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KBo 15, 28 (P435808)
CTH 195, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 15, 28 |
|---|---|
| ID | P435808 |
| Museum no. | 225/g |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 195 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obv. | ||
| 1 | A-NAMUNUS.LUGAL BE-EL-TI₄-NI QÍ-B[Í-M]A | To the queen, my lady, say: |
| 2 | UM-MA {m}a-wa-u-wa-a {m}NU.{GIŠ}KIRI₆ {m.D}10-SIG₅ | Thus Awauwa, Nuški, Adad-da'iq |
| 3 | Ù {LÚ.MEŠ}MUŠEN.DÙ ARAD{MEŠ}-KA-MA | And the bird-catchers, your servants, |
| 4 | {URU}ḫa-it-ta-z[a-k]án ar-ḫa u-ri-an-ni-eš{MUŠEN} | In Ḫittazaka, after the birds(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | tar-u I-NA{ÍD}zu-li-aš-ša-an kat-ta | he goes down to the Zulišša-temple. |
| 6 | [ {MUŠ]EN} GUN-eš₁₇ zi SIG₅-az-ma-an-kán | ... the bird, when it is full of good talent, |
| 7 | [ an]-da ḫu-e-ku-wa-ni EGIR-an-na-kán | ... he drinks, afterwards ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | [ ]x-za TI₈{MUŠEN} pé-ra-an SIG₅-za | ... the bird before it is good.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | [ u-ri-an(?)]-ni-eš{MUŠEN} tar-u pa-⸢ri⸣ pa-it | ... the bird, the taru-offering, goes down. |
| 10 | [ ]x-li-ia {ÍD}im-ra-⸢al⸣-la-ia-aš-ša-an | ... of the river Imra-al-laya |
| 11 | [ ]x a-li-la-aš-⸢ša⸣ GUN-eš₁₇ | ... the alilaš-song, the talents ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [ ]-⸢i⸣-x x ⸢ta⸣-mi-in-kán-za | ... they place ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13 | [ ]x | |
| 14 | [ ] tar-u | ... is present ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15 | [ ]x-⸢an⸣ | |
| rev. | ||
| 1′ | p]é-r[a-an] | ... before(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | p]a?-ri pa-it | ... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | ]x{MUŠEN} GUN-eš₁₇ zi SIG₅ | ... a bird with a good tail(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | ]x-en | ...-en(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5′ | UM-MA {m}NU.{GIŠ}KIRI₆ A-NA{m}tum-ni-i {m}tum-na-LÚ | Thus (says) Nuški, to Tumnî and Tumma-uṣur: |
| 6′ | Ù A-NA{m}tu-ut-tu-wa-DINGIR-LIM | and Tuttuwa-ilum |
| 7′ | DUMU{MEŠ}.DU₁₀.GA-IA QÍ-BÍ-MA | The sweethearts speak. |
| 8′ | ka-a-aš-ma I-NAÉ.GAL-LIM ku-it am-me-el | When he is in the palace, he ... |
| 9′ | pár-na-aš ut-tar ḫa-at-ra-a-nu-un nu-mu DUMU{MEŠ}.DU₁₀.GA-IA | he breaks, and the sons of Ṭabiya |
| 10′ | ḫu-iš-nu-ut-tén na-at I-NAÉ.GAL-LIM | he takes, and in the palace |
| 11′ | me-mi-iš-tén nu ⸢I⸣-[NAÉ].GAL-LIM ma-aḫ-ḫa-an | He speaks, and in the palace ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| u. e.! | ||
| 12′ | da-ra-an-zi [nu-mu(?) DUMU{MEŠ}.DU₁₀.G]A-IA | They stand. And the Ṭābaeans(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | ḫa-at-r[a-at-tén] | ... the ḫatrattu-vessel(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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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