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Archaeological Site of Kültepe-Kanesh

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  • Can SARICA
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Kültepe-Kanesh consists of a tell, the actual Kültepe, and a lower town, where an Assyrian settlement was found.

The city was the administrative centre of the complex trade network established between the north Mesopotamian city of Ashur and Anatolia during the first quarter of the second millennium B.C. 23,500 baked clay tablets (“Kültepe texts”) have been found here which were the first written documents of Anatolia.

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Full Name
Archaeological Site of Kültepe-Kanesh (ID: 5905)
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Turkiye
Status
Nominated 2027 Site history
History of Archaeological Site of Kültepe-Kanesh
2024: Preliminary Assessment
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2014: Added to Tentative List
Added to tentative list
Type
None
Criteria
  • ii
  • iii
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