Boğazköy (Hattusa)
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Boğazköy (Hattusa) is the archaeological site of the ancient Hittite capital in central Anatolia, renowned for its extensive cuneiform tablet archives that are key to the study of Anatolian languages.
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How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T294225 — 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.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Boğazköy (Hattusa) Context triple: [Anatolian languages, majorCorpusLocation, Boğazköy (Hattusa)]
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A.
Hatra
Hatra is an ancient fortified city in northern Iraq, renowned for its well-preserved blend of Hellenistic and Parthian architecture and its role as a major religious and trading center in the early centuries CE.
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B.
Nineveh
Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, famed as a major political and cultural center and once the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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C.
Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern is a vast underground Byzantine water reservoir in Istanbul, famed for its forest of marble columns and atmospheric, cathedral-like interior.
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D.
Karyes
Karyes is the principal administrative and spiritual center of the monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece.
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Nippur
Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
- 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: Boğazköy (Hattusa) Target entity description: Boğazköy (Hattusa) is the archaeological site of the ancient Hittite capital in central Anatolia, renowned for its extensive cuneiform tablet archives that are key to the study of Anatolian languages.
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A.
Hatra
Hatra is an ancient fortified city in northern Iraq, renowned for its well-preserved blend of Hellenistic and Parthian architecture and its role as a major religious and trading center in the early centuries CE.
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B.
Nineveh
Nineveh was an ancient Assyrian city on the eastern bank of the Tigris River, famed as a major political and cultural center and once the capital of the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
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C.
Basilica Cistern
The Basilica Cistern is a vast underground Byzantine water reservoir in Istanbul, famed for its forest of marble columns and atmospheric, cathedral-like interior.
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D.
Karyes
Karyes is the principal administrative and spiritual center of the monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece.
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E.
Nippur
Nippur was an ancient Sumerian city in Mesopotamia that served as a major religious center dedicated to the god Enlil.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Site
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| ancientName |
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Hattusa
|
| associatedWithPeople |
Hittite Empire
ⓘ
surface form:
Hittites
|
| capitalOf |
Hatti
ⓘ
Hittite Empire ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | Charles Texier ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | German Archaeological Institute ⓘ |
| firstSurveyedIn | 1834 ⓘ |
| floruit | 2nd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| hasPart |
Great Temple
ⓘ
King’s Gate ⓘ Lion Gate ⓘ Lower City ⓘ Sphinx Gate ⓘ Upper City ⓘ Boğazköy (Hattusa) self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Yazılıkaya sanctuary
Yerkapı rampart ⓘ city walls ⓘ royal citadel ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Hittite laws
ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite law codes
Hittite royal archives ⓘ cuneiform tablet archives ⓘ international treaties ⓘ religious texts ⓘ study of Anatolian languages ⓘ |
| languageOfInscriptions |
Akkadian
ⓘ
Hittite (Nesite) ⓘ
surface form:
Hittite
Hurrian ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Central Anatolia Region
ⓘ
surface form:
central Anatolia
Çorum Province ⓘ |
| locatedInValleyOf | Kızılırmak River bend ⓘ |
| locatedNear | modern village of Boğazkale ⓘ |
| period | Bronze Age ⓘ |
| region | Anatolia ⓘ |
| significance |
key site for study of ancient Near Eastern diplomacy
ⓘ
key site for understanding Hittite civilization ⓘ |
| systematicExcavationsBegan | 1906 ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria |
(i)
ⓘ
(ii) ⓘ (iii) ⓘ (iv) ⓘ (vi) ⓘ |
| UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear | 1986 ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
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Subject: Boğazköy (Hattusa) Description of subject: Boğazköy (Hattusa) is the archaeological site of the ancient Hittite capital in central Anatolia, renowned for its extensive cuneiform tablet archives that are key to the study of Anatolian languages.
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Great Temple (Hattusa)
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Hattusa temple complex
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Great Temple (Hattusa)
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Hattusa lower city
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Great Temple (Hattusa)
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Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
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Hattusa
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Lion Gate (Hattusa)
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UNESCO World Heritage Site Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
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Lion Gate (Hattusa)
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Hittite royal citadel of Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa fortifications
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Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
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eastern fortifications of Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Hattusha: the Hittite Capital
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Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Great Temple of Hattusa
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UNESCO World Heritage Site Hattusha
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Upper City of Hattusa
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Hattusa
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Boghazköy
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Hattusa
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Hattusa