Puzrish-Dagan
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Puzrish-Dagan was a major Ur III-period Mesopotamian administrative center known for its extensive archive of economic and bureaucratic cuneiform tablets.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Puzrish-Dagan canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8926160 — 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: Puzrish-Dagan Context triple: [Ur III dynasty, administrativeCenter, Puzrish-Dagan]
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A.
Uch-Kurgan
Uch-Kurgan is a town in Kyrgyzstan known for its location on the Naryn River and its role in regional hydropower and agriculture.
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B.
Bhir Mound
Bhir Mound is an ancient urban settlement at Taxila in present-day Pakistan, notable as one of the earliest and most important archaeological sites revealing the region’s early historic city planning and material culture.
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C.
Maşat Höyük
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- 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: Puzrish-Dagan Target entity description: Puzrish-Dagan was a major Ur III-period Mesopotamian administrative center known for its extensive archive of economic and bureaucratic cuneiform tablets.
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A.
Uch-Kurgan
Uch-Kurgan is a town in Kyrgyzstan known for its location on the Naryn River and its role in regional hydropower and agriculture.
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B.
Bhir Mound
Bhir Mound is an ancient urban settlement at Taxila in present-day Pakistan, notable as one of the earliest and most important archaeological sites revealing the region’s early historic city planning and material culture.
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C.
Maşat Höyük
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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D.
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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E.
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
administrative center
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ancient Mesopotamian city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Third Dynasty of Ur NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler |
Amar-Sin
NERFINISHED
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Ibbi-Sin NERFINISHED ⓘ Shu-Sin NERFINISHED ⓘ Shulgi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contributesToKnowledgeOf |
Ur III provincial network
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient Near Eastern economic history ⓘ |
| evidenceFor |
Ur III administrative practices
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Ur III economic organization ⓘ bureaucratic record-keeping ⓘ state redistribution system ⓘ |
| flourishedDuring | late 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ |
| functionedAs |
collection point for livestock
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distribution center for goods ⓘ royal administrative hub ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceType |
clay tablets
ⓘ
seal impressions ⓘ |
| hasLanguageOfInscriptions |
Akkadian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sumerian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSourceType |
dated administrative tablets
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undated administrative tablets ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bureaucratic administration
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economic administration ⓘ large cuneiform tablet archive ⓘ livestock management records ⓘ redistributive economy records ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Mesopotamia
NERFINISHED
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southern Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainRecordedCommodity |
cattle
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goats ⓘ other livestock ⓘ sheep ⓘ |
| period | Ur III period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| roleInEconomy | state-controlled redistribution center ⓘ |
| roleInState | central node in Ur III provincial administration ⓘ |
| studiedInDiscipline |
Assyriology
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Near Eastern archaeology ⓘ |
| tabletArchiveType |
accounting records
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administrative texts ⓘ delivery receipts ⓘ economic texts ⓘ ration lists ⓘ |
| timeSpanDocumented | reigns of multiple Ur III kings ⓘ |
| writingSystem | cuneiform ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Puzrish-Dagan Description of subject: Puzrish-Dagan was a major Ur III-period Mesopotamian administrative center known for its extensive archive of economic and bureaucratic cuneiform tablets.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.