second millennium BCE.

All labels observed (6)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Akkadian dialect ⓘ
ancient language variety ⓘ
associatedWith Assur ⓘ
linked to: Ashur

Kanesh ⓘ
linked to: Kaneš

Old Assyrian trading network ⓘ
attestedIn Kültepe tablet corpus ⓘ
clay tablet archives ⓘ
chronologicallyFollows Old Akkadian ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian
chronologicallyPrecedes Middle Assyrian ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian ⓘ
closelyRelatedTo Old Babylonian ⓘ
era Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
hasCorpusSize several thousand known tablets ⓘ
hasFeature distinct orthographic conventions compared to Babylonian Akkadian ⓘ
distinct phonological developments within Akkadian ⓘ
specialized commercial terminology ⓘ
hasWritingDirection left-to-right in horizontal lines ⓘ
languageBranch East Semitic ⓘ
languageCodeStatus not assigned modern ISO 639-3 code as separate language ⓘ
languageFamily Semitic languages ⓘ
partOf Akkadian language ⓘ
linked to: Akkadian

Assyrian language historical stages ⓘ
region Upper Mesopotamia ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
linked to: Upper Mesopotamia
scriptOrigin adaptation of Old Babylonian cuneiform ⓘ
scriptType syllabic cuneiform ⓘ
standardFormOf Assyrian language in early second millennium BCE ⓘ
subclassOf Akkadian ⓘ
East Semitic language ⓘ
timePeriod early second millennium BCE ⓘ
timePeriodEnd circa 1700 BCE ⓘ
timePeriodStart circa 2000 BCE ⓘ
usedBy Assyrian merchants ⓘ
inhabitants of Assur ⓘ
usedFor administrative records ⓘ
commercial correspondence ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
usedIn Anatolia ⓘ
Kültepe (ancient Kanesh) ⓘ
linked to: Kültepe

Old Assyrian trade colonies ⓘ
city-state of Assur ⓘ
usedInDomain long-distance trade ⓘ
private business archives ⓘ
writingMaterial clay tablets ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (28)

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

Akkadian → hasDialect → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Assyria → historicalPhase → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Kültepe → culture → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Kültepe → period → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Kültepe → period → Old Hittite period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Kültepe → language → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Ashur → associatedWith → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Old Assyrian → era → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian → developedFrom → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Old Assyrian commercial law → language → Old Assyrian Akkadian ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Old Assyrian commercial law → relatedTo → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Kaneš → culture → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Kaneš → language → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Middle Assyrian → ancestor → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Amorite language → attestedIn → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Tell Leilan → culture → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Kültepe tablet corpus → language → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Kültepe tablet corpus → associatedWithPeriod → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Kültepe tablet corpus → culturalContext → Old Assyrian merchant community ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Kültepe tablet corpus → partOf → Old Assyrian textual tradition ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
East Semitic → notableLanguage → Old Assyrian ⓘ
Old Assyrian trade network → chronologicalContext → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Ashur → timePeriod → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
subject linked to: Ashur (god)
linked to: Old Assyrian
Bronze Age Mesopotamia → hasSubPeriod → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Assyrian scribes → activeDuring → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian
Ashur → timePeriodOfWorship → Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Old Assyrian