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KBo 57, 318 (P443723)
CTH 24, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KBo 57, 318 |
|---|---|
| ID | P443723 |
| Museum no. | 882/v |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 24 |
| 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+5} | ||
| 1 | [zi-i]k GAL {LÚ}SIPA.UDU x? [ an-d]a da-ru-u[p | The chief sheep herdsman ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | ⸢{MUNUS.MEŠ}UŠ⸣.BAR-uš-ša an-x? [ ]-za UGULA {MUNUS.MEŠ}UŠ.BAR [ | The female weavers ... ... the overseer of the female weaves ... |
| 3 | nu-uš pu-nu-uš na-[ -w]a?-an-zi [ | And they libate before him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | ⸢{MUNUS.MEŠ}UŠ⸣.BAR-an ⸢TÚG?⸣(-)[ -d]a?-ni {〈LÚ}?〉ḪA-ZA-NI [ | The female weavers, the garment ... the cupbearer ... |
| 5 | na-aš-ma-⸢an⸣-[ ](-)pí-i-e-ez-z[i | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 6 | ša-⸢ra⸣-x [ ] ⸢TÚG {LÚ⸣}ÁZLAG-an wa-[ | ... the garment of the cupbearer ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | ⸢pát?⸣-x [ ] xx [ | |
| {€2} | ||
| 9 | ⸢a-ú(?)⸣ x? [ | |
| 10 | LUGAL-wa-aš-ša x[ | The king ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 11 | zi-ga u-ur-⸢ki-ia⸣ x[ | booked out of Urkiya(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | ú-uk LUGAL-i ti-mi [ | He said: “The king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | {LÚ}ÁZLAG-an {MUNUS.MEŠ}UŠ.BAR-ia ḫa-⸢an⸣-x[ | The cupbearer takes the female weavers ... |
| 14 | zi-ik-ka₄-za ar-kam-ma-an an-da da-r[u-up | Your utterance is eternal.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15 | TÚG{ḪI.A} {TÚG}GÚ.È.A {TÚG}BAR.“TE”{ḪI.A} {TÚG}GADA.DA[M{ḪI.A} | ... garments, robes, garments of linen, linen garments... |
| {€2+3} 16/ | ||
| 1′ | {TÚG}BÁR{ḪI.A} GADA-an {KUŠ}NÍG.BÀR{ḪI.A} Ì.DU₁₀.GA ⸢Ì?⸣.x [ | a linen cloth, a cloth of fine oil, oil ... |
| {€2+3} 17/ | ||
| 2′ | Ì.NUN {GIŠ}SE₂₀-ER-DUM ⸢{GIŠ}PÈŠ⸣ [ ] LÀL{ḪI.A} GA.x.[ | The groats, the ēšerdum-tree, the pegs ... |
| {€2+3} 18/ | ||
| 3′ | EM-ṢÚ{ḪI.A} KUŠ GU₄{ḪI.A} KUŠ ⸢UDU⸣{ḪI.A} KUŠ ŠAḪ [ | ... hide of oxen, hide of sheep, skin of ... |
| {€2+3} 19/ | ||
| 4′ | {UZU}SA {UZU}SA.DU {UZU}NÍG.GI₄.A A.ŠÀ.GA{ḪI.A} [ | The heart, the liver, the kidneys, the tendons ... |
| {€2+3} 20/ | ||
| 5′ | {UZU}ZÍ{ḪI.A} ⸢SI?⸣ GU₄{ḪI.A} URUDU{ḪI.A} nu-za ar-kam-ma-a[n | the flesh, the horns of the oxen, the copper, and ... |
| {€2+3} 21/ | ||
| 6′ | an-da d[a?]-ru-up na-an-kán É {NA₄}KIŠ[IB | And he breaks the seal of the house.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 1′/ | ||
| 7′ | an-d[a] da-a-i | he places it.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 2′/ | ||
| 8′ | É {MUNUS.MEŠ}U[Š.B]AR an-da i-it nu {MUNUS.MEŠ}UŠ.BAR [ | The house of the female weavers he goes, and the women of the weaving ... |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 3′/ | ||
| 9′ | e-eš-du n[u k]a-pí-na-an ka-pí-na da-a?-[ú? | He goes, and he places it in the kapi-vessel. |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 4′/ | ||
| 10′ | {LÚ}ÁZLAG-ša-aš-š[i] kat-te-eš-ši e-eš-du [ | The cupbearer goes down below. |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 5′/ | ||
| 11′ | nu a-ša-ra-a[n] ḫa-ma-an-ku a-pa-a-aš-ša n[e?- | And he goes out, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 6′/ | ||
| 12′ | ⸢nam⸣-ma ar-[t]a-al-la-an-ni-ia-aš [ | And then ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 7′/ | ||
| 13′ | [ {LÚ.ME]Š}ÁZLAG-aš x? [ ]-ta-an i-it na-aš du-x[ | The cupbearers ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+3} r. Kol. 8′/ | ||
| 14′ | [e-eš-du?] nu TÚ[G {L]Ú}ME-ŠE-DUM TÚG LÚ KAB-R[I? | ... and the garment of the bodyguard ... the garment(?) of the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€3} | ||
| 15′ | [ ]x ⸢a-ar⸣-aš-⸢kán⸣-zi [ | ... they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 16′ | [ ]-ni?-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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