KBo 18, 161 (P436147)
CTH 244, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 18, 161 |
|---|---|
| ID | P436147 |
| Museum no. | 204/g |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 244 |
| 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′ | ] {NA₄}N[ÍR | ... a stone(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | ] {NA₄}NÍR [ | ... a stone ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | ] {NA₄}ZA.GÌN DU[R₁₀ | ... lapis lazuli for the ritual assemblage |
| 4′ | ]x[ ]x | |
| 5′ | ]⸢a⸣-pé-e-da-ni [ | ... they bring ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6′ | ]x ŠÀ.BA 5 GAL 15 TUR | ... of barley, 5 large, 15 small.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | ] {NA₄}NÍR 15 AŠ.ME {NA₄}ZA.GÌN DU[R₁₀] | ... fifteen stones of lapis lazuli for healing ... |
| 8′ | n+]⸢10⸣ ḪAR.GÚ KÙ.SI₂₂ | n+10 gold ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | ]x [ ] ŠU {M}zu-wa-li | ... hand of Zuwali(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | {NA₄}N]ÍR ⸢ŠÀ⸣.BA 1 ⸢GIBIL⸣ 11 {NA₄}NUNUZ KIB-[ŠI] | a piece of šār-stone, one new one, eleven small stones |
| 11′ | {NA₄}]ZA.GÌN 16 {N[A₄}NUNUZ] MUŠ.GÍR! (text: .SÌR) | a lapis lazuli stone, 16 pomegranates of a snake |
| 12′ | ]⸢NA₄⸣ MÌ-MA ŠUM-ŠÚ ⸢ŠU⸣ {M}zu-wa-li ... | ... the stone, the woman, the hand of Zuwali ... |
| 13′ | -n]i-uš TUR DÙ-zi | ... he takes the small ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | ] 4 pé-en-ki {NA₄}NÍR A-NAGAL da-a-ir | ... four pekki-stones of šēpēru-stone he places on the top. |
| 15′ | n] ku-wa-lu-ti-iš {NA₄}ZA.GÌN 3 pa-l[a-a]ḫ-ša(-)[aš(?) | ... of kuwaluti-stone, of lapis lazuli, three bowls ... |
| 16′ | {M}… {URU}]Á.ŠÉŠ AN.ZA.GÀR | The woman of Ašeš, the cupbearer(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | ku-wa-l]u-ti-iš TUR NA₄ ⸢6⸣ ḪAR.GÚ x[ | ... small stone, 26 stones ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| rev. | ||
| 1′ | [n MA.NA UR]UDU 2 {DUG}[ | [n] minas of copper, 2 vessels |
| 2′ | [x x ]-ta DUG.GEŠTIN [ | ... wine ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | [n] MA.NA URUDU 2 DUG.SAGI.[A | n minas of copper, 2 jugs |
| 4′ | A-NA4 {GIŠ}GIGIR{MEŠ} ŠÀ.BA 1 {GIŠ}[GIGIR | On the field of the chariots, in the field, one ... |
| 5′ | ŠU.NÍGIN 1 ME 53 MA.NA URUDU {URU}an-⸢ku⸣-[wa | A total of 153 minas of copper from Ankuwa. |
| 6′ | {M}zi-ik-ku-wa-aš GAL-ŠU-NU [ | Zikkuwaš, their chief ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | 21 MA.NA URUDU 3 wa-ar-pu-u-wa-aš 3 wa-a[k-šur | 21 minas of copper, 3 wa-ar-pu-wa-aš-vessels, 3 ... |
| 8′ | {M}ḫi-la-{D}KAL {URU}an-zi-la-ta-aš-ši [ | Ḫila-Šamaš of Anzilataši ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | [n M]A.NA URUDU A-NA22 wa-ak-šur {M}za-x[ | n minas of copper for the work of Za... |
| 10′ | [n MA.N]A URUDU A-NA3 {GIŠ}GIGIR ŠÀ.BA 1 DUḪ.ŠÚ.[A | [n] minas of copper for the chariot, one jar of ... |
| 11′ | [x x x] {M}a-li-ḫe-eš-ni-iš {m.D}AMAR.UTU-aš {U[RU} | ... Aliḫešni, Marduk of the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | [n MA.NA URUD]U? 24 GÍR ŠÀ.BA 12 GÍR {LÚ}MUḪALDIM [ | [n] minas of earth, 24 reeds of grain, 12 shekels of the cook ... |
| 13′ | [{M}túl-la-aš] {URU}pár-na-aš-ši ... [ | [Tulaš] of Parana ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | [x xx x ]x 4 GÍR KUN an-da {M}túl-la-a-aš [ | ... 4 reeds, the tail, and Tulla ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | [n MA.NA URUDU] 10 PA-A-ŠU 10 ḪA-ṢÍ-NU [3 MA.NA URUDU | [n] minas of copper, 10 bowls, 10 vessels, [3 mina(s) of copper] |
| 16′ | [x xx x{M}]⸢pu⸣-ul-pu-lu-mi {M}e-ḫi {URU}za-ra-r[a- | ... Pulpulumi, Eḫi of Zarara(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | [n MA.NA URUDU n GÍ]R ŠÀ.BA 6 {LÚ}MUḪALDIM {M}ta-pa-r[a-mi | n minas of copper, n shekels, from the 6 cooks of Taparamu. |
| 18′ | [ IGI.D]U₈.A {M}ta-pa-ra-mi {URU}z[a- | Witnesses: Taparam, Zaza(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19′ | [n MA.NA URUDU n GAG.Ú.T]AG.GA *〈〈20〉〉* [ | n minas of copper, n (measures of) the breast-bone ... |
| 20′ | [ŠÀ.BA n+20 GAG.Ú.TAG.GA] ... [ | In total: n+20 breast-bones |
| 21′ | [ GAG.Ú.TAG].⸢GA⸣ IGI.D[U₈.A | The breast-bone of the ewes.(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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