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KBo 22, 261 (P436731)
CTH 744, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 22, 261 |
|---|---|
| ID | P436731 |
| Museum no. | Bo 1969/025 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 744 |
| 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. I | ||
| 1′ | ḫa-aš-ši-⸢i⸣ [ | ... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | 3 pár-šu-ul-⸢li da-a-i⸣ [ | He breaks three times ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | da-a-i ⸢šar⸣-ḫu-⸢li-ia⸣-aš [ | He places it ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | da-ga-a-an 3 pár-šu-⸢ul⸣-[li | He breaks three times.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | 3 pár-šu-ul-li [ | 3 pāršulli-vessels ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | nam-ma ḫa-aš-ša-⸢a⸣-aš [ta-pu-uš-za | And in the ḫašša-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | [ -z]i x[ | |
| 8′ | [ ]x x[ | |
| Rs. | ||
| 1′ | [ {LÚ.MEŠ}SA]GI.A [LUGAL-i MUNUS.LUGAL-ri GAL{ḪI.A} pí-an-zi] | The cupbearers give the king and the queen the great cups. |
| 2′ | {LÚ}SAGI.A DINGIR-LI[M A-NA{LÚ}SANGA GAL-ri pa-a-i iš-ka-a-ru-uḫ da-a-i] | The cupbearer of the god gives it to the great priest. He places it before the altar. |
| 3′ | ta-aš-še-eš-ša-an [la-a-ḫu-i {LÚ}SANGA GAL-ri ḫar-zi] | And he libates; the great priest takes it. |
| 4′ | LUGAL-uš MUNUS.LUGAL-aš-š[a a-ša-an-da-aš {D} ] | The king and the queen ... the Ašandaš-god ... |
| 5′ | a-ku-an-zi {L[Ú.MEŠ}ḫal-li-ia-ri-eš SÌR-RU] | They drink; the cult singers sing. |
| 6′ | {LÚ}SAGI.A-aš NINDA.GUR₄.R[A LUGAL-i pa-a-i] | The cupbearer gives the loaf to the king. |
| 7′ | ⸢LUGAL⸣-uš pár-ši-ia {L[Ú}SAGI.A LUGAL-i NINDA.GUR₄.RA e-ep-zi] | The king breaks it; the cupbearer takes the loaf of bread for the king. |
| 8′ | [t]a-⸢aš⸣-ta pa-⸢ra⸣-a p[é-e-da-i {LÚ}SANGA a-pí-ia-ak-ku e-ku-zi] | And he takes it out; the priest drinks it. |
| 9′ | [LUGAL-uš] ⸢a⸣-ku-an-⸢na ú-e⸣-e[k-zi {LÚ.MEŠ}SAGI.A GAL{ḪI.A}] | The king drinks, and the cupbearers(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | [ú-da-an-z]i {L[Ú}SAGI.A 1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA EM-ṢA TUR] | The cupbearer takes one small sour loaf of bread. |
| 11′ | [a-ra-aḫ-z]a [ú-da-i ] | ... he brings ...(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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