KBo 53, 200 (P443003)
CTH 670, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 53, 200 |
|---|---|
| ID | P443003 |
| Museum no. | 1775/u |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 670 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| {€1} lk. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | -a]n-⸢zi⸣ | ... they take(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 2′ | ]-li? | |
| 3′ | ]-it | |
| {€1} lk. Kol. 4″ | -t]al-la-aš | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€1} lk. Kol. 5″ | ]x-uš | |
| {€1} lk. Kol. 6″ | ]x-da | ...da(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€1} lk. Kol. 7″ | ] ⸢NINDA⸣.ÉRIN{MEŠ} | ... the troops' bread(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€2} Rs. V? | ||
| 1′ | [ a-a]p-⸢pa MUNUS.LUGAL-aš-pát⸣ {GIŠ[}BANŠUR-i | ... to the queen on the table ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | [da-a-i] ⸢a⸣-aš-ka-az ku-in ú-da-[aš | ... he takes, and he places it ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3′ | [ ]x-ša ... [ | |
| 4′ | [{LÚ.M]EŠ}SAGI.A GAL{ḪI.A} LUGAL-i MUNUS.LU[GAL | The chief cupbearers, the king and the queen |
| 5′ | ⸢{LÚ}⸣SANGA-i GAL-ri pa-a-i iš-k[a-ri- | The priest gives it to the great altar. |
| 6′ | la-⸢a-ḫu⸣-i {LÚ}SANGA-eš GAL-ri [ | The chief priest ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | LUGAL MUNUS.L[UGAL] TUŠ-aš {D}IŠKUR {URU}zi-i[p-pa-la-an-da | The king and the queen, while seated, pray to the Storm-god of Zipalanda. |
| 8′ | NINDA.GUR₄.RA ⸢EM⸣-ṢA a-aš-ka-az ú-d[a- | he takes the loaf of bread from the hand. |
| 9′ | MUNUS.LUGAL-ša Ú-UL GIŠ.{D}INANNA GAL x[ | The queen does not have the great lyre ... |
| 10′ | {LÚ}SAGI.A-aš NINDA.GUR₄.RA LUGAL-i [ | The cupbearer libates bread to the king ... |
| 11′ | 1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA KU₇ šu-up-pa-az {GIŠ}B[ANŠUR | One sweet loaf of bread on the table |
| {€2+1} Rs. V? 12′/r. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | ⸢LUGAL-uš⸣ pár-ši-ia MUNUS.LUGAL-aš LÚ˽{GI[Š}BANŠUR | The king breaks it; the queen, the tableman |
| {€2+1} Rs. V? 13′/r. Kol. | ||
| 2′ | da-⸢a-i MUNUS.LUGAL-ri⸣ pa-a-i MUNUS.LUGA[L | He gives it to the queen; he gives (it to) the queen. |
| {€2+1} Rs. V? 14′/r. Kol. | ||
| 3′ | NINDA.GUR₄.⸢RA⸣ e-ep-zi ta-aš-x[ | He takes the loaf of bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} r. Kol. 15/r. Kol. | ||
| 4′ | MUNUS.LUGAL-aš LÚ˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR-⸢aš MUNUS⸣.L[UGAL-i | The queen, the tableman, the queen...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1} r. Kol. | ||
| 5′ | a-ap-pa MUNUS.LUGAL-aš-pát {GIŠ}BANŠU[R]-⸢i⸣ [da-a-i | He takes the table of the queen.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | a-aš-ka-az ku-in ú-⸢da⸣-[a]š t[a | And he places it on the table ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | 3 {NINDA}ki-iš-tu-un 3 ta-aš-ši-ú-x[(-) | 3 kištu-breads, 3 ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | pé-⸢ra⸣-an ti-ia-an-⸢zi⸣ {LÚ}MUḪALDIM LUGAL-x[ | They stand before the cook of the king. |
| 9′ | LUGA[L]-uš tu-u-az ⸢QA⸣-TAM da-a-i nu [ | The king places it on the table, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | ŠA1 ⸢{NINDA⸣}ki-iš-tu-un kat-ta-an 1[ | For one loaf of bread, for one ... |
| 11′ | 4 NINDA MI-IŠ-LU {NINDA}ša-ra-am-na-aš x[ | Four loaves of bread for the woman, šaramna-bread ... |
| 12′ | {NINDA}wa-ge-eš-šar pár-šu-ul-l[i- | He breaks the wageššar-bread.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | 50-uš ½ {NINDA}ka-ḫa-ri-it *〈〈x〉〉*[ | 50 kaḫarit-breads(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | [{L]Ú.⸢MEŠ}SAGI⸣.A LUGAL-⸢i MUNUS⸣.L[UGAL-ri | The cupbearers of the king and the queen(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | [{LÚ}SAN]GA-⸢i⸣ [GA]L-ri p[a-a-i | The priest takes the great ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | [la-a-ḫ]u-i {⸢LÚ⸣}SAN[GA | ... the priest(lower confidence: line is broken) |
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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