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KBo 54, 143 (P443251)
CTH 653, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 54, 143 |
|---|---|
| ID | P443251 |
| Museum no. | 245/v + 272/v |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 653 |
| 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.? | ||
| 1′ | [ ]x[ ]x x[ | |
| 2′ | ⸢1?⸣ NINDA.GUR₄.RA pár-ši-ia na-an-k[án | He breaks one loaf of bread, and ... |
| 3′ | {⸢LÚ⸣.MEŠ}UR.GI₇ wa-ap-pí-an-zi ⸢EGIR⸣-a[n | The dogs ... and afterwards ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | ḫu-u-ma-an-te-eš IŠ-TUBI-IB-RI TI₈⸢{MUŠEN}⸣ KÙ.⸢BABBAR⸣ [ | Then the bird of silver ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | nu 2 NINDA.GUR₄.RA{MEŠ} ú-da-an-zi nu 1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA ⸢pár-ši-ia⸣ [ | And they bring two loaves of bread, and they break one loaf of bread ... |
| 6′ | šu-up-pí-ia-an-da-an I-NA{GIŠ}BANŠUR-ŠU da-a-i [ | He places it on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | EGIR-an-da-ma-aš-ši ku-iš DINGIR-LUM a-aš-šu-uš nu ⸢a-pu⸣-u-un DINGIR-LAM [e-ku-zi] | Afterwards, with the god, he drinks, and the god drinks. |
| 8′ | ma-a-an-za ku-i-ša DINGIR-LAM I-NAÉ-ŠÚ ḫal-za-a-i nu-kán 1 MÁŠ.GA[L | And he calls out to the god in his house, and one large ... |
| 9′ | ši-pa-an-ti nam-ma-an ḫa-at-ta-an-zi ḫu-u-kán-zi-m[a | He libates, and then they bring it to you.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | nu UZU iš-ga-ra-an-da ḫa-ap-pí-ni-it za-a-nu-⸢wa⸣-a[n-zi | And they libate the meat in the ḫappi-vessel. |
| 11′ | {DUG}ḫar-ši-ia-al-li ti-an-zi ma-aḫ-ḫ[a-an | They set the ḫaršiyalli-vessels, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | nu ⸢NAG⸣-na ú-e-ek-zi nu x[ | And he drinks, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | [ ]x QA-TAM-⸢MA⸣ [ | ... opposite ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| Rs.? | ||
| 1′ | [ ] ZÍZ xx x[ ]x x x[ | ... flour ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 2′ | [ PA]-NIDINGIR-LIM {GIŠ}a[r-g]a-a-mi {URUDU}ga[l]-g[al-tu-u-ri | ... before the god, with a torch of galgalturi-silver ... |
| 3′ | [ DINGIR]-LAM ⸢{É}⸣ar-za-na-aš pa-iz-zi ⸢GIM⸣-[a]n x[ | ... the god goes to the house of Arzana ... |
| 4′ | ⸢a-ri⸣ nu KÁ-a[š] pé-ra-an ke-e-ez ke-e-ez-z[i-ia | ... and before the gate ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | a-ra-an-da-ri IŠ-TUGAL wa-a-⸢tar⸣ ḫar-kán-z[i | ... they bring it to the king.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | kal-ú-wi₅-ša-né-⸢eš⸣ GAR-ri nu ⸢DINGIR-LAM⸣ {GIŠ}ŠUKUR{ḪI.⸢A}⸣ [ | The kalwašaneš-priest places it, and the god of the spear ... |
| 7′ | na-aš-ta DINGIR-LAM É-ri an-da pé-e-da-an-[zi | And the gods of the house come before them. |
| 8′ | nu A-NA{GIŠ}ŠUKUR{ḪI.A} {GIŠ}e-ia-an GAM-an iš-pár-⸢ra⸣-[an-zi | And they libate to the spears of the ēya-vessel. |
| 9′ | nu-kán A-NA{D}KAL 1 MÁŠ.GAL ši-pa-an-da-an-z[i | And they libate one large vessel to the Stag-god. |
| 10′ | [ḫa-a]š-ši-i ḫa-at-ta-an-zi na-an-kán x[ | ... they take, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11′ | [ ]x-[ ]-⸢in MÁŠ⸣.GAL šu-⸢up-pa-ma ḫu⸣-[ | ... in the large vessel ...(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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