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KBo 32, 176 (P438361)
CTH 496, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 32, 176 |
|---|---|
| ID | P438361 |
| Museum no. | Bo 1983/902 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 496 |
| 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 | UM-MA {m}wa-al-ku-i {LÚ}SANGA ŠA DINGIR-LIM MU-ŠI ma-a-an an-du-wa-aḫ-ḫ[a-aš] | “Walkû, the priest of that god, when Andu-wahḫa |
| 2 | za-aš-ḫi-ia u-ru-ra-a-an{SAR} na-aš-ma UZU ŠAḪ e-ez-za-zi na-aš-ma-aš-[ša-an] | And he takes the flesh of the pig, and he goes. |
| 3 | pa-ra-a ḫa-an-da-a-an-ni-ma A-NA UZU ŠAḪ an-da tar-na-at-ta-ri | And he pours it over the flesh of a pig. |
| 4 | na-aš-ma-kán I-NA É DINGIR-LIM an-da pa-ra-a ḫa-an-da-a-an-ni A-NA SAR[{ḪI.A}] | And he goes to the house of the god, to the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | u-ru-ra-a-⸢an{SAR}⸣ an-da ú-e-mi-i-*e*-ez-zi nu zu-ur-ki-ia IŠ-TU K[U₆] | And he comes to the garden, and he drinks from the oven. |
| 6 | ši-pa-an-[ti] [a]r-na-mi-it-ti-ma-za IŠ-TU BA.BA.ZA | ... he libates, and he places it on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | nu ki-⸢i⸣ [SÍSKU]R 2 KU₆ 5 NINDA.SIG{ḪI.A} Ì.GIŠ LÀL na-at-ša-an A-NA {DUG}DÍLIM.[GAL IZI] | And instead of the chanter, two fish, five fine breads of oil, he pours it into the large vessel of fire. |
| 8 | la-ḫu-u-w[a-an?] [nu S]ÍG SA₅ SÍG ZA.GÌN ku-it-ta 1 {SÍG}tar-pa-a-la-aš 1 {TÚG}ku-re-e[š-šar] | And the red wool, the wool of lapis lazuli, ... one tarpala-garment, one kurrešsvar-cloth ... |
| 9 | ki-iš-š[a-ra-aš?] iš-ḫi-ia-an-na 1 {SÍG}ki-iš-ri-iš nu {DUG}DÍLIM.GAL IZI da-a-aḫ-ḫi | In the kiš-sara-vessel, one woolen garment, and a large vessel of fire, he pours. |
| 10 | nu-uš-ša-an {GIŠ.ḪI.A}lu-u-e-eš-šar kat-ta ḫa-an-da-a-mi še-er-ma-aš-ša-an SÍG ZA.GÌN | And he places the scepter below, above, with a piece of blue wool. |
| 11 | SÍG SA₅ te-eḫ-ḫi nu-uš-ša-an {DUG}DÍLIM.GAL IZI A-NA {GIŠ}KÀ-AN-NIM te-eḫ-ḫi | He places the red wool on it, and he places the large vessel of fire on the door. |
| 12 | na-at PA-NI DINGIR-LIM te-eḫ-ḫi | He takes it before the god. |
| 13 | nu KU₆ ḫu-iš-wa-an-da-an da-a-aḫ-ḫi na-an-kán A-NA DINGIR-LIM še-er ⸢ar-ḫa⸣ wa-aḫ-nu-mi | And the fish of the ḫuišwanda-vessel, he places it before the god. |
| 14 | na-an-ša-an I-NA {DUG}DÍLIM.GAL IZI {GIŠ}lu-u-eš-ni še-er te-eḫ-ḫi nu 3 ⸢NINDA⸣.x-x-an li-x[ …] | And he pours it into a large vessel of fire from the torch, and three loaves ... |
| 15 | pár-ši-ia-mi na-at-kán A-NA Ì LÀL an-da šu-ú-ni-e-mi na-⸢at⸣ [I?-N]A {DUG}DÍLIM.GAL IZI | He breaks it, and he pours it into a small vessel of oil. And he places it in a large vessel of fire. |
| 16 | kat-ta te-eḫ-ḫi Ì-ia LÀL EGIR-an-da la-a-ḫu-mi | below, he pours a libation of oil. Afterwards he libates. |
| 17 | nu BE-EL SÍSKUR ki-iš-še-ru-uš ma-a-an ⸢{TÚG}ku⸣-re-eš-ni-⸢it⸣ ma-a-an IŠ-T[U] ⸢E⸣.ÍB? | And the lord of the sacrifice, when the garments, when from inside the house |
| 18 | iš-ḫi-iḫ-ḫi ⸢ki-iš⸣-ša-ra-aš-ma ⸢iš⸣-x-x [ki-iš?]-ri-in ⸢te⸣-eḫ-ḫi nu x | ... and he ... in the ... ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 19 | IŠ-TU […] | |
| 20 | […] ... | |
| Rs. | ||
| 1′ | xx […] | |
| 2′ | 5 NINDA.SIG{ḪI.A} x […] […] | 5 fine breads ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | te-eḫ-ḫi TU₇ […] […] | ... bread ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | a-da-an-na ⸢mar⸣-[ …] | And he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5′ | ke-e-da-ni-ma A-NA SÍSKUR DINGIR-LAM K[Ù.SI₂₂] | Moreover, for the sacrifice of the god, gold ... |
| 6′ | DINGIR-LAM KÙ.SI₂₂-pát e-eš-zi ... | The god takes the gold ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | DUB 1{KAM} A-WA-AT {m}wa-al-ku-i {LÚ}SANGA ŠA DINGIR-LIM MU-ŠI ma-a-an | Tablet 1 of the watercourse of Walkû, priest of the god, when |
| 8′ | an-du-wa-aḫ-ḫa-aš za-aš-ḫi-ia u-ru-ra-a-an{SAR} UZU ŠAḪ e-ez-za-zi na-aš-⸢ma⸣-⸢kán⸣ | And he takes the meat from the hearth, and he goes. |
| 9′ | pa-ra-a ḫa-an-da-an-ni u-ru-ra-a-an{SAR} A-NA SAR{ḪI.A} an-da I-NA ⸢É⸣ DINGIR-LIM | And he goes to the house of the god.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | an-da ú-e-mi-i-e-ez-zi na-aš-ma-aš-ša-an pa-ra-a ḫa-an-da-a-an-[ni-m]a | And he comes, and he takes it away.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | A-NA SU ŠAḪ an-da wa-al-aḫ-ta-ri nu-uš-ši ki-i SÍSKUR š[i-pa-an-d]a-⸢aḫ⸣-⸢ḫi⸣ | He pours a libation into the body. And he libates like a sacrifice. |
| 12′ | QA-TI | QA-TI |
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- 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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