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KBo 53, 255 (P443058)
CTH 261, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 53, 255 |
|---|---|
| ID | P443058 |
| Museum no. | 1543/u |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 261 |
| 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} r. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | x[ | |
| 2′ | {MUNUS.MEŠ}A[MA.DINGIR(-) | the women of the gods(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | nam-ma Š[A? | And thus ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 4′ | up-pa-a-ú [ | uppāyu ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 5′ | ku-⸢e-da⸣-ni-[ia | ... to him ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 6′ | ⸢ku-e⸣-da-ni-[ma | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 7′ | na-an ⸢ḫu-u⸣-[da-a-ak | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 8′ | A-NA{GIŠ}TIR⸢{ḪI.A}⸣-i[a | to the forest ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | ŠÀ ⸢URU⸣-LIM-ia-kán DINGIR(-)[ | From the city of Elam, the god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | EGIR-an-ma-at Ú-U[L | Afterwards, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | nu-uš-ši-kán ka-r[u-ú-i-li-ia-az | And to Karuwiliya(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | na-at-ši pé-eš-kán-d[u | And he libates to them.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | SÍSKUR ki-it-t[a(-) | ... the ritual ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 14′ | ku-e-da-ni-ma A-N[A | ... and to(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 15′ | ⸢an-da-at⸣-kán le-⸢e⸣ [ | And he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 16′ | [ku-e-d]a-⸢ni⸣ SÍSKU[R | ... he places the arrow ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | [ E]N-⸢aš(?)⸣ {LÚ[}MAŠKIM˽URU{KI} | ... the Inurta-priest ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18′ | [ ]x[ | |
| {€1} lk. Kol. | ||
| 1′ | ]x | |
| 2′ | ]x | |
| 3′ | ] | |
| 4′ | -a]n? | |
| 5′ | ḫa?-a]p?-pí-ra-a-an | ... he breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6′ | G]U₄ LUGAL | On the day the king(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| Rs. IV | ... | |
| {€2} 1″ | ]x x[ | |
| {€2} 2″ | n]am-ma ar-ḫa ⸢ša⸣-a[r-ru- | And then he ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€2} 3″ | du-wa-a]-an-na 1 IKU A.ŠÀ 5 gi-pé-eš-ša[r-ra] | ... 1 iku field, 5 reed bundles ... |
| {€2} 4″ | ki-ša-r]i NUMUN{ḪI.A} É.GAL-LIM | The seed of the palace(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2} 5″ | EGI]R-an ar-ḫu-ut nu-kán IGI{ḪI.A}-wa ⸢ḫar-ak⸣ | He goes up, and before the eyes ... |
| {€2} 6″ | ki-š]a-ri nu {GIŠ}ti-i-e-eš-ni kat-ta-an | ... and on the throne ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2} 7″ | ]x-kán ku-it a-aš-zi | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€2} 8″ | ] | |
| {€2} 9‴ | ]x | |
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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