KBo 22, 189 (P436662)
CTH 682, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 22, 189 |
|---|---|
| ID | P436662 |
| Museum no. | Bo 1968/071 + (?) Bo 1968/244 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 682 |
| 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. I | ... | |
| {€1} Vs. II | ||
| 1 | ⸢na⸣-at {É}⸢ar⸣-ki-ú-i ti-en-z[i] | And he goes to the house of Arki.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | na-aš-ta LUGAL-uš {É}ka-ta-pu-uz-na-⸢az⸣ | And the king, in Katapuzna(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | kat-ta ú-ez-zi LUGAL-uš É {D}KAL pa-iz-zi | The king goes down to the temple of the Stag-god. |
| 4 | 2 DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL 1 {LÚ}ME-ŠE-〈〈ME-ŠE〉〉-DI AN.BAR {GIŠ}ŠUKUR | 2 palace servants, 1 bodyguard of iron, spear |
| 5 | ḫar-zi 1 DUMU.É.GAL AN.⸢BAR⸣-aš {GIŠ}ma-a-ri-in | He takes one palace official of iron, a scepter. |
| 6 | ḫar-zi 1 {LÚ}ME-ŠE-DI LUGAL-i pé-ra-an | He takes one bodyguard before the king. |
| 7 | ḫu-ia-an-te-eš LUGAL-uš AN.BAR-aš {GIŠ}ma-ri-in | The king, the iron, the scepter |
| 8 | ḫar-zi LUGAL-uš {D}i-na-ra-aš pár-na pa-iz-zi | He takes; the king goes to Inara. |
| 9 | ḫa-an-te-ez-zi KASKAL-NI NIN.DINGIR-aš | he goes on his way. The lady of the god |
| 10 | UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫa-pí-ia-aš DUMU.É.GAL {É}ḫi-lam-ni | The overseer of the ḫapiya-officials, the palace official of Ḫilamni |
| 11 | a-ra-an-da NIN.DINGIR LUGAL-i ḫi-ik-zi | He places it before the lady of the king. |
| 12 | LUGAL-uš {É}ḫi-i-li ti-i-e-zi DUMU.É.GAL | The king goes to the ḫili-house; the palace official |
| 13 | ME-E QA-TI pé-e-da-i LUGAL-uš QA-TI-ŠU | ... the king ... his ... |
| 14 | a-ar-ri GAL DUMU.É.GAL GADA-an pa-a-i | He gives the linen cloth to the chief palace official. |
| 15 | LUGAL-uš QA-TE{⸢MEŠ⸣}-ŠU ⸢a-an⸣-ši ⸢NIN⸣.[DINGI]R | The king, together with his servants, and the goddess |
| 16 | ⸢{É}ḫi-i-li⸣ [ti-i-e-zi(?) | He steps into the hili-house. |
| {€1} Vs. III | ||
| 1 | p[a-ra-a e-ep-zi LUGAL-uš QA-TAM da-a-i] | He takes it out, and the king places it opposite. |
| 2 | GAL ⸢LÚ⸣{[MEŠ]}˽{G[IŠ}BANŠUR pár-ši-ia] | The chief of the tablemen breaks it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | na-an-ša-an {D[UG}ḫar-ši-ia-al-li da-a-i] | He places it on the ḫaršiyalli-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | GAL GEŠTIN-kán {D[UG}ḫar-ši-ia-al-li] | The chief of the wine in the ḫaršiyal-vessel |
| 5 | ki-i-nu-u[z-zi GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL] | The chief of the palace servants(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | GAL KÙ.BABBA[R LUGAL-i pa-a-i LUGAL-uš] | The chief of the silver gives it to the king. The king |
| 7 | GEŠTIN š[a-ra-a 3-ŠU ḫu-it-ti-ia-zi] | He pours wine three times. |
| 8 | EGIR-Š[U-ma 3-ŠU la-ḫu-u-wa-i ] | Afterwards, three times he libates ... |
| 9 | GAL DUMU{M[EŠ}.É.GAL GAL KÙ.BABBAR ar-ḫa] | The chief palace servant, the chief of the silver ... |
| 10 | da-a-⸢i⸣ [na-aš(?) GEŠTIN ša-ra-a] | he places; he pours wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | 3-⸢ŠU⸣ [ḫu-it-ti-ia-zi kat-ta-ia-at] | ... three times he places it on the breast ... |
| 12 | 3-⸢ŠU⸣ [la-a-ḫu-u-wa-i GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL] | Three times the chief palace servants |
| 13 | na-a[t-ta ta-pí-ša-ni KÙ.BABBAR | And he takes the silver ta-pi-ša-vessel. |
| {€1} Rs. IV | ||
| 1′ | x[ LUGAL-i pé-ra-an] | ... before the king(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | ḫu-u-ia-⸢an⸣-[t]e-[eš LUGAL-uš] | The king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | a-ra-aḫ-za [ú-ez-zi] | he goes out.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | LUGAL-uš-kán a[n-da] | The king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | {⸢É⸣}ḫa-le-en-t[u-wa pa-iz-zi] | He goes to the house of Ḫalentuwa.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | wa-ga-an-na ḫal-z[i-ia] | ... he shouts ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7′ | LUGAL-uš {⸢É⸣}ḫa-⸢le⸣-[en-tu-wa-az] | The king, in the ḫalentu-house(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | ú-ez-zi 2 DUMU{M[EŠ}.É.GAL] | two palace servants ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | 1 {LÚ}ME-ŠE-DI L[UGAL-i pé-ra-an] | One bodyguard before the king |
| 10′ | ḫu-i-ia-an-te-e[š a-ša-an-zi] | They take the ḫuiyānte-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | gal-gal-tu-ri a[r-kam-mi] | I am a galgaltur priestess.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | {LÚ.MEŠ}G[I.GÍD SÌR-RU] | The bodyguards sing.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} Rs. V | ||
| 1′ | ⸢KAŠ? GEŠTIN?⸣ x[ | beer, wine ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | EGIR-pa PA-⸢NI⸣tar-⸢ša⸣-[an-zi-pí ti-ia-zi(?)] | Afterwards, he takes the taršanzi-vessel. |
| 3′ | nu ka-a-aš-mi-iš-⸢ša⸣-a ḫal-⸢za-a-i⸣ | And he sings again.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL ⸢ME-E⸣ QA-TI pé-e-da-an-zi | The palace servants take a libation. |
| 5′ | ŠA{GIŠ}ŠUKUR ⸢DUMU⸣.É.GAL ḫu-u-up-pa-ra-aš | The spear of the palace servant ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | A-NADUMU.É.GAL kat-ta-an GÙB-la-az | to the palace servant standing at the left. |
| 7′ | i-ia-at-ta-ri GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL | the chief palace servant |
| 8′ | GADA-an ḫar-zi GAL ME-ŠE-DI-ma {GIŠ}ŠUKUR | He takes the linen cloth. The chief of the bodyguards takes the spear. |
| 9′ | ḫar-zi na-aš-kán me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da | He takes it, and he places it before him. |
| 10′ | ar-ta-ri ... LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL QA-TE{MEŠ}-ŠU-NU | ... the king and the queen, opposite them.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | a-ar-ra-an-zi GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL | they go; the chief palace servants |
| 12′ | GADA-an pa-a-i nu-za ŠU{MEŠ}-ŠU-NU | He takes the linen cloth, and they hold their hands. |
| 13′ | a-an-ša-an-zi GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-kán | they bring. The chief of the palace servants |
| {€1} Rs. VI | ||
| 1′ | [ -š]a-aš? | |
| 2′ | [ PA]-NI{m}a-nu-wa-an-za | ... before Anuwanza(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | [ ] IŠ-⸢ṬUR⸣ | ... inside ...(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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