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KBo 31, 121 (P438091)
CTH 480, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 31, 121 |
|---|---|
| ID | P438091 |
| Museum no. | 254/d |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 480 |
| 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′ | na-a]k-ku-uš-ši-uš-ša-⸢za?⸣[ ] | ... he drinks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | -š]a-an-zi ḫar-ni-ia-an-z[i] | they take, and they libate.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | pa-r]a-a ap-pa-an-zi [ ] | They go out ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | {KU]Š}?gur-šu-uš AD.KID PA-NIDINGIR-LIM da-a-i | He places the guršu-vessel before the god. |
| 5′ | ]x BA.BA!.ZA iš!?-na-an GEŠTIN NINDA.SIG{ḪI.A} | ... of barley, with wine and fine bread |
| 6′ | ] pa-ra-a ⸢e⸣-ep-zi | He takes it out.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | ] ⸢e⸣-ep-zi nu ki-iš-ša-[an m]e-ma-i | ... he takes, and thus he speaks:(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | DINGIR G]E₆ ... {URU}ša-mu-u-ḫa | ... a black god ... Šamuḫa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | ]x-ia ku-u-ru-ur x-x-x | ... he burns ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10′ | ]-ta-aš Ù ŠALÚ˽NIM.L[ÀL ] | ... and the Elamite ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | ]x e-eš-ḫa-aḫ-ru-wa-aš | ... of the ešḫahru-vessel(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | ]x-ia-ma-aš-ša ku-it-k[i ]-ni | ... he holds ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13′ | a-p]é-e-ez pít-tu-li-ia-a[z] | ... he libates ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14′ | {UZ]U}KIR₁₄ ḫa-at-ta-an-t[a-a]n | the flesh of the ḫattanta-vessel(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | -i]a-aš ḫur-ki-la-a-aš | ... in Hurrian ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | ]x-ia-am-ma-aš-ša tar-⸢nu⸣-me-en | ... you are second ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | ] zi-ik-ka₄-wa-za DIN[GIR ] | ... the god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18′ | ma]-aḫ-ḫa-an kar-ša-[an?-zi?] | ... they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19′ | ]x A-NAEN SI[SKUR ] | ... for the god of the sacrifice ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 20′ | ] {⸢}A?⸣-NA šu-x[ ] | ... he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 21′ | n]a?-an[ ] | |
| Rs.? | ||
| 1′ | ]x x x[ ] | |
| 2′ | E]N SISKUR A-⸢NA⸣ x[ ]x ⸢AN⸣ x[ ] | Afterwards, the sacrifice ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | nu-u]š-ši *{LÚ*}AZU SISKUR ⸢a-pí⸣-ia ši-pa-[an-ti ] | And the cupbearer libates the sacrifice of Apiya. |
| 4′ | m]a-aḫ-ḫa-an-ma-kán GUNNI{MEŠ} kar-ap!?-⸢pa⸣-[an-zi] | And they libate to the young man.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | n]u {LÚ}AZU ⸢EME⸣{ḪI.A} A.BÁR{ḪI.A} túḫ-š[a-i] | And the chanter of the tongues of the scribes ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | ] nam-ma-aš-ši ⸢na⸣-x xx x x-⸢da⸣ tar-na-a-i x[ ] | ... and he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7′ | ]x ⸢tu?⸣ [ ]x-⸢ma⸣-kán [ ] | ... ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| Rs.? | ... | |
| Rs.? r. Rd. 12″ | {LÚ]}⸢AZU?⸣-ia ḫar-⸢zi⸣ | The chanter takes it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Rs.? r. Rd. 13″ | ] | |
| Rs.? r. Rd. 14″ | ] ⸢UDU⸣.SÍG+MUNUS | ... a female sheep(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| Rs.? r. Rd. 15″ | ]x tar-na-an-zi | ... they set ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| Rs.? r. Rd. 16″ | ] | |
| Rs.? r. Rd. 17″ | ]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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