Kültepe
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Kültepe is an important ancient archaeological site in central Turkey, best known for its large cache of cuneiform tablets that provide key evidence for Old Assyrian trade and early Anatolian languages.
All labels observed (7)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Kültepe canonical | 15 |
| Kaneš (Kültepe) | 2 |
| Kültepe (ancient Kanesh) | 1 |
| Kültepe höyük | 1 |
| Kültepe kārum | 1 |
| Kültepe-Kaneš | 1 |
| Kültepe-Kaniš | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T294226 — 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 Context triple: [Anatolian languages, majorCorpusLocation, Kültepe]
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A.
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Karyes
Karyes is the principal administrative and spiritual center of the monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece.
- 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 Target entity description: Kültepe is an important ancient archaeological site in central Turkey, best known for its large cache of cuneiform tablets that provide key evidence for Old Assyrian trade and early Anatolian languages.
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A.
Boğazköy (Hattusa)
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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B.
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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C.
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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D.
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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E.
Karyes
Karyes is the principal administrative and spiritual center of the monastic community on Mount Athos in Greece.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List site
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ tell ⓘ |
| country | Turkey ⓘ |
| culture |
Anatolian
ⓘ
Hittite ⓘ
linked to:
Hittite (Nesite)
Old Assyrian ⓘ |
| distanceFromKayseri | approximately 20 kilometers northeast ⓘ |
| elevation | about 1100 meters ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
Old Assyrian commercial law
ⓘ
earliest attested Indo-European language (Hittite) ⓘ long-distance trade between Mesopotamia and Anatolia ⓘ urbanization in Bronze Age Anatolia ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Bedřich Hrozný
ⓘ
Tahsin Özgüç ⓘ |
| excavationsBegan | late 19th century ⓘ |
| hasAncientName |
Kaneš
ⓘ
Neša ⓘ |
| hasName |
Kültepe-Kaneš
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linked to:
Kültepe
|
| hasPart |
karum Kaneš
ⓘ
linked to:
Kaneš
lower town ⓘ upper city mound ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | UNESCO World Heritage Tentative List (Turkey) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Assyrian merchant quarter (karum)
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Old Assyrian trade records ⓘ early Anatolian languages ⓘ evidence for Old Assyrian trade network ⓘ large cache of cuneiform tablets ⓘ |
| language |
Hattic (attested in names)
ⓘ
Hittite ⓘ
linked to:
Hittite (Nesite)
Old Assyrian ⓘ Old Hittite ⓘ
linked to:
Hittite (Nesite)
|
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
ⓘ
Central Anatolia ⓘ
linked to:
Central Anatolia Region
Kayseri Province ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Kayseri ⓘ |
| majorExcavations | 20th century ⓘ |
| period |
Early Bronze Age
ⓘ
Middle Bronze Age ⓘ Old Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to:
Old Assyrian
Old Hittite period ⓘ
linked to:
Old Assyrian
|
| region | Cappadocia ⓘ |
| script | cuneiform ⓘ |
| tabletCount | over 20,000 cuneiform tablets ⓘ |
| tradeGoods |
silver
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textiles ⓘ tin ⓘ |
| tradeNetwork | Old Assyrian merchant colonies in Anatolia ⓘ |
| UNESCOTentativeListSince | 2014 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Kültepe Description of subject: Kültepe is an important ancient archaeological site in central Turkey, best known for its large cache of cuneiform tablets that provide key evidence for Old Assyrian trade and early Anatolian languages.
Referenced by (22)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Kültepe
linked to: Kültepe
linked to: Kültepe
linked to: Kültepe
linked to: Kültepe
Kültepe-Kaniš II: New Researches at the Trading Center of the Ancient Near East
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hasSubject
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Kültepe-Kaniš
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linked to: Kültepe