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Which records preserve examples of Old Assyrian cuneiform?

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Sumerian cuneiform tablet — cuneiform An account of barley distribution, probably from Uruk, Mesopotamia, c. 3100–2900 bce; in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City.

Old Assyrian cuneiform is primarily preserved in the records of Assyrian trading colonists who established themselves in central Asia Minor during the early 2nd millennium BCE (approximately 1950 BCE).1

These records, often referred to as the Cappadocian tablets, were discovered at the ancient mound of Kültepe, specifically within the merchant colony area known as Karum Kanesh. These tablets serve as the earliest historical documents found in Anatolia and provide evidence of the trade activities conducted by Assyrian merchants, who used these outposts to distribute textiles and goods from Assyria and Babylonia in exchange for local copper and silver.23

In addition to Kültepe, similar Old Assyrian texts have been discovered at other sites in central Anatolia, including Alişar Hüyük and Boğazköy, the site of the Hittite capital.23