KBo 50, 258 (P442776)
CTH 255, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 50, 258 |
|---|---|
| ID | P442776 |
| Museum no. | 763/z |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 255 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| {€3} Vs. I 1′! | ak-x[ | |
| {€3+2} Vs. I 2′!/ | ||
| 1′ | IŠ-⸢TU⸣[ZI LUGAL | from the king(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€3+2} Vs. I 3′!/ | ||
| 2′ | tu-x-x[ | |
| {€3+2} Vs. I 4′!/ | ||
| 3′ | ku-e-da-n[i-ik-ki | ... he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€3+2} Vs. I 5′!/ | ||
| 4′ | ar-ku-wa-a[r? | Arkuwa[r?](low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€3+2} Vs. I 6′!/ | ||
| 5′ | i-ia-zi n[a-aš-kán(?) | ... he goes, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+2} Vs. I 7′!/ | ||
| 6′ | le-e ku-e-d[a- | ... the levee ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+2} Vs. I 8′!/ | ||
| 7′ | na-aš-ma {LÚ}a-ra-[ | And the ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€3+2+1} Vs. I 9′!/8′/ | ||
| 1′ | ⸢{D}⸣UTU-ŠI-ma-aš-ši me-m[a-i | Šamaš-ši speaks.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+2+1} Vs. I 10′!/9′/ | ||
| 2′ | BE-⸢LI-an⸣-kán EGIR ⸢GAM⸣-[an Ú-UL | And he does not ... afterwards.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+1} Vs. I 11′!/ | ||
| 3′ | n[a]-at GAM-an N[É-EŠ DINGIR-LIM GAR-ru] | And he places the rites of the god.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+1} Vs. I 12′!/ | ||
| 4′ | ⸢INIM⸣ {D}UTU-ŠI-ia-aš-ma-aš me-x[ | Wording of Šamaš-šiya, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+1} Vs. I 13′!/ | ||
| 5′ | e-eš-tén 𒀹ku-ku-pa-la-tar l[e?-e | And he ... Kukpalatar ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+1} Vs. I 14′!/ | ||
| 6′ | IŠ-TUÉ.LUGAL-kán me-mi-x[ | from the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+1} Vs. I 15′!/ | ||
| 7′ | A-NABE-LI DUMU.LUGAL-kán A[N | ... the crown prince ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+1} Vs. I 16′!/ | ||
| 8′ | A-NAZI LUGAL-ma-aš IGI-an-da x[ | ... before the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+1} Vs. I 17′!/ | ||
| 9′ | ⸢pa⸣-[aḫ]-⸢ḫa⸣-aš-tén ta-me-e-da-ma le-⸢e⸣ [ | ... and he takes it away ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} Vs. I | ||
| 10′ | [ ]x-an-ti-ia-an-ti-eš-ma-aš ku-⸢e⸣-[ | ... ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 11′ | [ LU]GAL {LÚ.MEŠ}ḪA-TÁ-AN LUGAL [ | ... the king, the cupbearers ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | [ ]x-ša-aš QA-TAM-MA {LÚ}Ḫ[A- | ... likewise the cult actor ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | [ -i]k-tén ma-a-an-ma x x[ | ... he sealed. Where ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | [ ]x me-mi-an [ | ... a word(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15′ | [ ]x[ | |
| {€4} Rs. III | ||
| 1′ | z[i- | |
| 2′ | nu(-)[ | and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€3} Rs. IV | ||
| 1′ | n[a-aš-ma | And ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2′ | n[a-aš-ma-aš | And ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 3′ | ⸢na⸣-[aš-ma-aš | And ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 4′ | na-a[n | And ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 5′ | pé-r[a-an | before(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6′ | pu-nu-u[š-šer | He places it.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7′ | am-mu-u[k-ma-wa | Ammukmawa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | ZI-aš-ma [ | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 9′ | ma-a-an-n[a-ad-du-za | ... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 10′ | pa-ra-a [ | ... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€3+4} Rs. IV 11′/Rs. IV | ||
| 1′ | me-mi-n[i le-e š]a-⸢an-na-at⸣-ti | He speaks, and he speaks.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+4} Rs. IV 12′/Rs. IV | ||
| 2′ | na-aš-m[a-kán mar]-ki-ia-mi | And he brings it to me.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3+4} Rs. IV 13′/Rs. IV | ||
| 3′ | nu-uš-š[i nam-m]a ku-wa-pí-ik-ki | And he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€3+4} Rs. IV 14′/Rs. IV | ||
| 4′ | ⸢i⸣-i[a-ši me-m]a-i Ú-UL-wa-ra-at | He speaks; he does not speak.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€4} Rs. IV | ||
| 5′ | [ i-ia-z]i GAM NÉ-EŠ DINGIR-LIM ⸢GAR-ru⸣ | ... he goes; the god is present.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | [ tar-n]a-an e-e[š-du] | ... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7′ | [ ku-iš i]m?-[m]a? [ku-iš] | ... and ...(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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