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KBo 43, 203 (P440675)
CTH 699, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 43, 203 |
|---|---|
| ID | P440675 |
| Museum no. | 191/d |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 699 |
| 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 | ]x-za | ...za(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2 | ]x | |
| 3 | ]x da-a-i | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4 | ]-zi | ... he takes(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5 | -p]í? | |
| 6 | ] | |
| 7 | ]x | |
| 8 | ]x | |
| 9 | ]-⸢pí⸣ | |
| 10 | ]x-te?-eš | |
| 11 | ] | |
| 12 | ] | |
| 13 | ]x | |
| 14 | ]x | |
| 15 | ]x-ti | ...ti(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16 | ]-ni | |
| 17 | ] | |
| Vs. II | ||
| 1 | nam-ma 1 ⸢MUŠEN⸣ [ -t]i-in BA.BA.ZA x[ ] | Then one bird ... the barley ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | Ì.GIŠ GEŠTIN te-[ ]-ri-ia ši-pa-an-ti | He libates oil and wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | nu-uš-⸢ša⸣-an MUŠEN NINDA.⸢SIG⸣ [{NINDA}mu]-la-ti-in-na pár-ši-an-[da-an] | And the bird breaks the fine bread and the mulati-bread. |
| 4 | {GIŠ}⸢ir⸣-ḫu-i-ti da-a-⸢i na⸣-[aš]-ta iš-ḫu-u-wa-an-na-aš-ša | He places it on the table, and then he libates.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5 | ku-e!-da-ni iš-ḫu-⸢u-wa-an EGIR⸣-ŠU-ma la-ḫa-an-ni-uš | And he libates. Afterwards, the laḫannu-vessel |
| 6 | ši-pa-an-da-⸢an-zi? nam-ma⸣ {LÚ}SANGA Ì.DU₁₀.GA {D}10-ni | They libate, and the priest gives sweet oil to the Storm-god. |
| 7 | me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-⸢da 3⸣-ŠU pa-ap-pár-aš-zi | And he breaks it three times.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | ad-da-aš-š[a ]me-na-a[ḫ-ḫ]a-a[n]-d[a] x[ ]x[ ] | ... to the father ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9 | LUGAL-uš-ša A-⸢NA⸣[ Ì].DU₁₀.G[A | The king pours a good libation. |
| 10 | pa-ap-pár-aš-⸢zi⸣ x[ ]x {D}10 x[ | they libate ... the Storm-god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | 3-ŠU pa-ap-p[ár-aš-zi ]x[ | He breaks three times ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | kat-ta-an i[š- | below ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13 | iš-ḫu-u-wa-an(-)x[ ]x[ | ... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14 | A-NA1 {É}ka-ri-i[m- | to the house of Karim-(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | nu PA-NIku-ra-⸢ak⸣-k[i | And he places it before you.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | 1 PA ZÍZ-ia-kán x[ | 1 PA of emmer ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17 | 1 {NINDA}na-aḫ-ḫi-ti-iš-ma x[ | one loaf of bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | nu-uš-ša-an GÉŠPU x[ | And ... the shepherd ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | xx xx x[ | |
| 20 | [ ]x[ | |
| Rs. III | ||
| 1′ | [ ]-a-at-lu [ ] | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | [ -z]a?-⸢kán?⸣ an-⸢da⸣ A-NA [ ] | ... to ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3′ | [ {LÚ.ME]Š}NAR LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BALAG.D[I] | The singers, the cult actors(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | {MUNUS}kat-⸢ri⸣-eš-ša iš-ḫa-mi-ia-〈u〉-an ti-an-[zi] | They set the katrišša-woman in the midst. |
| 5′ | ma-aḫ-ḫa-an xx DINGIR{MEŠ} KISLAḪ-ni p[a- ] | before ... the gods of the sanctuary ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | nu-uš {LÚ}AZU ⸢IŠ-TU⸣MUŠEN ḪUR-RI wa-aḫ-nu-[zi] | And the cupbearer takes the bird of the mountain. |
| 7′ | ú-i-te-na-zi-ia ar-ḫa pa-ap-p[ár-aš-zi] | ... he pours a libation before him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | ma-aḫ-ḫa-an-ma DINGIR{M[EŠ} P]A-NI {É}ka-ri-[i]m-ma-na-aš | Afterwards, the gods of the karimmana-house |
| 9′ | ar-nu-an-zi nu A-NA⸢GÉŠPU⸣ {D}10 | they bow down, and to the Storm-god |
| 10′ | ŠA{D}šar-ru-ma-⸢ia⸣ A-[N]AŠUKUR KÙ.SI₂₂ ta-ga-an | Šarrumaya, the gold cupbearer, holds. |
| 11′ | pé-ra-an kat-ta 1 ⸢{GIŠ}⸣i[r]-ḫu-u-i ti-an-zi | They set up one irḫu-vessel above. |
| 12′ | nu-uš-ša-an ⸢an-da⸣ 1 {NINDA}na-aḫ-ḫi-ti UP-NI NINDA GA.KIN.[AG] | And he takes one loaf of nahḫiti-bread, a loaf of bread of emmer. |
| 13′ | pár-ša-a-an x-x-x-an {GIŠ}⸢IN⸣-BI{ḪI.A}-ia x-x | He breaks ... and the baskets ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | {GIŠ}GEŠTIN [ ]x ⸢me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da⸣ | ... wine ... and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | i-mi-ia-an ⸢na-at ar-ḫa kat-ta⸣-an {GIŠ}ir-ḫu-[i] | And he places it on top of the birḫu-vessel. |
| 16′ | iš-ḫu-u-⸢wa-a-an⸣-[z]i | ... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 17′ | A-NA1 ⸢{DUG}DÍLIM.GAL⸣-[i]a-[ ]x xx G[EŠTIN t]e-pu ⸢la⸣-a-ḫu-u-w[a-an] | ... into the large vessel ... he pours wine ... |
| 18′ | [ ]-an | ... An(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 19′ | [ ]-an la-a-ḫu-u-i | ... he drinks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| Rs. IV | ||
| 2′ | ]x DINGIR{MEŠ}-aš | ... the gods(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | ]-ti | |
| 4′ | ] 1 iš-nu-u-ri | ... one ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | ] e-⸢ša⸣-ri | ... he pours.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6′ | ] | |
| 7′ | ]-ma e-ku-zi | and eats(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8′ | pé-r]a-an | before(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9′ | -r]i-in | |
| 10′ | -t]i | |
| 11′ | ŠA]1 ⸢UP⸣-NI | One ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 12′ | ]x ⸢UP⸣-NI-ia | ... to me(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13′ | -k]án | |
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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