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KBo 38, 206 (P439456)
CTH 458, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 38, 206 |
|---|---|
| ID | P439456 |
| Museum no. | 905/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} Vs. | ||
| 1′ | ]x-zi nu ⸢KASKAL{ḪI.A}⸣ ⸢tar-ma-a-an⸣-[ | ... and the road ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | ]x ke-e-da-ni A.ŠÀ ku-e-ri [ | ... he places on the field ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | n]a-at ki-iš-ša-an tar-ma-a-an-[ | And likewise ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | ]x nam-ma ma-an-ni-in-ku-wa-an ⸢li⸣-[ | ... and he drinks, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | ] ⸢e⸣-eš-tu al-wa-an-zi-na-aš-ša an-⸢tu⸣-[ | ... they place it ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6′ | n]u ki-iš-ša-an tar-ma-a-an-te-eš a-ša-an-d[u | And likewise, he libates.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 1′/Vs. | ||
| 7′ | [… ]x x[ ]x-⸢i⸣ i-da-a-lu ut-tar i-da-a-lu al-wa-an-za-a-tar [ | ... they go, they return, they go.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 2′/Vs. | ||
| 8′ | [… ]x A.ŠÀ ku-e-ri EGIR-an ar-ḫa {URUDU}a-te-eš-še-et [ | ... he takes the field. Afterwards, with the copper ... |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 3′/Vs. | ||
| 9′ | [… m]a-an-ni-in-ku-wa-an ú-ez-zi | ... he comes.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 4′/Vs. | ||
| 10′ | [… a]r-ḫa 3-ŠU ku-e-er-zi nu me-ma-i i-da-a-lu ut-tar [ | He eats three times, and he speaks; he returns. |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 5′/Vs. | ||
| 11′ | [… ]x-ni A+NA {GIŠ}TIR na-aš-ma A-NA {GIŠ}KIRI₆.GEŠTIN na-aš-ma A.ŠÀ ku-⸢e⸣-[ …] | ... to the forest, to the vineyard, and to the field ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 6′/Vs. | ||
| 12′ | [… ]x nu nam-ma i-da-a-lu ut-tar i-da-a-lu-ia al-wa-an-za-⸢a⸣-[tar | ... and then he goes out, he returns, and he comes out. |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 7′/Vs. | ||
| 13′ | […] ú-ez-zi | he goes.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 8′/Vs. | ||
| 14′ | […] ⸢na⸣-aš-ma A-NA {GIŠ}KIRI₆.GEŠTIN KÁ.GAL-TIM na-aš-ma {É}tar-nu-u-uš x[ | And to the vineyard of the city gate, to the tarna-house ... |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 9′/Vs. | ||
| 15′ | [… ]x ŠA {GIŠ}TIR na-aš-ma ŠA {GIŠ}KIRI₆.GEŠTIN na-aš-ma ⸢A⸣.[ŠÀ | ... of the forest, and of the vineyard, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 10′/Vs. | ||
| 16′ | [… k]u?-i-uš pé-e ḫar-kán-zi SÍG ZA.GÌN-ša-an SÍG x[ | ... they take the wool, the lapis-lazuli, the wool |
| {€2+1} Rs.? 11′/Vs. | ||
| 17′ | [… ]x x -⸢kán⸣-ta ⸢nu⸣ xx x [… ]x-x-x ⸢i?⸣-x[ ... | ... and ... ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€1} Rs. | ||
| 1′ | k]u-it NA₄?{ḪI.A}-ta | ... with a stone ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Rs. | ... | |
| {€2} Vs.? | ||
| 1′ | […] ⸢an⸣-da-an ⸢pa-iz-zi⸣ x[ …] | ... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | [… ]x EGIR-an kat-ta tar-ma-an-zi x[ …] | ... they set down below ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | [… ]x-an-zi IŠ-TU GÍR-ia-aš-ši te-⸢e⸣-[ …] | ... they take from the foot ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3a′ | na-aš [… ] | And he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4′ | [… ]x-an *ma-a*-an ka-a-aš LÚ {GIŠ}TIR x[ …] | ... and when the man of the forest ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | [… -z]a-a-tar na-aš-ma ḫu-ur-ki-i-i[l …] | ... and the ḫurki-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | [… ]x-an-za nu ka-a-aš-ša LÚ {GIŠ}T[IR …] | ... and there, the man of the forest ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | [… A]N.BAR tar-ma-a-an e-eš-tu […] | … iron, secondly, it ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | [… EG]IR-an ar-ḫa ku-[ …] | Afterwards, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | […] xx 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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