Tushratta
E1038539
Tushratta was a 14th-century BCE king of Mitanni known for his diplomatic correspondence with Egypt and involvement in the power struggles of the Late Bronze Age Near East.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Tushratta canonical | 2 |
| Tushratta (probable) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13390663 — 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: Tushratta Context triple: [Mitanni kingdom, notableRuler, Tushratta]
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A.
Shuruppak
Shuruppak was an important ancient Sumerian city in southern Mesopotamia, traditionally associated with early urban development and the Sumerian flood myth.
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B.
Sumartin
Sumartin is a coastal village and ferry port on the eastern tip of the Croatian island of Brač, known for its quiet beaches and traditional fishing atmosphere.
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C.
Ḫarrānu
Ḫarrānu is the Akkadian name for the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran, a major commercial and religious center known especially for its association with the moon god Sin.
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D.
Hatti
Hatti was an ancient Anatolian kingdom and cultural region centered in central Turkey, later absorbed into the Hittite Empire.
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E.
Kaneš
Kaneš was an important ancient Anatolian city, known as a major Assyrian trading colony and archaeological site in central Turkey.
- 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: Tushratta Target entity description: Tushratta was a 14th-century BCE king of Mitanni known for his diplomatic correspondence with Egypt and involvement in the power struggles of the Late Bronze Age Near East.
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A.
Shuruppak
Shuruppak was an important ancient Sumerian city in southern Mesopotamia, traditionally associated with early urban development and the Sumerian flood myth.
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B.
Sumartin
Sumartin is a coastal village and ferry port on the eastern tip of the Croatian island of Brač, known for its quiet beaches and traditional fishing atmosphere.
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C.
Ḫarrānu
Ḫarrānu is the Akkadian name for the ancient Mesopotamian city of Harran, a major commercial and religious center known especially for its association with the moon god Sin.
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D.
Hatti
Hatti was an ancient Anatolian kingdom and cultural region centered in central Turkey, later absorbed into the Hittite Empire.
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E.
Kaneš
Kaneš was an important ancient Anatolian city, known as a major Assyrian trading colony and archaeological site in central Turkey.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Mitanni king
ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ king ⓘ |
| alliedWith | Egypt ⓘ |
| approximateReignEnd | c. 1330 BCE ⓘ |
| approximateReignStart | c. 1350 BCE ⓘ |
| complainedAbout | insufficient gold from Egypt in his letters ⓘ |
| conflictWith |
Assyria
ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| continent | Asia ⓘ |
| correspondedWith |
Akhenaten
ⓘ
Amenhotep III ⓘ Egyptian royal court ⓘ
linked to:
Egyptian royal household
|
| country | Mitanni ⓘ |
| culture |
Hurrian-Mitanni culture
ⓘ
linked to:
Hurrian dynasty
|
| deathCause | assassination (probable) ⓘ |
| diplomaticRelationsWith |
Assyria
ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to:
Babylon
Egypt ⓘ Hatti ⓘ |
| engagedIn | dynastic marriage diplomacy with Egypt ⓘ |
| era | Amarna period ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Hurrians
ⓘ
linked to:
Hurrian
|
| father | Shuttarna II ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Northern Mesopotamia
ⓘ
linked to:
Upper Mesopotamia
|
| knownFor |
Amarna letters
ⓘ
diplomatic correspondence with Egypt ⓘ involvement in Near Eastern power politics ⓘ |
| languageUsed | Akkadian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | loss of Mitanni territories to Hittites and Assyrians ⓘ |
| politicalStatus | Great King among Late Bronze Age Near Eastern powers ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Mitanni ⓘ |
| predecessor | Shuttarna II ⓘ |
| regionRuled |
Upper Mesopotamia
ⓘ
northern Syria ⓘ |
| religion | Hurrian religion ⓘ |
| royalHouse |
Mitanni royal dynasty
ⓘ
linked to:
Mitanni dynasty
|
| sentAsGift |
gold and luxury goods to Egyptian pharaohs
ⓘ
statue of the goddess Šauška (Ishtar) to Egypt ⓘ |
| sourceOfInformation | Amarna letters ⓘ |
| spouse | unknown Egyptian princess ⓘ |
| successor | Shattiwaza ⓘ |
| successorRelation | Shattiwaza was likely his son or close relative ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
14th century BCE
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ |
| title | Great King ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Tushratta Description of subject: Tushratta was a 14th-century BCE king of Mitanni known for his diplomatic correspondence with Egypt and involvement in the power struggles of the Late Bronze Age Near East.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.