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KBo 44, 163 (P440939)
CTH 634, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 44, 163 |
|---|---|
| ID | P440939 |
| Museum no. | 73/k |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 634 |
| 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′ | [LUGAL-u]š-kán x[ ] | The king ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | UŠ-KÉ-EN ⸢{LÚ}ki⸣-i-⸢ta-aš ḫal-za⸣-[a-i] | He prostrates himself before the cult actor. |
| 3′ | [n]a-⸢aš ḫa-a⸣-li-ia na-aš ša-ra-a t[i-ia]-z[i] | And he takes the ḫaliya-vessel, and he goes down. |
| 4′ | [nu n]am-ma UŠ!-KÉ-EN | And he prostrates himself.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | ⸢{LÚ}⸣ki-i-ta-aš ḫal-za-a-i | The cult actor sings.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | LUGAL-uš ti-i-ia-zi DUMU{MEŠ}.⸢É⸣.[GAL] | The king goes; the palace servants |
| 7′ | ⸢{LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI {LÚ⸣.MEŠ}SANGA AR-⸢KU⸣-[TI-ia] | The bodyguards, the priests ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Vs.III | ||
| 8′ | A-ŠAR-⸢ŠU⸣-NU ap-pa-an-zi LU[GAL] | The king libates in the courtyard.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Vs. III | ||
| 9′ | pa-iz-⸢zi⸣ nu 2 NINDA.KU₇ ⸢da-a⸣-[i] | He goes, and he takes two sweet loaves. |
| 10′ | na-at pár-ši-ia nu ⸢GÙB⸣-[la-az] | He breaks it, and he places it on the left.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | [k]u-⸢e ḫar-zi⸣ na-⸢at⸣ [kat-ta da-a-i] | He takes it, and he places it on the ground.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Rs. IV | ||
| 2′ | ]x[ | |
| 2′ | na-at] LUGAL-⸢i⸣ | And the king(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | [pa-ra-a e-ep-zi LUGA]L-uš-ša-[an] | He takes it out, and the king(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | [QA-TAM da-a-i {LÚ}GUDU₁₂] iš-ga-ru-[uḫ] | likewise he places; the priest of the altar libates. |
| 5′ | [PA-NIZAG.GAR.RA da-a]-⸢i⸣ nu a-ú-l[i-in] | ... he places, and he drinks ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | [kar-ap-pa-an-zi {MU]NUS⸢}pal⸣-wa-ta[l-la-aš] | They libate; the female palwalla-priestess |
| 7′ | [pal-wa-a-ez-zi {LÚ}]⸢ME-ŠE⸣-DI-k[án] | The bodyguards ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | [PA-NI{LÚ.MEŠ}SANGA ti-i]a-zi | ... he places it before the priests.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | [nu-za {LÚ.MEŠ}SANGA e-š]a-⸢an-ta⸣-r[i] | And the priests ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | [LUGAL-uš-za e-ša GU₄{ḪI.A} n+]20? UDU[{ḪI.A}] | The king takes the oxen and 20 sheep. |
| 11′ | [ku-ra-an-zi 1-an?-ma-aš-š]a-a[n | they libate once.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | ] ⸢A⸣-N[A | ... to him ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
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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