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VBoT 128 (P289952)
Literary, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | VBoT 128 |
|---|---|
| ID | P289952 |
| Museum no. | YBC 16171 |
| Collection | Yale Babylonian Collection, New Haven, Connecticut, USA |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | Literary |
| Find spot | Ḫattusa (mod. Boğazkale) |
| Coordinates | 40.0144, 34.6164 |
Transliteration (ATF)
From Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0
Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-H, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| Vs. I | ||
| 1′ | ] ... | |
| 2′ | ] ... | |
| 3′ | -a]z-zi-ia | ... stands ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | -d]u | |
| Vs. I | ... | |
| 5′ | ] ... | |
| 6′ | ]-ia-an-zi | they take(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7′ | ] ⸢A⸣-NAMU{KAM}-ti | ... once(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8′ | -š]a-an | and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 9′ | ]x-kán | |
| 10′ | ... | |
| 11′ | ]x-nu-wa | ...nuwa(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12′ | ]-⸢a⸣ ša-ra-a pa-iz-zi | ... he goes down.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13′ | -z]i? | |
| Vs. II | ||
| 1′ | [ ]x-ša-an-z[i | ... they ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2′ | nu-uš-ša-an ⸢A⸣-NA{GIŠ}BANŠUR AD.⸢KID⸣ d[a-a-i | And he places it on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | še-er-ra-aš-ša-an {UZU}NÍG.GIG {UZU}ŠÀ.B[A | And the heart, the liver, the heart(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | ku-ra-an da-a-i NINDA.GUR₄.RA{MEŠ} pa-an-ku-uš [ | He places the loaf of bread before him. |
| 5′ | i-ia-an-te-eš nu a-pu-u-uš-ša pár-ši-ia [ | He breaks it, and he breaks it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | na-aš-ša-an A-NA{GIŠ}BANŠUR EGIR-pa da-a-[i | He places it back on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | še-er-ra-aš-ša-an NINDA.Ì.E.DÉ.A me-ma-al iš-ḫu-w[a-i | Afterwards, he pours a libation of bread. |
| 8′ | nu EGIR-ŠÚ KAŠ.GEŠTIN ši-pa-an-ti [ | Afterwards, he libates wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | SILA₄-ma-kán ku-iš mar-kán-za na-an ḫu-u-ma-an-da-[an | And he places the lamb on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | pé-ra-an kat-ta IŠ-TU{DUG}DÍLIM.GAL da-a-i [ | He places it below the large vessel ... |
| 11′ | nam-ma 1 {NINDA}a-a-an ½ SA₂₀-A-TI pár-ši-ia [ | And he breaks one ayan-bread with red wool ... |
| 12′ | na-aš-ta a-na-ḫi te-pu da-a-i na-at-ša-an [ | And he places it on the throne, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | EGIR-pa da-a-i nu-za a-da-an-zi SILA₄-ia [ | Afterwards, they give the lamb to me. |
| 14′ | ḫu-u-ma-an-da-an a-pí-ia ar-ḫa a-da-an-zi [ | ... they bring ... ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15′ | nu a-ku-wa-an-na pí-ia-an-zi nu DINGIR-LUM ANŠE.KUR.RA{M[EŠ} | And they drink, and the god of the horses(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | {D}te-li-pí-nu-un-na GUB-aš 2-ŠÚ a-ku-wa-an-z[i | They drink twice before Telipinuna. |
| 17′ | {D}ḫu-uz-zi-ia-an-na-aš-ša-an an-da x[ | Ḫuzziyana ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18′ | ta-ra-an-zi nam-ma {UZU}NÍG.GIG {UZU}ŠÀ.B[A | they take, and then the liver and the heart(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19′ | ša-ra-a da-an-zi na-at a-pí-ia-p[át | ... they take, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20′ | ar-ḫa a-da-an-zi [ | They go back ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 21′ | ki-i-ma SISKUR IŠ-TUÉ {LÚ}KUŠ₇ pí-i[a-an-zi | When they perform the sacrifice from the leatherworker, |
| 22′ | IŠ-TUDINGIR-LIM-at QA-TAM-MA SI×SÁ-at [ | Together with the god, the horns ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23′ | ma-a-an {D}UTU-ŠI-ma Ú-UL ⸢I?⸣-[NA | When the Sun-deity does not ... |
| 24′ | la-aḫ-ḫi-ia na-aš-ma-aš x[ | ... and he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 25′ | na-aš-ma ⸢da?-me-e⸣-[da-ni URU-ri na-aš SISKUR-an? | And he brings it to the city, and he performs the sacrifice. |
| 26′ | I-N[AURU a-pé-e-da-ni? i-e-ez-zi | ... he goes to the city.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Rs. V | ||
| 1′ | [nu-uš-š]a-a[n] š[u-uḫ-ḫi ša-ra-a pé-e-ḫu-da-an-zi EGIR-ŠU-ma 1 {NINDA}mu-la-ti-in | Then they take the šuhhu-bread. Afterwards, one mulati-bread |
| 2′ | [Š]A½ UP-NI x[ | From the hand of ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | wa-ak-šur-ra GEŠ[TIN pé-e ḫar-kán-zi | They pour wine into the libation vessel. |
| 4′ | na-aš-ta šu-uḫ-ḫi [še-er {D}pí-ri-in-kir | And he places it before Pirinkir.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | ši-ip-pa-an-ti na-[aš-ta {KUŠ}KIR₄.TAB.ANŠE{ḪI.A} | He libates, and the robes(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | šu-uḫ-ḫa-az kat-ta [ú-da-an-zi | They bring it down below.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | na-at-kán A-NA˽PA-[NIDINGIR-LIM me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da | And to Nabû-nidin-ilum he places it. |
| 8′ | pé-e-da-an-zi n[u {KUŠ}KIR₄.TAB.ANŠE{ḪI.A} A-NA˽PA-NIDINGIR-LIM | They go, and the robes to Nabû-aḫi-ilum |
| 9′ | me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da ka[t-ta ḫar-kán-zi? | ... they place ... in front ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | nu pal-wa-a-an-zi n[a-at kat-ta A-NAAŠ-RI-ŠU-NU | And they libate, and they bring it down to us. |
| 11′ | ti-ia-an-[zi | they take(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12′ | nu {LÚ.MEŠ}KAR-TAP-⸢PU-TIM⸣ [pár-aš-na-iz-zi | And the cupbearers ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | nu-uš-ma-aš a-ku-wa-an-n[a pí-ia-an-zi | And they drink ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | nu-uš-ša-an {GIŠ}kur-ta-l[i-ia še-er | And he goes up to the mountain ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | ŠE iš-ḫu-u-wa-an-zi še-[ra-aš-ša-an | They libate water to the hearth.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | ŠA½ SA₂₀-A-TI ti-an-[zi | They set up a libation vessel. |
| 17′ | na-at A-NA{GIŠ}⸢BANŠUR⸣ A[D?.KID | and to the table ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18′ | pé-ra-an t[i-i]a-a[n-zi | they go behind.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19′ | nu 1 {NINDA}a-a-an 〈ŠA〉½ [SA₂₀-A-TI da-an-zi? | And they take one ayan-bread for the saº-allocation. |
| 20′ | [n]a-at A-NAkur-[ta-li? | and to Kurtali(?)(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21′ | [ ]-ša-an-zi x [ | they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 22′ | [ŠE iš-ḫ]u-u-wa-an-⸢zi⸣ [ | They pour the water ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23′ | [ ti-i]a-an-zi [ | they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 24′ | [A-NA˽PA-N]IDINGIR-LIM [ | To Nabû-nīn-ilum ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 25′ | [ ]x[ | |
| Rs. VI | ||
| 1′ | -ḫ]a?-az-zi-ia | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
Sources & licences
- Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative · CDLI: reuse of catalogue/transliteration data with citation of CDLI; images restricted (not fetched) · Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI), https://cdli.earth/ ; cite CDLI and the P-number
- Thesaurus Linguarum Hethaeorum digitalis (TLHdig) Beta 0.3 · CC BY 4.0 · Müller, G., Prechel, D., Rieken, E., Schwemer, D. (2026). TLHdig Beta Version 0.3. Zenodo. doi:10.5281/zenodo.20328284
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