KBo 53, 164 (P442967)
CTH 593, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 53, 164 |
|---|---|
| ID | P442967 |
| Museum no. | 1534/u |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 593 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| lk. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | [ SÌR]-RU | [He sings].(very low confidence: a guess) |
| lk. Kol. 2″ | [{LÚ}SAGI.A ] | The cupbearer ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| lk. Kol. 3″ | [ LUGAL-i p]a-a-i | The king takes it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| lk. Kol. 4″ | [LUGAL-uš pár-ši-ia EGI]R-pa | The king breaks it and places it before him. |
| lk. Kol. 5″ | [ ]x{ḪI.A} | |
| lk. Kol. 6″ | [da-a-i ]-zi | he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| lk. Kol. 7″ | [ {D}UTU-un {D}me-ez-zu-u]l-la-an-na | ... the Sun-deity, Mešullana(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| lk. Kol. 8″ | [ a-ku-w]a-an-zi | they drink.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| lk. Kol. 9″ | [ -n]a? | |
| lk. Kol. 10″ | [ -z]i | |
| lk. Kol. 11″ | [ SÌR]-RU | [He sings].(very low confidence: a guess) |
| lk. Kol. 12″ | [{LÚ}SAGI.A {GIŠ}BA]NŠUR-a[z?] | The cupbearer of the table(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| lk. Kol. 13″! | [da-a-i LUGAL-i pa-a-i LUGAL-uš pár-ši-ia] | He gives it to the king; the ki[ng] breaks it. |
| r. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | [n]a-a[n-ša-an(?) ḫa-aš-ši-i] | And he libates ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | iš-tar-[na pé-di 1-ŠU] | ... he takes once ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | {GIŠ}ḫa-a[t-tal-wa-aš GIŠ-i] | ... on the wooden throne ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | 1-ŠU n[am-ma(?) ḫa-aš-ši-i] | once, he libates ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | ta-pu-uš-z[a 1-ŠU ] | once ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM ⸢ŠA⸣[QA-TI {UZU}NÍG.GIG] | The overseer of the cooks takes the liver |
| 7′ | LUGAL-i pa-ra-a e-e[p-zi] | He takes it to the king.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | LUGAL-uš tu-u-az Q[A-TAM da-a-i] | The king places it on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | na-at-kán UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}[MUḪALDIM] | And the overseer of the cooks(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | pa-ra-a pé-e-da-⸢a⸣-[i] | he brings it out.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | du-un-na-ke-eš-šar [ḫal-zi-ia] | ... the cult singers ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | LUGAL-uš MUNUS.LUGAL-aš-š[a] | The king and the queen(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | e-ša-an-ta DUMU{M[EŠ}.É.GAL] | and the palace servants(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | A-NALUGAL MUNUS.LU[GAL ME-E] | The king and the queen ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | QA-TI pé-⸢e⸣-[da-an-zi] | ... they bring ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16′ | GAL LÚ{MEŠ}˽⸢É⸣.[GAL {GADA}ta-an-ni-pu-un] | The chief of the palace servants, the linen tannipu-garment |
| 17′ | pa-a-i t[a-za LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL] | The king and the queen go.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18′ | QA-TI⸣{M[EŠ}-ŠU-NU a-an-ša-an-zi] | They take their QA-TI-measures. |
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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