KBo 43, 116 (P440593)
CTH 613, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 43, 116 |
|---|---|
| ID | P440593 |
| Museum no. | 310/e |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 613 |
| 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. I | ||
| 1 | [ DUM]U⸢{MEŠ}.É⸣.[GAL(?) ] | the palace servants ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | [ BI]L?-an-z[i] | ... he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3 | [{É}ḫa-le-en-tu-u-wa ḫa-aš-ša-a]n-zi {KUŠ}NÍG.BÀR-aš-ta | In Ḫalentuwa they take the cloths.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | [uš-ši-ia-an-zi LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL-ia I]-NAÉ.DU₁₀.ÚS.SA pa-a-an-zi | They take it; the king and the queen go to the storehouse. |
| 5 | [ta-az KIN{ḪI.A}-ta ḪUB.BI K]Ù.SI₂₂ da-an-zi LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL | They take the gold ring from the outer chamber. The king and the queen |
| 6 | [IŠ-TUÉ.DU₁₀.ÚS.SA ú-wa-an-z]i DUMU.É.GAL A-NALUGAL-⸢i⸣ | The palace official libates to the king. |
| 7 | [{GIŠ}kal-mu-uš pa-a-i D]UMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL LUGAL-i | He gives the kalmuš-vessel to the palace servants. |
| 8 | [pé-ra-an ḫu-u-ia-an-te-eš LUGAL-u]š {É}*pár-ku-wa*-aš pa-iz-zi | Before the ḫuiyānte-offering, the king goes to the parrakuwa-house. |
| 9 | [{GIŠ}ar-kam-mi gal-gal-tu-u-ri(?) G]UL-ḫa-an-né-eš-kán-⸢zi⸣ | They place the arrows in the large bowl. |
| 10 | [LUGAL-uš KÁ {É}pár-ku-wa-aš] ⸢a⸣-ri nu-uš-ši ⸢DUMU.É⸣.[GAL] | The king goes to the gate of the Purkuwaš temple, and the palace servant |
| 11 | [ME-E QA-TI pa-a-i GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.G]AL-ma-aš-ši GA[DA-an da-a-i] | He gives a libation; the chief of the palace servants takes the large bowl. |
| Vs. II | ||
| 1′ | ⸢UGULA⸣ {L[Ú}M]UḪALDIM PA-NI x[ | The overseer of the cook, beside ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | UGULA {LÚ}MUḪALDIM ta-w[a-li-it wa-al-ḫi-it(?) | The overseer of the cooks ... the tawali-vessel ... |
| 3′ | GEŠTIN-it AŠ-R[I{ḪI.A} ir-ḫa-a-ez-zi | He pours wine into the libations. |
| 4′ | 3-ŠU {GIŠ}DAG-t[i ḫa-at-tal-wa-aš] | Three times, on the throne of Ḫattalwaš |
| 5′ | GIŠ-ru-i [ | wood ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6′ | [ ]x x[ | |
| Rs. V? | ||
| 1′ | x[ | |
| 2′ | ⸢GAL {LÚ.MEŠ}⸣M[E-ŠE-DI | The chief of the bodyguards(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | ar-ta x[ | behind ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | DUMU.É.GAL EGIR-p[a ú-ez-zi GUNNI-an-kán] | The palace official comes back, and ... |
| 5′ | pé-ra-an e-e[p-zi na-at pa-a-an-zi] | He takes it out and they go.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | {NINDA}ša-ra-ma-na-a[š še-er ti-an-zi] | They set down the šaramana-bread. |
| 7′ | GAL {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI [{GIŠ}ŠUKUR-it i-ia-zi] | The chief of the bodyguards takes the spear. |
| 8′ | nu me-iš-ša-a [ḫal-za-a-i] | And he calls out.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | [n]a-at-kán [ ku-ut-ti an-da] | ... he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10′ | [da-a-i {L]Ú}⸢ME-ŠE-DI⸣-ma [EGIR-pa ú-ez-zi] | The bodyguard comes back.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Rs. VI? | ||
| 1′ | ]x | |
| 2′ | p]a-⸢ra⸣-a | ... he breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | ] da-a-i | he takes.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | ]x a-da-an-zi | ... they will give(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5′ | {D}IŠKUR ḪI.Ḫ]I-ša-aš-ši | The Storm-god of Ḫiḫiša,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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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