KBo 40, 172 (P439937)
CTH 628, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 40, 172 |
|---|---|
| ID | P439937 |
| Museum no. | 1891/c |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 628 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| r. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | NINDA.GUR₄.R[A NU.GÁL] | The loaf of bread is not present(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | [E]GIR-ŠU-[ma {D}IŠTAR TUŠ-aš e-ku-zi] | He drinks before Ištar while seated. |
| 3′ | ⸢{LÚ}⸣NA[R SÌR-RU NINDA.GUR₄.RA NU.GÁL] | The singer sings; the loaf of bread is not present. |
| 4′ | E[GIR-ŠU-ma {D}iš-ḫa-ra TUŠ-aš e-ku-zi] | He drinks before Išḫara while seated. |
| lk. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | [nam-ma IŠ-TUBI-IB-RI DINGI]R-⸢LIM ḫa-a-ni⸣ | And he places it before the god.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | [nu-uš-ša-an A-NAGAL LUGAL l]a-a-ḫu-wa-i | Then he libates to the king.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | [nu LUGAL-i pa-a-i LÚ{MEŠ}˽BALAG.D]I ... | And he gives it to the king; the BALAG.DI-officials ... |
| 4′ | [{D}UD{KAM} SIG₅ SÌR-RU LUGAL-uš w]a-ar-šu-⸢li⸣ | The good day sings; the king ... |
| 5′ | [e-ku-zi nam-ma-aš A-NADINGIR-LIM] 3-ŠU | He drinks, and three times to the god |
| 6′ | [UŠ-KE-EN {LÚ}SANGA-ia-an IŠ-TU{GI]Š}⸢GIDRU⸣{ḪI.A} DINGIR-LIM | The priest prostrates himself before the feet of the god. |
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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