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KBo 21, 100 (P436480)
CTH 738, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 21, 100 |
|---|---|
| ID | P436480 |
| Museum no. | 1141/c |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 738 |
| 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. | ||
| 1′ | ]x[ | |
| 2′ | LÚ˽{GIŠ}GI]DRU-aš ta-pí-⸢ša⸣-a[n | The staff-bearer ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | LÚ˽{GIŠ}GID]RU-aš ki-iš-še-ra-an ⸢da-a-i na⸣-x[ | The staff-bearer places it in ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | ]x iš-pa-an-ti ḫa-aš-ši-i 1-ŠU *ši*-⸢pa-an⸣-[ | ... he libates once in the hearth ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | ] ši-pa-an-ti {KUŠ}ki-iš-šu-wa-la-aš {D}⸢i⸣-na-ri [ | ... he libates; the garment of Išnari ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | ḫ]a-at-ta-al-wa-aš GIŠ-ru-i 1-ŠU ši-pa-an-...-ti [ | He libates once on the ḫattal-vessel ... |
| 7′ | ]-ma ḫa-aš-ši-i 1-ŠU ši-pa-an-[ti] | ... he libates once on the altar ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | t]a-a-pí-ša-na-an a-ap-pa pa-a-i {LÚ}SAGI [ | The cupbearer takes the tapišana-vessel. |
| 9′ | ]x-ri a-ku-an-na pa-a-i {LÚ}SAGI NIN.DING[IR | ... he takes, and the cupbearer of the god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | n]am-ma {LÚ}⸢SAGI⸣ NIN.DINGIR ta-ḫu-uš-ta-⸢mi⸣ [ | Then the cupbearer of the lady ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | {MUNUS.M]EŠ}zi-in-tu-ḫi-eš ḫa-at-ti-i-li [ | The pregnant women of Ḫatti-ili |
| 12′ | ta]-aš-ša-ni-in-na ta-aš-ša-ni-in-na ⸢ša⸣-x[ | |
| 13′ | t]a-aš-ša-ni-in-na te-ep-pí-in *〈〈x〉〉* ma-ša-⸢a?⸣(-)[ | |
| 14′ | ]-ŠU te-ez-zi {LÚ}SAGI za-a[l- | ... he goes; the cupbearer ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | pé]-ra-an 3-⸢ŠU ši-pa-an-ti⸣ 1 NINDA.GUR₄.R[A | He libates three times, one loaf of bread. |
| 16′ | ]x-ta-aš-ši-[ | |
| 17′ | ]x NIN.D[INGIR | ... the priestesses(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 18′ | ]x-ta[ | |
| 19′ | x+]1-ŠU [ | x+1 ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 20′ | ]x[ | |
| Rs. | ||
| 1′ | ]x x[ | |
| 2′ | ]x {LÚ}SA[GI | ... the cupbearer(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | ] ⸢É?⸣ {D}i-[na-ra-(?) | the temple of Inara(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | {É}]⸢ar⸣-za-⸢na-aš⸣ [ | the house of Arzaš(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | {MUNUS].MEŠ}zi-i[n-tu-ḫi- | ...zi-intuḫi-women ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | ]x-an NIN.DI[NGIR | ... the priestess(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7′ | {MUNUS.M]EŠ}zi-i[n-tu-ḫi- | ... the women ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | LÚ˽{G]IŠ}GIDRU É {D}x[ | The charioteer of the temple of the god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | UD] ⸢5?⸣{KAM} Q[Asic-TI(?) | On the third day ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | ]x UD 6{KAM} nu-za NIN.DINGIR-aš x[ | ... on the 6th day, and the god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | e]-ez-za-zi {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫa-a-pí-ia-a[š | ... he goes; the ḫapiya-officials ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | ] É {D}te-te-eš-ḫa-wi x[ | ... the temple of Tetešḫawi ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | ]-ma {GIŠ}a-ri-im-pa-an N[IN.DINGIR(?) | ... and the table of the goddess ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | ]x UD 7{KAM} nu-za nam-ma NIN.DI[NGIR | ... on the 7th day, and then the priestess ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | e-e]z-za-zi {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫa-a-pí-ia-aš x[ | He goes; the ḫapiya-officials ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | ] nam-ma É {D}te-te-eš-ḫa-w[i | ... and the temple of Tešḫawi ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | ] ⸢ki⸣-iš-ša-an ⸢SÌR-RU ka-a⸣-[ | ... likewise, he sings ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18′ | ]-a-at-wa w[a- | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 19′ | ]x NA ḪI A [ | |
| 20′ | ]x(-)ri-i[a(-) | ...riya(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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