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KBo 18, 117 (P436104)
Letter, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 18, 117 |
|---|---|
| ID | P436104 |
| Museum no. | 364/v |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | Letter |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| {€1} Vs. | ||
| 1 | [U]M-MA {D}UTU-[Š]I-[M]A A-N[A | Now, the Sun-deity to(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | {D}UTU-ŠI-za DUMU-IA UN-an [ | Šamaš, my son, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | ša-ak-ta nu-ut-ták-kán [ | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4 | [Z]AG{MEŠ}-IA i-la-liš-ke-[et | ... the tops ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | GIM-an-ma-kán a[r- | Just as ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | nu-za A-BU-KA GIM-an [ | ... like ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | GAM ME-iš {D}UTU-ŠI-i[a | ... the Sun-deity ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | nu {D}UTU-ŠI-ia ku-u-r[u?-ri-ia-aḫ-ḫu-un | and Šamaš-šiya ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | nu-ut-ta {D}UTU-ŠI [ | And the Sun-deity ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | nu-ud-du-za ŠEŠ-aḫ-ḫ[u-un | And he libates to the libation vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | nam-ma GAM {D}UTU AN-⸢E⸣ [ | And the word of Šamaš ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | nu-za zi-ik {D}UTU-ŠI [ | and the rising of the Sun-deity ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | ⸢EGIR⸣-pa a-ru-na-an a[m?-me-el | Afterwards, he libates to the god.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14 | [k]u-i-e-eš ḪUL-u-i-eš [ | ... evil ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | nu nam-ma A-BU-KA [ | And thus ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | iš-dam-ma-aš-ta x[ | ... to him ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 17 | A-NALUGAL KUR {URU}ḪAT-TI [ | to the king of Ḫattu ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | ša-an-né-eš-ta-ia x[ | ... again ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | A-BU-KA pa-ra-a i[m-ma | ABUKA goes out, and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20 | ki-nu-un-ma-mu A-BU-KA [ | Kinunmamu, your father ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | [k]u-it DUMU-IA SIG₅-tar PAB-[aḫ?-ši? | ... of my son, the good one, all ... |
| {€2+1} Vs. 1′/Vs. | ||
| 22 | ⸢ZAG⸣-IA-⸢ma⸣-mu-za le?-e? i-[la?-li?-ia?-ši? | ... on the right side ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 2′/Vs. | ||
| 23 | nu kiš-an ⸢me⸣-ma-⸢i⸣ [k]u!?-iš-k[i | And wherever he goes,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 3′/Vs. | ||
| 24 | na-aš-ma A-NA⸢A⸣-BU-KA ku-w[a-pí | And to the ... of Kuwapi(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 4′/Vs. | ||
| 25 | tu-uk-ma ma-a-an A-BU-KA A-NAL[UGAL?-UT-TI | If ABUKA (is) a royal bodyguard, |
| {€2+1} Vs. 5′/Vs. | ||
| 26 | INIM NAM.RU-⸢ma?⸣-ká[n Š]À-[t]a x[ | The word of your fate ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 6′/Vs. | ||
| 27 | A-NAZAG-IA RA-an-zi nu-[kán? | They bring it to the throne, and(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} Vs. | ||
| 28 | [š]ar-ra-at-ti nu am-mu-uk A-BU-K[A | ... and I said: “Your father-in-law |
| 29 | DÙ-ši nu-kán ma-a-an ar-ḫa-x ú-w[a?- | He does, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30 | {D}UTU-ŠI-ma-ta pé-ra-an UGU-ia [ | the Sun-deity before me ... |
| 31 | am-mu-uk-ma A-BU-KA ku-it ku-i[t | I said: “Your father is the one who is responsible for you. |
| 32 | ka-a-aš INIM-aš SAG.DU-aš INIM {URU}[ | And he speaks, and the beginning of the word of the city |
| 33 | Ú-UL e-eš-ta nu ku-u-un INIM {URU}[ | He does not go out, and the word of the city ... |
| 34 | A-NAA-BU-KA AŠ-PUR na-at-kán x[ | ... and he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 35 | DUMU-IA wa-aš-ti na-at-kán A-N[A | ... my son, ... to ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} Vs. 36! | A-BU-KA-ma am-me-el ḪU[L-u]-⸢i⸣ [ | ... and the lord of evil ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} Vs. 37! | A-NA{D}UD SIG₅? ḪU[L]{ḪI.A} [ | For the god Ud, the good of the people ... |
| {€1} Vs. 38! | še-ek-k[án-zi? | they libate.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€1} Rs. | ||
| 1′ | [ma]-⸢a⸣-an DUMU-IA-ma me-ma-ti {D}UTU-ŠI-wa U[L | When my son speaks: "Šamaš-šiwa ... |
| 2′ | [ ]x ku-it BAL-nu-un ma-a-an DUMU-IA INIM {m}a-[ga-pu-ru-ši-ia | ... ... when my son speaks to Agapurušiya |
| 3′ | [ú?]-et INIM {LÚ}MU-NAB-TI-ma {D}UTU-ŠI ku-it-ki [ | And the word of the cupbearer, the Sun-deity ... |
| 4′ | {LÚ}MU-NAB-TUM-ma EGIR SUM-u-an-zi UL a-a-ra [ | The šunabtum-officials afterwards give (them). Not ... |
| 5′ | GAM {D}IŠKUR?-ma ku-it-ki ti-ia-u-en {LÚ}MU-NAB-TUM-wa [ | When the Storm-god ..., the Šunabtumwa ... |
| 6′ | A-BU-KA ku-it {LÚ}SANGA {URU}ta-a-r[a?- | ... the priest of Tara...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | EGIR-an-ta up-pé-eš-ta ar-[ | Afterwards, the procedures ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | na-an-ši-kán an-da UL ta[r- | And he does not ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | ma-an ma-a-an {m}a-ga-pu-ru-ši-[ia | When Agapurušiya(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | {m}pí-ia-ma-ra-du-uš ku-wa-p[í | Piya-maraduš, the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | ar-ḫa-wa-za pa-a-i-mi [ | ... he breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12′ | {m}a-ga-pu-ru-ši-ia-an [ | Agapurušiyan ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | ma-an DUMU-IA ša-a[k- | When my son ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | n[u-u]š-ši wa-tar-na-a[ḫ- | And he libates to Watarnaḫ-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | [ ]x EGIR [ | ... afterwards(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16′ | ⸢ša-ku-wa⸣-ša-ri-[it | ... he libates ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17′ | [I]NIM {m}a-ga-p[u-ru-ši-ia | by Agapurušiya(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2} Rs. | ||
| 1′ | x[ | |
| 2′ | ma-a-an x[ | Where ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | nu-wa-ra-[ | ... he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4′ | ku-i-e-[eš | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5′ | ḫu-u-m[a-an-te-eš? | ... the ...s ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | na-at [ | and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7′ | ki-nu-[un(-) | ... truth ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8′ | nu {URU}[ | and the city(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9′ | na-an x[ | And ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€1} Rs. | ||
| 32′ | [nu-u]š-ši x[ | And ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€1+3} Rs. 33′/ | ||
| 1′ | a-pa-a-aš-ma kiš-[ ]x-x[ | And thus ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} Rs. 34′/ | ||
| 2′ | [nu] nam-ma ÉRIN{M[EŠ} ]-x pa-it | And then the troops ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} Rs. 35′/ | ||
| 3′ | na-aš-kán GE₆-za GAM? [ | And in your night ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} Rs. 36′/ | ||
| 4′ | [n]u-kán GIM-an EN-ŠU me-m[i- ]x x-x-x ḫu-u-wa-a-i[š?] | ... like his lord, ... ... the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} Rs. 37′/ | ||
| 5′ | [nu]-uš-ma-aš dam-ma-in EN-a[n {D}]UTU!-ŠI-ma-an UL ša-ka₄-ḫu-u[n] | And the spouse of the lord, the Sun-deity, is not present. |
| {€1+3} Rs. 38′/ | ||
| 6′ | A-NA{m}wa-al-mu-ma ku-e GIŠ.ḪU[R{ḪI.A} ] {m}KARAŠ-ZA pé-e ḫar-ta | For Walmuma, the chariots of Šamaš-ZA, from outside, |
| {€1+3} Rs. 39′/ | ||
| 7′ | na-at ka-a-aš-ma IT-TIDUMU-I[A kat?-t]a?-an [ ] ú-da-i na-at a-ú ki-nu-un-ma [D]UMU-I[A] | And he brings it to his son, and he says: “It is true, and my son |
| {€1+3} Rs. 40′/ | ||
| 8′ | ku-wa-pí ŠA{D}UTU-ŠI SIG₅-tar PAP-aš-ti tu-e-el-za SILI[M-a]n {D}UTU-ŠI ḫa-a-mi | ... the Sun-deity, the good one, all of it, he lifts up, the well-being of Šamaš ... |
| {€1+3} Rs. 41′/ | ||
| 9′ | nu-mu-kán DUMU-IA {m}wa-al-mu-un pa-ra-a na-a-i na-an EGIR-pa I-NA{KUR}w[i₅]-lu-ša | And the son of Walmūn goes, and he goes back to Wiluša. |
| {€1+3} Rs. 42′/ | ||
| 10′ | LUGAL-ez-na-ni ti-iḫ-ḫi na-aš ka-ru-ú GIM-an LU[GAL] {KUR}wi₅!-lu-ša e-eš-ta ki-nu-na-aš QA-TAM-MA [ | The king, the tihḫi-vessel, ... like the king of Wolūša, likewise ... |
| {€1+3} Rs. 43′/ | ||
| 11′ | nu-un-na-ša-aš ka-ru-ú GIM-an ARAD-DUM ku-la-wa-ni-eš e-[eš-ta k]i-nu-na-aš QA!-TAM-MA | And he libates like a servant of the kulawaneš-priest, and likewise ... |
| {€1+3} Rs. 44′/12′! | ARAD ku-la-wa-ni-eš e-eš-du | The servant of Kulawaneš goes. |
| {€1+3} Rs. 45′/13′! | ZAG {KUR}mi-la-wa-t[a]-ma-na-aš {D}UTU-ŠI DUMU-IA-ia GIM-an GIN-u-en [ t]u-e-e[l | On the right side of the land Melawatamana, the Sun-deity, my son, like a ... he turns. |
| {€1+3} Rs. 46′/14′! | kar!-ša-nu-ši {D}UTU-ŠI-za tu-e-e[l] SILIM-an ša-ku-wa-aš-ša-r[i-it nu]-ut-ták-k[án] | ... the Sun-deity ... he lifts up, and he places the šakuwašari-vessel ... |
| {€1+3} Rs. 47′/15′! | A-NAZAG {KUR}mi-la-wa-ta an-da ku-it UL pé-eḫ-[ḫu-un ]x[ | to the right of the land of Melawata ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} u. Rd. | ||
| 1 | A-BU-KA-⸢za⸣ [ ] ku-iš am-me-el ḪUL SIG₅-u-wa i-la-liš-ke-z[i | ... he libates ... and the lord, the evil of good, ... |
| 2 | ḪUL-u-wa-aš INIM{MEŠ}-aš ku-iš INIM-aš SAG.DU-aš nu-mu a-pa-a-at iš-[ | The evil of the words, instead of the word of the head, and ... |
| 3 | am-me-el ARAD!?-iš wa-li-at nu-za-kán ka-ru-ú ku-wa-pí {URU}PÚ-na-an wa-l[i-at | Ammēl-ašared, his servant, is seated, and he ... the karû-offering of Kuwapi of the city Panan, seated ... |
| 4 | ši-wa-ri-ia-[w]i₅ GIM-an-ma-mu A-BU-KA {LÚ}LI-〈ṬÙ-TUM〉 {URU}u-〈ti-ma〉 {URU}at-〈ri-ia〉 NU SUM nu an-[ | Šiwariawi, like Anmamu, the cupbearer, does not give Utium and Abriya, and ... |
| {€1} u. Rd. | ||
| 5 | nu {m}KARAŠ-ZA u-i-ia-nu-[un | and Šamaš-za ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+2} lk. Rd. | ||
| 1 | [ zi-ik]-ka₄ INIM {URU}a-wa-ar-na Ù {URU}p[í!]-na-li-ia GI[M-an -m]a?-kán {D}UTU-ŠI ⸢am?⸣-[m]e?-el ⸢DUMU-IA {URU}?pí?⸣ | The word of Awarna and Panaliya is as follows: “The Sun-deity, the son of Pi |
| 2 | [ ]x {GIŠ}TUKUL xx xx x UL an-da u-uḫ-ḫu-un nu-mu 〈〈GAM〉〉 GAM-an! x[ {U]RU}⸢pí⸣ IŠ-TU{GIŠ}TUKUL {GI}GAG.⸢Ú⸣.[TAG.GA]-az? | ... the weapon ... ... they bring, and he takes the ... of the city of Pi, with the weapon of the throne |
| 3 | [ ]x SIG₅-an-[n]i še-er an-da UL u-uḫ-ḫu-un na-aš-ta pa-ra-a u-uḫ-ḫu-un INIM {URU}a {URU}pí zi-i[k-k]a₄ x[ | ... is good for me, but he does not take it away, and he takes it away. The word of A and Pi ... |
| 4 | [ ]x {LÚ}LI-ṬÙ-TUM {URU}a-wa {URU}pí-na pa-a-i am-mu-uk-ma-wa-ta {LÚ}LI-ṬÙ-TUM {URU}u-ti-ma {URU}at-ri-ia pa-ra-a ⸢SUM⸣-ḫi? | ... the cupbearer goes to Awa and Pana. Ammuk-mawata, the cupb[earer] goes to Utium and Abriya. |
| 5 | nu-ut-ta {D}UTU-ŠI {LÚ}LI {URU}u {URU}pí ⸢pa⸣-ra-⸢a⸣-pát AD-D[I]N zi-ik-⸢ma⸣ NU ⸢SUM⸣ xx xx | And the Sun-deity, the cult singers of U and Pi, the fathers of the gods, ... not given ... |
| 6 | na-⸢at⸣ UL im-ma ku-it-ki tu-⸢e⸣-el ḪUL ŠAZI DINGIR-⸢at⸣ ḪUL xx xx | And he does not ..., and he takes the kutku-vessel, the evil of the beer of the god, [the evil of ...] |
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- 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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