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KBo 40, 173 (P439938)
CTH 670, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 40, 173 |
|---|---|
| ID | P439938 |
| Museum no. | 1946/c |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 670 |
| 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. III | ||
| 1′ | [ ]x[ | |
| 2′ | [LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL TUŠ-aš {D}t]e-li-pí-nu-u[n] | The king and the queen, while seated, to Telipinu |
| 3′ | [a-ku-wa-an]-⸢zi⸣ GIŠ.{D}INANNA GAL | They drink the great lyre.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | ⸢{LÚ.MEŠ⸣}ḫal-li-ia-ri-eš SÌR-RU | The cult singers sing.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | {LÚ}SAGI.A LUGAL-i | the cupbearer of the king |
| 6′ | NINDA.GUR₄.RA pa-a-i LUGAL-uš pár-ši-ia | He breaks the loaf; the king breaks it. |
| 7′ | {LÚ}SAGI.A LUGAL-i | the cupbearer of the king |
| 8′ | NINDA.GUR₄.RA ⸢e⸣-ep-zi | He takes the loaf of bread.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | ta-aš-ta ⸢pa-ra⸣-a | And he breaks it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | pé-e-da-i | he brings. |
| Rs. IV | ||
| 1 | LUGAL-uš a-ku-wa-an-na [ú-e-ek-zi] | The king drinks.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | {LÚ.MEŠ}SAGI.A GAL{ḪI.A} [ú-da-i | The chief cupbearers bring it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | [{L]Ú}SAGI.A 1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA E[M-ṢA] | The cupbearer takes one sour loaf of bread. |
| 4 | [a-r]a-aḫ-za ú-da-i [ | ... he brings ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | [LUGA]L MUNUS.LUGAL TUŠ-aš {D}ZA-BA₄-B[A₄] | The king and the queen, while seated, to Zababa |
| 6 | [a-ku-w]a-an-zi wa-al-ḫa-an-⸢zi-iš⸣-ša-an | They drink, and they libate.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | [GIŠ.{D}INAN]NA GAL ḫa-az-zi-iš-kán-zi | They set up the great lyre. |
| 8 | [{LÚ}SA]GI.A LUGAL-i NINDA.GUR₄.RA pa-a-i | The cupbearer gives the loaf to the king. |
| 9 | [LUGAL-uš] ⸢pár⸣-ši-ia ták-kán wa-a-ki | The king breaks it, and he places it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | [{LÚ}SA]GI.A LUGAL-i NINDA.GUR₄.RA | The cupbearer gives the loaf to the king. |
| 11 | [e-ep-z]i ⸢ta⸣-aš-ta pa-ra-a | he does, and he goes back.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [pé-e-da]-⸢i⸣ | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
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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