KBo 25, 173 (P437050)
CTH 670, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 25, 173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P437050 |
| Museum no. | 373/z |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 670 |
| 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′ | ⸢GAL⸣ {LÚ}ME-ŠE-⸢DI⸣ A-NA x[ | The chief of the bodyguards for ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | ta-aš-ma-aš {DUG}ḫu-u-u[p- | and the hup-vessel(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | A-NA⸢GEŠTIN⸣ ḫa-at-ti-x[ | for wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | na-aš-ta pár-aš-ša-na-u-wa-a[š | And he libates ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | {LÚ}ALAM.ZU₉ me-ma-[i] | The cult actor speaks.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | LUGAL-uš MUNUS.LUGAL-aš-ša TUŠ-aš [ | The king and the queen sit ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | IŠ-TUBI-IB-RI AMAR KÙ.SI₂₂! [ | ... a gold calf ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | LUGAL-uš NINDA.GUR₄.RA EM-ṢA pár-[ši-ia | The king breaks the sour loaf of bread. |
| 9′ | GIŠ.{D}INANNA GAL {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫal-li-ia-ri-e[š | The great lyre, the cult singers |
| 10′ | {LÚ}ALAM.ZU₉ me-ma-i pal-wa-at-[tal-la-aš] | The cult actor speaks: ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | pal-wa-ez-zi [ ] | ... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| Rs. | ||
| 1′ | LUGAL-uš tu-un-na-ak-⸢ke-eš-na-az⸣ ú-e[z-zi] | The king goes to the tunnak-priests. |
| 2′ | ta-aš-ša-an {GIŠ}DAG-ti ti-⸢i-e⸣-e[z-zi | And he places it on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | na-aš-ta ⸢GAL {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É⸣.[GAL | And the chief of the bodyguards, the chief [of the palace servants] |
| 4′ | {LÚ}ME-ŠE-⸢DI-ia⸣ [ ] ⸢an-da⸣ [ | The bodyguards ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | nu ⸢DUMU{MEŠ}.É⸣.GAL⸣ x[ ]x x x[ | and the palace servants(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | xx x[ | |
| 7′ | xx x[ | |
| 8′ | [ ]x x[ | |
| 9′ | x x[ | |
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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