Maşat Höyük
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Maşat Höyük is an archaeological site in north-central Turkey known for yielding important Hittite cuneiform archives that illuminate the administration and history of the Hittite Empire.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Maşat Höyük canonical | 3 |
| Maşat Höyük archaeological site | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8300107 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maşat Höyük Context triple: [Hittite archives, foundAt, Maşat Höyük]
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A.
Anıttepe
Anıttepe is a central hill and neighborhood in Ankara, Turkey, best known as the site of Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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B.
Yazili Tepe
Yazili Tepe is a notable rock art site within Azerbaijan’s Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, featuring ancient petroglyphs and archaeological remains.
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C.
Yalıhüyük
Yalıhüyük is a small district and town in central Turkey known for its rural character within Konya Province.
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D.
Sumqayit
Sumqayit is a major industrial city on the Caspian Sea coast of Azerbaijan, known for its large chemical and metallurgical complexes.
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E.
Tell Brak
Tell Brak is a major ancient Mesopotamian city-site in northeastern Syria, known for its early urban development and long occupation from the 6th millennium BCE onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maşat Höyük Target entity description: Maşat Höyük is an archaeological site in north-central Turkey known for yielding important Hittite cuneiform archives that illuminate the administration and history of the Hittite Empire.
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A.
Anıttepe
Anıttepe is a central hill and neighborhood in Ankara, Turkey, best known as the site of Anıtkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
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B.
Yazili Tepe
Yazili Tepe is a notable rock art site within Azerbaijan’s Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape, featuring ancient petroglyphs and archaeological remains.
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C.
Yalıhüyük
Yalıhüyük is a small district and town in central Turkey known for its rural character within Konya Province.
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D.
Sumqayit
Sumqayit is a major industrial city on the Caspian Sea coast of Azerbaijan, known for its large chemical and metallurgical complexes.
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E.
Tell Brak
Tell Brak is a major ancient Mesopotamian city-site in northeastern Syria, known for its early urban development and long occupation from the 6th millennium BCE onward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | archaeological site ⓘ |
| archaeologicalStratum |
Hittite level
ⓘ
post-Hittite levels ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Hittite provincial administration
ⓘ
Hittite royal correspondence ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| eraOfMajorOccupation | 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Turkish archaeologists ⓘ |
| excavationStarted | 1970s ⓘ |
| function |
Hittite provincial center
ⓘ
administrative center ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
domestic structures
ⓘ
fortifications ⓘ palatial architecture ⓘ storage facilities ⓘ |
| hasCulture | Hittite ⓘ |
| hasFind |
pottery
ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ small finds ⓘ |
| hasNameInTurkish | Maşat Höyük ⓘ |
| heritageType | Bronze Age site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hittite cuneiform archives
ⓘ
cuneiform tablets ⓘ information on Hittite history ⓘ information on Hittite provincial administration ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Tokat Province
ⓘ
north-central Anatolia ⓘ north-central Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedOn | a mound (höyük) ⓘ |
| near | Zile ⓘ |
| partOf |
Hittite Empire (historical region)
ⓘ
linked to:
Hittite Empire
|
| region | Central Black Sea region of Turkey ⓘ |
| researchField |
Hittitology
ⓘ
Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ |
| scriptUsed | cuneiform ⓘ |
| significance |
illuminates administration of the Hittite Empire
ⓘ
illuminates history of the Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| tabletsContain |
administrative texts
ⓘ
historical records ⓘ letters ⓘ |
| tabletsLanguage | Hittite language ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Hittite period
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| typeOfSite | tell ⓘ |
| yields | clay tablets ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Maşat Höyük Description of subject: Maşat Höyük is an archaeological site in north-central Turkey known for yielding important Hittite cuneiform archives that illuminate the administration and history of the Hittite Empire.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Maşat Höyük