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KBo 38, 172 (P439428)
CTH 458, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 38, 172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P439428 |
| Museum no. | 1692/c |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 458 |
| 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} | ||
| 1′ | [… -a]r-ša-a[n- …] | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | [… ]x da-a-i še-e[r- …] | ... he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 1′/ | ||
| 3′ | na-aš-t[a … ]-⸢i⸣ [… ]x e-et-wa-za […] | And he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 2′/ | ||
| 4′ | NINDA.Ì.E.D[É.A … ]-za nam-ma-wa-ra-aš t[i?- …] | ... the loaves of bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 3′/ | ||
| 5′ | an-da QA-[ …] […] | |
| {€2+1} Vs. 4′/ | ||
| 6′ | nu-wa-za tal-li-i[a- …] ⸢nu⸣-wa-za ga-la-an-⸢ga⸣-an-za ⸢e⸣-[ …] | Then he goes, and then he comes, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 5′/ | ||
| 7′ | pé-e-da-an ḫar-kán-z[i] [n]u-⸢wa⸣-ra-at-kán le-e ḫu-u-wa-an-za pé-⸢di⸣(-)[ …] | And he places it on the table. And they bring the lee and the ḫuwanza-vessel. |
| {€2+1} Vs. 6′/ | ||
| 8′ | pé-di […] | ... he takes ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 7′/ | ||
| 9′ | nu-wa-za ke-e-da-ni pé-di pé-e-da-an ḫar-ak tu-e-el-wa […] | He places it on the table, he places it in the middle of the table. |
| {€2+1} Vs. 8′/ | ||
| 10′ | MU{KAM.ḪI.A} GÍD.DA {LÚ}ŠU.GI-tar [{MU]NUS}ŠU.GI-tar mi-i-ú-⸢uš⸣ pé-eš-ki nu-w[a(-) …] | The year of the šug-priest, the reed-bearer, ... ... and he ... |
| {€2+1} Vs. 9′/ | ||
| 11′ | ḫar-ak a-aš-šu-ma-wa-⸢ad⸣-da pa-ra-a tar-na | Then he goes to the Ašši-mawa-da. |
| {€2+1} Vs. 10′/ | ||
| 12′ | [ ] x-aš-ma-wa-ad-da wa-aš-šu-x ma-ar-ša-aš-šar a-⸢aš-šu⸣-uš me-m[i- …] | ... he ... to the ... of Arša-Šar, he speaks:(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Vs. 11′/ | ||
| 13′ | [me]-mi-eš-ki i-da-lu-ma-wa-k[án ]x-tar nam-ma ták-na-az ⸢ša⸣-ra-a l[e?- …] | ... he speaks to you. ... and he places it ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} | ||
| 14′ | [… a]n-da ap-pa-an-zi NINDA EM-⸢ṢA⸣-ma NINDA.Í.[E.DÉ.A …] | ... they take, and they break the bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | […] pé-e-da-an-zi ⸢na-at⸣ a[r?- …] | ... they go, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | [… ]x i-ia-an-za x[ …] […] xx […] ... | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€2} Rs. | ||
| 1′ | x[ | |
| 2′ | i-[ | |
| 3′ | {LÚ}[ | the man ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | pár-[ | ... breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5′ | ⸢ša⸣-[ | |
| 6′ | xx[ | |
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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