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KBo 41, 185 (P440293)
CTH 577, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 41, 185 |
|---|---|
| ID | P440293 |
| Museum no. | 2220/c |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 577 |
| 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} obv. | ||
| 1′ | ... | |
| 2′ | [ ]x[ | |
| 3′ | [ ] INIM-ni x[ | ... our word ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | [ ke-e-da-n]i INIM-ni pé-[ra-an | ... the word before ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | [ḫa-aš-t]a-pí-i-⸢in⸣ kal-t[ar-ši-in-na | ... the ḫašta-pi-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | [n]a-at-kán pé-an ku-u[š ú-e-er | And he brings it before him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | kal-tar-ši-in ḫa-aš-ta-p[í-i-in-na | kaltaršin of the ḫaštapinna-vessel(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+2} obv. 8′/ | ||
| 1′ | EGIR KASKAL-NI TI₈{MUŠEN} GU[N-li₁₂-a]n NI-M[UR | Afterwards, the bird calls out. |
| {€1+2} obv. 9′/ | ||
| 2′ | na-aš ⸢zi⸣-an ku-uš pa-[it] UM-MA {m}[ | And he comes, and he goes. Thus ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+2} obv. 10′/ | ||
| 3′ | ki-i ku-it MUŠEN{ḪI.A} ar-ḫa pé-eš-[šer | When the birds ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+2} obv. 11′/ | ||
| 4′ | A-NAGIG {D}UTU-ŠI Ú-UL-pát pí-a[n-zi | They do not libate before the Sun-deity. |
| {€1+2} obv. 12′/ | ||
| 5′ | TI₈{MUŠEN} G[U]N-an NI-MUR na-aš pa-[an | The bird ... and ... before ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+2} obv. 13′/ | ||
| 6′ | ⸢GUN-an⸣ NI-MUR na-at-kán EG[IR | ... a talent, and afterwards ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2} obv. | ||
| 7′ | [ -k]án pé-an SIG₅-za ú-et [ | ... before your good ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | [EGIR KASKAL-N]I 2 a-ra-am-na-an-du-u[š | After the journey, two aramnanduš-vessels |
| 9′ | [ú?]-⸢e⸣-er na-at pa-an tar-li₁₂-u[š | ... he takes, and before the tarlu-vessel ... |
| 10′ | [k]i-i ku-it zi-aš ki-ša-at nu-[kán | ... he kisses the cheek, and thus ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | {D}IŠTAR {URU}ša-mu-ḫa-pát pa-ra-a a-ra-a-a[n-za | Ištar goes to Šamuḫapa.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | 3 mar-ša-na-aš-ši-uš ḫa-aš-ta-pí-in-n[a | Three maršanassu-vessels of ḫaštapinna-flour |
| 13′ | ku-uš ú-e-er na-at-kán EGIR GAM ku-u[š | ... he brings, and then afterwards ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | [EG]IR KASKAL-NI 2 a-ra-am-na-an-du-uš tar-li₁₂-a[n | Afterwards, on the road, two aram-nān-duš-vessels ... |
| 15′ | [n]a-⸢at 2-an⸣ ar-ḫa ⸢pa-a-er⸣ UM-MA {m}[ | And he breaks it twice. Thus ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2} rev. | ||
| 1′ | [ ]A ME-er [ ]-an ME-aš x[ | ... the ... of the battle ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | ⸢na-at-kán a-pé-e⸣-da-aš-pát wa-aš-túl-x[ | And he pours water ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | GIM-an DUMU.NITA {URU}ḫa-ar-ták-ka₄ ⸢an⸣-[da-an | When the citizen of Ḫartakka comes, |
| 4′ | nu {URU}te-ri-iš-ša an-da-an {UR[U} | And Terišša, the city(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | x nu {URU}ga-az-za-u-ba-aš-ša an-da?-[an | ... and to Gazaubaša ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | nam-ma-*kán *ša*-ra-a ú-ez-zi ma-a-an-ma x x[ | And then he comes, and when ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | IGI-zi TE{MEŠ} ni *ši* {GIŠ}TUKUL ZAG-a[š | He looks at the side, and the weapon on his right |
| 8′ | EGIR TE{MEŠ} ši ** {GIŠ}TUKUL *ZAG?* NU.SI[G₅ | Afterwards, with the weapon, the right one is not affected. |
| 9′ | ⸢IŠ-TU{MUNUS}ŠU.GI⸣ ER-⸢TUM?⸣ ⸢QA-TAM-MA-pát⸣ nu KIN SIG₅-ru [ | The Old Woman of the Ertum-priestess ... and the good work ... |
| 10′ | xx xx xx x-a x-a ta-ma-x-x [ | ... you(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 11′ | SIG₅? x | ... good(?)(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12′ | ] ⸢x-x⸣ [ | |
| {€1} rev. | ||
| 1′ | ]x-x[ | |
| 2′ | x [ | |
| 3′ | [A]-NA{D}⸢x⸣ [ | to the god ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | ⸢IGI-zi⸣ TE{MEŠ} n[i | they look, and with ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | EGIR TE{MEŠ} [ | Afterwards, with ...(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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