KBo 53, 153 (P442956)
CTH 666, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 53, 153 |
|---|---|
| ID | P442956 |
| Museum no. | 1453/u |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 666 |
| 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′ | [ ]x x x[ ] | |
| 2′ | [ ]x ⸢ki-an⸣-t[a ] | ... opposite ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | [ {L]Ú}⸢SANGA da⸣-a-i | The priest places it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | [ ]-za | |
| 5′ | x[ ]x-⸢tu-ri⸣-wa-li-iš | ...-turiwališ(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | [ pa]-⸢iz-zi⸣ | ... goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7′ | LUGAL-⸢uš⸣-kán IŠ-⸢TU⸣É ⸢{D}ḫu-ul⸣-l[a] | The king, in the house of Ḫula(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | ú-⸢ez⸣-zi 2 DUMU{MEŠ}.É.G[AL] | He comes; two palace servants |
| 9′ | 1 {LÚ}ME-ŠE-DI LUGAL-i [ ] | 1 bodyguard for the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | pé-ra-an ḫu-wa-ia-an-[te-eš] | before the huwanteš(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | LUGAL-uš ar-za-na-a[š ] | The king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | pár-na-aš a-aš-ka a-r[i ] | He breaks it, and to you ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | an-da-aš-kán {É}ḫa-le-e[n-tu-wa] | And in the house of Ḫalentuwa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | na-a-ú-i pa-iz-z[i ] | he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15′ | LUGAL-uš-za-kán EGIR-pa [ ] | The king afterwards ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | ta DINGIR-LIM x ⸢pár⸣-n[a ] | ... the god breaks ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | EGIR-pa x[ ] | Afterwards ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| Rs. IV | ||
| 1 | [ ] LUGAL-uš {É}ḫa-le-e[n-tu-wa ] | ... the king in Ḫalentuwa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | [p]a-⸢iz-zi⸣ du-un-na-ak-i[š-na ] | ... he goes to Dunnaki ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | [pa]-iz-zi {NINDA}ša-ra-am-ma [ ] | ... he goes, and the bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | [ḫal]-zi-ia [ ] | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5 | [ ]-i {É}ḫa-le-en-tu-[wa ] | ... in Ḫalentuwa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | [ ti-i]-⸢e⸣-ez-zi DUMU.É.GAL [ ] | ... the palace official ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | [ -z]i {GIŠ}ŠUKUR {GIŠ}AB [ ] | ... the spear and the bow ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8 | [ ] e-ep-zi [ ] | he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9 | [DUMU.É.G]AL EGIR-pa ti-i-[ez-zi ] | The palace official comes back. |
| 10 | [ -a]z A-ŠAR-ŠU e-[ep-zi ] | ... takes his field ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [LUGAL-u]š-kán {GIŠ}AB-az [ ] | The king ... the window ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [ ti]-⸢i⸣-e-ez-z[i ] | ... he steps ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 13 | [ ] LUGAL-i GAL-i[n ] | The great king ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14 | [ ] ⸢e⸣-ep-z[i ] | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 15 | [ ] QA-TAM da-a-i [ ] | ... he places it opposite ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | [ ]x-wa {LÚ}⸢ME-ŠE-DI⸣[ ] | ... the bodyguards(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17 | [ A]-NA {LÚ}[ ] | to the man ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 18 | [ ]x-AḪ-ḫi 2 NIN[DA ] | ... two loaves ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 19 | [ -a]l-wa-x[ ] | ... Alwa...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 20 | [ {DUG}ḫu]-up-pár-[ ] | ... a huppar-vessel ...(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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