Kültepe tablet corpus
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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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kültepe tablet corpus canonical | 1 |
| Kültepe tablets | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8300159 — 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: Kültepe tablet corpus Context triple: [Old Assyrian, attestedIn, Kültepe tablet corpus]
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A.
Hittite archives
The Hittite archives are collections of clay tablets preserving administrative, legal, religious, and diplomatic texts from the Hittite Empire, written in cuneiform and other contemporary scripts.
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B.
Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
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C.
Sennacherib Prism
The Sennacherib Prism is an ancient Assyrian clay prism inscribed with King Sennacherib’s royal annals, most famously detailing his military campaigns including the siege of Jerusalem in 701 BCE.
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D.
Esagila tablet
The Esagila tablet is an ancient Babylonian cuneiform text that provides a detailed description and measurements of the Esagila temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk.
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E.
Kadesh Treaty tablet
The Kadesh Treaty tablet is an ancient clay inscription bearing one of the world’s earliest known peace treaties, concluded between the Egyptian and Hittite empires after the Battle of Kadesh.
- 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: Kültepe tablet corpus Target entity description: 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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A.
Hittite archives
The Hittite archives are collections of clay tablets preserving administrative, legal, religious, and diplomatic texts from the Hittite Empire, written in cuneiform and other contemporary scripts.
-
B.
Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
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C.
Sennacherib Prism
The Sennacherib Prism is an ancient Assyrian clay prism inscribed with King Sennacherib’s royal annals, most famously detailing his military campaigns including the siege of Jerusalem in 701 BCE.
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D.
Esagila tablet
The Esagila tablet is an ancient Babylonian cuneiform text that provides a detailed description and measurements of the Esagila temple complex dedicated to the god Marduk.
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E.
Kadesh Treaty tablet
The Kadesh Treaty tablet is an ancient clay inscription bearing one of the world’s earliest known peace treaties, concluded between the Egyptian and Hittite empires after the Battle of Kadesh.
- F. None of above. chosen
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
ⓘ
linked to:
Ashur
|
| associatedWithPeople |
Assyrian merchants
ⓘ
local Anatolian population ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeriod |
Old Assyrian period
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Assyrian
|
| chronologicalContext | early second millennium BCE ⓘ |
| contains |
envelopes with seal impressions
ⓘ
sealed tablets ⓘ |
| culturalContext |
Old Assyrian merchant community
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Assyrian
|
| 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
ⓘ
ancient Kanesh ⓘ |
| language | Old Assyrian ⓘ |
| locatedInThePast |
central Anatolia
ⓘ
linked to:
Central Anatolia Region
|
| mainLanguageFamily | Akkadian ⓘ |
| material | clay tablets ⓘ |
| modernCountry | Turkey ⓘ |
| partOf |
Old Assyrian textual tradition
ⓘ
linked to:
Old Assyrian
|
| relatedTo |
Assyrian merchant colonies in Anatolia
ⓘ
Kanesh Level II settlement ⓘ Kanesh Level Ib settlement ⓘ |
| scriptType |
Old Assyrian cuneiform
ⓘ
linked to:
Mesopotamian cuneiform
|
| 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 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kültepe tablet corpus Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kültepe tablet corpus