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KBo 01, 14 (P282480)
Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 01, 14 |
|---|---|
| ID | P282480 |
| Museum no. | VAT 07430 |
| Collection | Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin, Germany |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Find spot | Ḫattusa (mod. Boğazkale) |
| Coordinates | 40.0144, 34.6164 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC) · CC BY-SA 3.0 (ORACC default); per-file JSON license fields say: This data is released under the CC0 license (133618)
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o | ||
| 1' | [...] ta-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... you(?) ... |
| 2' | [...] ⸢ma⸣-a a-ba-⸢su₂⸣ [...] | (Sum) ... I want to utter an arazu prayer to him(?) (Akk) The ... of the ema’ea prayer is uttered to him |
| 3' | [...] x qa-at šu-⸢x⸣ [...] | ... hand of ... |
| 4' | [...] ša al-tap-ra-ak-ku [...] | ... of which I am writing to you |
| 5' | [...] an-ni-ta taš₃-pu-ra [...] | ... you wrote me from this |
| 6' | [... LU₂-MEŠ {iri]}tu-u-ri-ra KUR{ti} ih-ta-nab-ba₂-tu₄ | the people of Turira have seized the land |
| 7' | [ul-tu₃ a-ma]-⸢ka⸣ KUR {iri}kar-ga-mis ul-tu₃ an-na-ka KUR {⸢iri⸣}[...] | From here the land Kargamis, from here the city |
| 8' | [ih-ta-nab-ba₂]-tu₄ LUGAL {kur}ha-ni-gal-bat il-ta-nap-pa-ra | the king of Ḫanigalbat kept writing |
| 9' | [ma-a {iri]}tu-ri-ra ia-a-u₂ ma-a ul-tu₄ a-ma-ka ⸢al⸣-ta-nap-pa-ra | saying: “Turira is mine,’ from where do you send (word)? |
| 10' | [ma-a {iri]}tu-u-ri-ra ia-a-u₂ {iri}tu-u-ri-ra ⸢ku-a-u₂⸣ | saying: “Turira is mine, Turiru is Kua'ue |
| 11' | ⸢u₃⸣ la-a ša LUGAL {kur}ha-ni-gal-bat a-ba-at {iri}tu-u-ri-ra | not belonging to the king of Hanigalbat, the governor of Turira |
| 12' | la-a tu₃-ud-da₂-a ki-i {iri}tu-u-ri-ra KUR{tu₄} ih-ta-nab-⸢ba₂⸣-tu₄ | If Turira does not give birth, the land will be abandoned. |
| 13' | a-na lib₃-bi {iri}tu-u-ri-ra hu-u-ub-ta ul-te-ne₂-el₂-qu₂-u₂ | to the inner city Turira they have taken prisoner. |
| 14' | ARAD-MEŠ-ia ša it-ta-na-bi-tu₄ a-na {iri}tu-u-ri-ra-ma i-te-ne₂-lu-u₂ | my servants who had fled to Turiram and fled |
| 15' | šum-ma {iri}tu-u-ri-ra ku-a-u₂ hu-bu-uṣ ARAD-MEŠ-ia ša i+na ŠA₃-URU{li₃} aš-bu | If Turira is destroyed, my servants who are living in the Inner City |
| 16' | mi-im-mu-šu₂-nu la-a ta-qar₂-ri-ib šum-ma {iri}tu-u-ri-ra la-a ku-a-u₂ | If Turira is not yours |
| 17' | šu-up-ra-am-ma a-na-ku lu-uh-bu-uṣ ERIN₂-MEŠ-ka ša i+na lib₃-bi URU{li₃} aš-bu | Write to me, so that I may release your troops that are in the inner city. |
| 18' | a-na mi-im-mu-šu₂-nu la-a iq-qa₂-ar-ri-ib am-mi-ni a-na ia-ši UR.MAH | Why does the lion not approach me? |
| 19' | LU₂-MEŠ {iri}tu-u-ri-ra EGIR-ia u₂-uz-za-nu-ni-ni | The men of Turira after me sat down. |
| 20' | a-na AN.BAR SIG₅{qi₂} ša taš₃-pu-ra-an-ni AN.BAR SIG₅ i+na {iri}ki-iz-zu-wa-at-na | Concerning the good iron about which you wrote me, the bad iron in Kizzuwatna |
| 21' | i+na E₂ {na₄}KIŠIB-ia la-a-aš-šu AN.BAR a-na e-pe₂-ši le-me₂-e-nu | In the house of my seal there is no iron for making evil. |
| 22' | al-ta-par₂ AN.BAR SIG₅{qa₂} e-ep-pu-šu a-di-ni la-a i-gam₂-ma-ru | I have sent. Good iron they shall make, but until now they have not finished. |
| 23' | i-gam₂-ma-ru-ma u₂-še-bi-la-ak-ku i-na-an-na a-nu-um-ma EME GIR₂ AN.BAR | They will finish (the work) and bring it to you. Now, herewith, the iron sword |
| 24' | [ul-te]-⸢bil₂⸣-ak-ku | I have sent to you |
| 25' | [a-na sa]-ri-ia-ma-a-ti ša tu-še-bi-la ma-a a-na an-na-a-ti EME-MEŠ | As to the sariyamātu that you sent me, saying: “To these tongues |
| 26' | [...] ⸢a-na⸣ e-pa₂-ši a-di-ni la-a i-gam₂-<ma>-ru | ... he does not finish (the work) until it is finished. |
| 27' | [i-gam₂-ma-ru-ma u₂-še-eb-ba]-⸢la⸣ ki-i ku-a-ša-a šu-ta-a-ma-ku | they will complete it, and he will make it shine like the sun. |
| 28' | [...]-⸢x⸣ mi-ri-ši-te ša taš₃-pu-ra | ... that you wrote to me |
| r | ||
| 1'' | [...]-⸢x-ka⸣ | ...-kae23 |
| 2'' | [...] LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR {iri}ka-ra-an-du-ni-aš | Great king, king of the land of Karanduniaš |
| 3'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ iš-pu-ra-ak-ku | ... sent to you |
| 4'' | [...]-ak-ku u₂-la-ma-a šul-ma-na-ti SIG₅{ti} | ... ..., the one who makes good the šulmānu-diseases |
| 5'' | [a-bi ul-te]-bi-la-⸢ak⸣-ku u₃ [ki]-⸢me a⸣-na-ku LUGAL{ut-ta} aṣ-ṣa-bat | I have sent my father to you, and as for me, I have seized the kingship. |
| 6'' | [u₃] ⸢at⸣-ta DUMU KIN{ra} la-a taš₃-pu-ra u₃ par₂-ṣu₂ ša LUGAL-MEŠ | You have not sent a messenger, and the rites of kings |
| 7'' | [ša šar₃]-⸢ru⸣-ut-ta i-ṣa-ab-ba₂-tu₃-ni u₃ LUGAL-MEŠ mi-ih-ru-šu₂ | Whoever takes away the šarrûtu-priesthood, and all kings |
| 8'' | šul-ma-na-ti SIG₅-MEŠ{ti} lu-bu-ul-ta ša LUGAL{ut-ti} | Good health and life of the kingship |
| 9'' | [I₃] ⸢DU₁₀⸣.GA ša na-ap-šu-ši u₂-še-bi-lu-ni-iš-šu | I had the oil of the eštakal-plant brought to him. |
| 10'' | u₃ at-ta u₄-ma an-ni-ta-ma la-a te-pu-uš | And you, today you did not do it. |
| 11'' | a-nu-um-ma DUMU KIN{ri-ia} ša aš-pu-ra-ak-ku-ni u₃ {m}EN-UR.SAG | Now, my messenger whom I sent to you and Bel-qarrād |
| 12'' | an-na-ka ak-ta-la u₃ aš-šum a-ma-ti an-ni-ti ak-ta-la-aš-šu | I have sinned here, and because of this matter I have struck him down |
| 13'' | mi-ri-il-ti gab₂-bi ša taš₃-pu-ra-an-ni [...] ⸢x⸣ | All the cultic rites that you wrote to me |
| 14'' | u₂-še-bi-la-ak-ku u₃ aš-šum a-ma-ti an-⸢ni⸣-[ti ak-ta-la-aš]-šu | I have sent to you, and concerning this matter I have held him back. |
| 15'' | {lu₂}DUMU KIN{ri}HI.A ša a-na pa-an {m}ur₂-hi-{d}IŠKUR LUGAL{⸢ri} tal⸣-ta-ap-pa-ra-an-ni | The messenger who was sent to Urhi-Adad, the king, |
| 16'' | [x] ⸢x⸣ mu-ru-uṣ ŠA₃ i-ta-an-mu-ru u₄-ma i+⸢na x⸣-di | The ... of Urus has seen his hand. When he enters |
| 17'' | [a]-⸢ki⸣-a [a]-⸢ki⸣-a ta-qab₂-bi ma-a ki-i ša-a ša i+na u₄-mi-⸢šu₂⸣-ma | You will say: “As it is on the day of the flood, |
| 18'' | [mu]-⸢ru⸣-uṣ ŠA₃ i-mar u₃ {m}EN-UR.SAG la-a ta-ša-ʾa-a-al i+na a-la-ki₂-⸢šu₂⸣ | He will see that he is a slave, and Bel-qarrād you will not carry (them) on the road. |
| 19'' | [...] ⸢x⸣ SIG₅{iš} ki-⸢i⸣ u₂-pi₂-šu-šu-ni | ... good ... he performed. |
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