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KBo 40, 176 (P439941)

CTH 608, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE

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DesignationKBo 40, 176
IDP439941
Museum no.1601/c
CollectionAnadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey
LanguageHittite
PeriodMiddle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
GenreCTH 608
Find spotḪattusa (mod. Boğazkale)
Coordinates40.0144, 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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
Vs.
1′[ ]x x[ ]
2′[ḫal-ma-aš-šu-it-ti l]u-⸢ut⸣-ti-ia ⸢ḫa⸣-a[t-tal-wa-aš GIŠ-ru-i]... he takes the ḫalmašši-vessel of the luttiya-tree, the wood ...
3′[nam-ma ḫa-aš-ši]-⸢i⸣ da-a-[i]And he places it on the hearth.(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′[UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM iš-pa-an-tu-u]z-zi-aš-šar LUGAL-i pa-[ra-a e-ep-zi LUGAL-uš]The overseer of the cooks libates to the king, and he takes it away. The king
5′[QA-TAM da-a-i UGULA {LÚ.M]EŠ}MUḪALDIM ḫa-aš-ši-i 3-ŠU š[i-pa-an-ti]likewise he places; the overseer of the cooks libates three times on the table.
6′[ ] še-e-er e-ep-zi UGULA ⸢{LÚ⸣.M[EŠ}MUḪALDIM 5-ŠU]... he takes. The overseer of the cooks five times ...
7′[ir-ḫa-ez-zi {GIŠ}BANŠUR]-⸢i⸣ 1-ŠU ḫal-ma-aš-šu-it-ti ⸢1⸣-[ŠU ḫa-at-tal-wa-aš]He goes to the table once, to the ḫalma-šūtti-drum, once to the basket.
8′[GIŠ-ru-i 1-Š]U nam-ma ḫa-aš-ši-i 1-ŠU [ši-pa-an-ti]He libates once on the altar, and he librates once upon the hearth.
9′[LUGAL-uš-kán ú-ez-zi t]a-aš-ša-an ḫal-ma-aš-šu-i[t-ti]The king comes, and he carries it out.
10′[ti-i-e-zi {LÚ}S]AGI LUGAL-i GAL-ri KA[Š.GEŠTIN?-aš pa-a-i(?)]He steps; the cupbearer gives the great wine to the king.
11′[ ]x ga-ra-a-u wa-aḫ-nu-zi LUGAL-u[š TUŠ-aš]... they libate, and the king, while seated,
12′[{D}UTU {D}me-e]z-zu-ul-la e-ku-zi ḫu-up-pa-r[i]Šamaš and Mešulla libate.(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′ši-pa-an-ti GIŠ.{D}⸢INANNA TUR⸣ [SÌR-RU]He libates; the small lyre sings.
Rs.
1[ LUG]A[L MUNUS].⸢LUGAL⸣-aš-š[a ]The king and the queen ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2[GIŠ.{D}INANNA TUR ḫa-az-z]i-an-zi Ú-⸢UL SÌR-RU⸣They sing the small lyre; they do not sing.
3[{D}UTU {D}me-ez-z]u-ul-la LUGAL-uš *GUB*-aš e-ku-z[i]Šamaš and Mezzulla, the king, drink while standing.
4[ḫu-up-pa-ri ši-p]a-an-ti GIŠ.{D}INANNA GAL [SÌR-RU]He libates; he sings the great lyre.
5[{D}10? {D}10? {URU}z]i-ip-la-an-da LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL TUŠ-aš a-[ku-an-zi]The Storm-god of Ziplanda, the king and the queen, while seated, drink
6[LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR ša-ak-n]a-a-aš ti-an-zi LÚ˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR {NINDA}zi-i[p-pu-la-aš-ne]The tablemen set it up; the tablemen [take] the zigpula-bread.
7[ú-da-i A-NA{GIŠ}BANŠ]UR(?)-ša-an NINDA.GUR₄.RA{ḪI.A} Ù GA.KIN.A[G ki-an-da(?)]He places it on the table. The loaf of bread and the loaves of bread ...
8[ ] ⸢ú?⸣-da-an-zi tu-uš GEŠTIN-an-t[a šu-un-na-an-zi]... they bring, and they pour wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9[{LÚ}SAG]I kat-ti-iš-mi ar-ta ta š[i-pa-an-ti]The cupbearer pours a libation below.
10[{NINDA}zi-ip-pu-la-aš]-⸢ne⸣ LUGAL-i pa-ra-a e-e[p-zi LUGAL-uš QA-TAM]The king takes the zigpulaš-bread, and the king likewise.
11[da-a-i na-at-kán pa-ra-a] pa-a-an-z[i]... he takes, and they go ...(lower confidence: line is broken)

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