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KBo 53, 291 (P443094)

CTH 12, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE

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Designation	KBo 53, 291
ID	P443094
Museum no.	1735/u
Collection	Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey
Language	Hittite
Period	Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
Genre	CTH 12
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)
{€4} l. col.
1′	]-⸢ú?⸣	... and(very low confidence: a guess)
{€4} l. col. 6″	]-er
{€4} l. col. 7″	]
{€4} l. col. 8″	]
{€4} l. col. 9″	]x
{€4} l. col. 10″	]
{€4} l. col. 11″	] ...
{€1} obv. I
1′	]-x-aš
2′	] ⸢ni-ia-an⸣-ta-ti	... they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′	]-x ⸢ḫal-ki-in⸣ NINDA-an GEŠTIN-an	... he libates; he gives bread and wine.
4′	d]a-a-er {LÚ.MEŠ}APIN.LÁ-ŠU	... and the ploughmen ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′	ak-ki-i]š-⸢ke⸣-u-wa-an da-a-⸢er⸣	... he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
6′	KUR {URU]}ḪA-⸢AT⸣-TI ḫur-la-az-aš-ta	the land of Ḫattu in Hurrian(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′	]x-kán ú-wa-an-ši-kán-zi	... they bring ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
8′	KUR {UR]U}ḪA-AT-TI a-pé-la ut-⸢né-e⸣	The land of Ḫattu, above, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′	{URU}…]x-ri-⸢ia⸣ {URU}ši-na-ru-wa	...riya, Šinaruwa(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′	{URU}…-a]r-ú-[x-x]-x {URU}ḫu-u-wa-ar-ni-ia	Aru..., Ḫuwarniya(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′	]-x-ma [x xx x] x	... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
12′	] x [x xx x p]í-i-e-er	... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
13′	] x [x xx x]-x-aš
14′	]
15′	{URU}(?)…-n]a ú-et	In the city ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
16′	]-x-wa DINGIR-iš na-ak-ki-iš	... the god, the enemy ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′	ḫ]u-u-i-šu-er	he libates.(low confidence: few signs survive)
18′	-a]š ḫa-az-zi-et	... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
19′	{UR]U}ta-ru-uk-ka	Tarukka(lower confidence: line is broken)
20′	ḫa-a-r]a-ni-li(?) ú-e-er	... he brings ... to Ḫaranili.(lower confidence: line is broken)
21′	É]RIN{MEŠ} {GIŠ}GIGIR{MEŠ}	The troops, the chariots(lower confidence: line is broken)
22′	ḫu]r-li pé-ra-an	... before ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€5+1} 1′/obv. I
23′	{URU}]ma⸣-ri-it-ḫa-an	Marithan(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€5+1} 2′/obv. I
24′	UR]U{DIDLI.ḪI.A} ḫar-ni-in-ker	... the cities he seized.(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€6+5} 1′/
3′	na]-at-⸢ta⸣ pa-aḫ-ša-nu-an-[	... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
{€6+5} 2′/
4′	{URU}?…-a]t-ku-mi-ia ú-⸢da⸣-at-[tén]	They bring it to Atkumia.(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€6+5} 3′/
5′	a-pé-e-ma me]-em-mé-er ka-a-pát-wa	And he speaks: ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€6+5} 4′/
6′	] par-ḫé-šar pa-it	... to the gate ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€6+5} 5′/
7′	ḫar]-⸢ni⸣-in-ker NAM.RA-an	... he places it on the altar.(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€6+5} 6′/
8′	]x-SÚ šar-ri-er	... the king(low confidence: few signs survive)
{€6+5} 7′/
9′	]x ḫur-li pí-i-er	... into the Ḫurli he pours ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€6+5} 8′/10″	]x-x-wa-aš(-)ḫa-a-⸢er?⸣	... to the ...(very low confidence: a guess)
{€6}
9′	] ⸢ú?⸣-e[t?	... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
{€2} obv. II
1	{URU}an]-gul-li-ia ḫa-aš-ta nu-uš-še [	In the city of Angulliya, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2	] ⸢ú⸣-et UD 6{KAM} tu-uz-zi-in kat-t[a-an(?) da-a-iš(?)]	... on the 6th day he stands, and he places it down.
3	]x-an ḫi-in-ker ši-wa-at-ti me-⸢e⸣-[ḫu-ni]	... he places the šiwattu-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4	]x ⸢tu⸣-ud-du-me-li kat-ta-an a[r-ḫa]	... the tuddumeli-vessel, below ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5	{URU}a-r]i-in-na pa-it pa-a-i-mi-wa x[	Arinna he passes by ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6	]x {GIŠ}GIGIR{MEŠ}-ŠU ka-ru-ú an-d[a	... his chariots, the karû-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7	]x-ta kat-ta ú-ter	... descends below.(lower confidence: line is broken)
8	-u]š-ša ḫu-u-uš-wa-an-du-uš	... and the ḫušwandu-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9	]x {GIŠ}GIGIR{MEŠ} {URU}a-ri-in-na	... the chariots of Arinna(lower confidence: line is broken)
10	{URU}a-ri-i]n-na-an pa-ra-a pí-i-er	He goes to Arinna.(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€4+2} r. col. 1′/obv. II
11	š[a(-) i-i]a-[a]n-ta-ti	who ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€4+2} r. col. 2′/obv. II
12	ša-a[n {U]RU}a-du-nu-wa pa-it	of the city Adunuwa(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€4+3+2} r. col. 3′/1′/obv. II
13	[x]-x-tu?-x[ -t]a-ti	... the ...(very low confidence: a guess)
{€4+3+2} r. col. 4′/2′/obv. II
14	[x]-x A-NAx[ {URU}iš-t]e-e-ru-wa ḫa-aš-ta	... to ... of Išteruwa ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€4+3+2} r. col. 5′/3′/obv. II
15	[nu-u]š-ši [ ḫ]a-ra-ap!-ta-ti	And he libates to the ḫarapattu-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€4+3+2} r. col. 6′/4′/obv. II 1′/obv. II
16	LUGAL-uš {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI Ù [ ] A-NALÚ{MEŠ} {URU}ḫa-⸢ba⸣-ra [	The king, the bodyguards, and ... to the men of Ḫabara ...
{€4+1+3+2} r. col. 7′obv. II 2′/5′/obv. II
17	URU-KU-NU Ú-UL pa-aḫ-ša-n[u-an- ]x {URU}ḫa-⸢ba⸣-ra nu URU!-⸢ma⸣-a[n]	The city ... does not ... the city Ḫabara and the city Ma...
{€4+1+3} r. col. 8′/obv. II 3′/
6′	e-eš-tu-ma-ti ḫal-ma-aš-š[u-it-ti-mi ] LUGAL-aš a-aš-šu-me-et	... the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€4+1+3} r. col. 9′/obv. II 4′/
7′	me-ek-ki ki-it-ta a[z-zi-ket₉-te-en (nu) ak-k]u-uš-ket₉-te-en	(Sum) I am the one who is seated on the throne. (Akk) I have been seated upon the ground.
{€4+1+3} r. col. 10′/obv. II 5′/
8′	DAM{MEŠ}-KU-NU DUMU{MEŠ}-KU-NU ḫ[u-uš-nu-ut-tén a-pé-e-m]a me-em-mé-e[r]	... the wives and the sons ... they speak ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€4+1+3} r. col. 11′/obv. II 6′/
9′	ka-a-pát-wa pa-aḫ-ša-nu-u[m-me-ni ]x ku-na-an-zi	... they set up ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
{€4+1+3} r. col. 12′/obv. II 7′/
10′	{M}ḫa-ni-i-iš {LÚ}ḫa-li-pí-[iš a-p]a-a-ši-la	Ḫani, the ḫali-priest, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€1+3} obv. II 8′/
11′	{[URU]}ḫa-⸢ba⸣-ra pa-it nu-uš(-)[ ]x ⸢LUGAL-uš-ša⸣ [	... in Ḫabara ... the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€1} obv. II
9′	⸢u-ni-iš⸣-ša {L[Ú}ḫa-l]i?-p[í-ši(?)	And the ḫali-priest(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′	šu-me-eš-ša ku-⸢i⸣-[eš	And he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
11′	URU-KU-NU Ú-UL [	URU-KU-NU does not ...
12′	na-aš-ma URU-KA x[	And the city ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′	me-ek-ki ki-⸢it⸣-[ta	... he ... again ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
14′	ḫu-uš-nu-ut-tén a-pé-⸢e⸣-[ma	... and again ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′	⸢ku⸣-na-an-zi eš-⸢ta⸣(-)[	... they drink ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
16′	LUGAL-uš-ša pa-it {UR[U}	The king goes to the city.(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′	⸢ḫur-la⸣-za ku-i-eš ḫ[u-iš-nu-er(?)	... in the ḫurla-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18′	šu-me-eš LÚ{MEŠ} ⸢KUR⸣ [	Then the men of the land ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
19′	{LÚ}ME-ŠE-DI ⸢Ù⸣ [	The bodyguards ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
20′	LUGAL-uš LÚ{MEŠ} {URU}ḫa-[ba-ra	The king and the men of Ḫabara(lower confidence: line is broken)
21′	{⸢URU⸣}ḫa-⸢ba⸣-ra-an x[	Ḫabara ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
22′	⸢ID⸣-DÌ-IN A.ŠÀ(-)[	... the river ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
23′	BE-EL ḪA.LA ŠA [	The lord of the share of ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
24′	A-NAMUNUS.LUGAL ⸢É⸣-K[A	to the queen of the palace(lower confidence: line is broken)
25′	ša I-RA-⸢AG⸣-GU-M[A	of I-RA-GU-Ma(lower confidence: line is broken)
26′	ki-ta-aš-mi-iš e-[	... again ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
27′	ḫur-la-aš {URU}ú-uš-⸢šu⸣-[uk-ka-an-na	In Hurrian, in Uushšukkana(lower confidence: line is broken)
28′	ḫur-la-an kat-ta-an x[	... in Ḫurlan, below ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
29′	ḫur-la-aš-ša me-em-m[a-	He speaks in Ḫurlaš.(lower confidence: line is broken)
30′	Ú LÚ{MEŠ} {URU}ta-[ga-ra-ma(?)	And the men of Tagara(lower confidence: line is broken)
31′	ḫur-la-aš A-NA{URU}l[a-ḫu-uz-za-an-ti-ia	... in the mountains to Laḫuzantiya ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
32′	A-NAKUR ták-ša-an-na x[	... to the enemy ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
33′	ku-u-uš {URU}ḫa-am-ša-[aš	And in Ḫamša(lower confidence: line is broken)
34′	{URU}ḫa-aš-šu-wa-aš {U[RU}ḫa-a]t-⸢ra-a-aš⸣ {URU}x[	the city Ḫaššiwa, the city Hatra, and the city ...
35′	ut-ne-ia ku-u-u[š xx {UR]U}ḫu-ru-um-ma-⸢aš ut⸣-n[e-ia	... in Hurrummaš ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
36′	ke-e LÚ{⸢MEŠ⸣} x[x x]x LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}TUKUL ... ke-e LÚ{[MEŠ}	When the men ... the weapons ... when the men
37′	ke-e-⸢ma⸣ [LÚ{MEŠ} xx x]x {URU}ta-ga-ra-mi t[a?-	When the men of Tagaramu ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
38′	ut-tar-še-me-[et pa-aḫ-ša-nu-e]r(?) KUR {URU}ḫa-at-tu-ši [	... the land of Ḫattuši ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
39′	šu-uš-k[án xx x x]x ú-ni-er ku-u-uš [	... he brings ... and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
40′	{URU}⸢ú⸣-[x x x]-⸢lu?⸣-uḫ-ḫi {URU}ta-ri-i[m-	U... ... luḫi Tarim...(lower confidence: line is broken)
41′	{URU}x-[x-x-x]-x-⸢ri⸣-ia ku-u-uš-ša-ká[n	... in ...riya ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
42′	x[x x x-n]i ki-in-za-an {UDU}i-i[a-an-ta-(?)	... he places the sheep ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
43′	[x xx x ÉR]IN(?){MEŠ}-ŠU a-ru-e-eš-kà-[an-zi	... the troops bow down.(lower confidence: line is broken)
44′	[ ]x a-ar-aš {M}za-al-⸢ma⸣-[ni-ni(?)	... Zalmanini ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
45′	[ m]e-ek-kán a-uš-ta [	... he drinks ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
46′	[ me-e]k-⸢kán⸣ a-uš-ta š[a-	... he drinks, he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
47′	[ ]x ⸢kat-ti⸣-iš-š[i	... below ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
{€1} rev. III
1′	ma-a-an pa-ra-a-ma š[i-ia-ti	And he himself(very low confidence: a guess)
2′	ma-a-na-aš I-NA {URU}z[a-	And he in Za...(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′	ša-ga-iš-ša-an ḫ[i-	... he libates.(low confidence: few signs survive)
4′	ḫa-az-zi-e-et k[u-	... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
5′	ku-u-uš-ša ḫa-a-da-x[	And he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
6′	ku-uš-⸢kán⸣ a-a-⸢ar⸣-[	And he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
7′	ut-ni-i[a-aš-š]a pa-it [	... the border ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′	LUGAL-wa-⸢ša par⸣-ḫé-eš-n[a-az	... the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′	pa-it ši-ú-iš-ša-a[n	... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
10′	ḫu-ul-⸢la⸣-nu-un {M}za-[al-ma-ni-ni(?)	the evil Zalmanini(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′	{URU}ta-ga-ra-ma-an x[	Tagaraman ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′	kat-ta-an e-ša-ti x[	below ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′	{URU}pu-uḫ-ḫa-a-an ḫar-n[i-in-ku-un	... he smote the Puḫhan ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′	ḫu-uš-wa-an-da-an [	... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
15′	UM-MA LUGAL GAL [	Thus (says) the Great King.
16′	ḪUL-lu I[NIM? x-x-a]š-ket₉-t[e-en	... evil ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′	KÁ.DINGIR.RA{K[I}-aš-ša-ma]-aš ú-uk [	He goes to the gate of the gods ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18′	[ki-i]š-⸢ta-an-zi⸣-ia-tu-[ma-at	... likewise ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
19′	[k]a-ri-ip-tén ANŠE.KUR.RA{M[EŠ}	... horses ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
20′	zi-in-na-at-tén ma-a-a[n	... and he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
21′	e-ez-za-at-tén ta [	... he speaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
22′	[x x] x [x] xx [
{€2} rev.
1′	] x [
2′	]
3′	-i]š?(-)[
4′	]-ma na-a[k-k]i(?)-i	and he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
5′	n]a?-an
6′	m]a?-an EGIR-pa e-eš-ḫa-ti	Afterwards, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′	p]a-a-un	... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
8′	] ma-an {URU}a-ri-in-na-aš-mi-iš	... when Arinnašmis(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′	-ḫa?]-ti {URU}ḫa-at-tu-ša-an	... of Ḫattuša(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′	-š]e-er ma-nu-uš ḫur-li	... and the manuš of the Ḫurli ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′	] {URU}ḫa-at-tu-ši e-eš-mi	... in Ḫattuši ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′	KUR {URU}ḪA-AT-T]I še-er pí-ti₇-iš-te₉-en	The land of Ḫatti is on the opposite bank.
13′	DINGIR{MEŠ} {UR]U}ḫa-at-tu-ša-an pa-aḫ-ša-n[u-er]	The gods of Ḫattuša go up.
14′	DINGIR{MEŠ} {URU}k]a-⸢ta⸣-pa-an pa-aḫ-ša-nu-e[r]	The gods of Katapan bow down.
{€1} rev. IV
1′	ap-pa-š]i-wa-at-ta na-at kat-ta	... he pours a libation ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2′	-z]i ku-wa-pí-ik-ka₄	... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′	-t]i a-ap-pa le-e	... he breaks the writing board.(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′	]-a pa-a-i-ši	... he takes(low confidence: few signs survive)
5′	ḫu-u-m]a-an-du-uš URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A}-KA	And he goes to the cities.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′	ne-e]-u-wa-aḫ-ḫi-iš-ke	... and he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
7′	A.ŠÀ{ḪI].⸢A⸣}-KA ú-e-ša-uš-ša	The Ašḫi-ka-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′	]-x a-ni-ia-at-ta ma-ak-nu-uš-ke	... he libates ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
9′	-w]a ÉRIN{MEŠ} {KUR}t[a-ga-ra-m]a(?)	and the troops of Tagara(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′	]x me-e-ḫur ⸢NÍG⸣.BA LUGAL le-e	... the king takes the libation vessel.
11′	] [d]a-an-zi	they take.(low confidence: few signs survive)
12′	{M}ḫa-an-t]i-li(?)	Ḫantili(lower confidence: line is broken)

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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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