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KUB 31, 101 (P445224)
CTH 581, Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KUB 31, 101 |
|---|---|
| ID | P445224 |
| Museum no. | Bo 2023 |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Genre | CTH 581 |
| 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) |
|---|---|---|
| obv. | ||
| 1′ | [ ] x [ | |
| 2′ | [ ] TI₈{MUŠEN} ⸢ÍD?⸣-[ | ... the bird of the river ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 3′ | [zi-la-wa]-an ⸢pa⸣-it ⸢nam-ma⸣-[aš?- | ... he takes, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | [pé-r]a-⸢an⸣ tu-⸢u?⸣-a ku-uš pa-i[t ] na[m?-ma-aš] | ... before ... and he goes to the ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | [pa]-ri-ia-wa-an ⸢tar⸣-u pa-it | ... he takes, and the land ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | ⸢šu-me⸣-ša-an pa-ra-a da-a-⸢at⸣-tén na-aš-t[a] | And he takes it away, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7′ | ÍD-an za-it-te-en a-pu-u-⸢un-na⸣ | He gives the water to drink.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | an-da da-a-li-eš-⸢te-en⸣ nam-ma-an-⸢na⸣-[aš?] | And he places it, and then ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 9′ | ki-iš-ša-an ḫa-at-〈〈at〉〉-ra-at-tén MUŠEN{ḪI.A}-⸢wa⸣-an-⸢na⸣-aš-⸢kán⸣ | And likewise, the birds of the birds,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | wa-ar-pí-⸢la⸣-a-e-er nu-wa-kán ÍD a-pád-⸢da⸣ | And he pours water into the river. |
| 11′ | za-i-u-en nu {LÚ.MEŠ}MUŠEN.DÙ-TIM QA-TAM-MA iš-⸢ša-an-zi⸣ | And the bird-catchers, together, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12′ | na-aš-ta ŠAÍD MUŠEN{ḪI.A} an-da ⸢da-li?-iš?-kán⸣-z[i] | And he takes the bird-feather with him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13′ | ma-a-⸢an⸣ A-NA{LÚ.MEŠ}⸢MUŠEN⸣.DÙ ku-wa-pí ⸢ÍD?⸣-aš MUŠEN-iš ⸢ku-e-da-ni(?)⸣ | When to the bird-catchers of Kuwapi, to the river, the bird ... |
| 14′ | pé-⸢e⸣-di a-ra-a-iz-⸢zi⸣ na-an ⸢Ú-UL⸣ a-pí-⸢ia⸣-pát ḫu-uš-⸢kán⸣-zi | He goes outside, but he does not drink, and he takes it. |
| 15′ | ⸢šu⸣-me-ša TI₈{MUŠEN} ⸢ku-wa⸣-at Ú-UL ⸢ḫu⸣-u-uš-⸢ke-et⸣-tén | And the bird does not eat it.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | ⸢ma-a-na⸣-aš-kán pé-ra-an ⸢SIG₅⸣-az ú-⸢et⸣ | And he, before the good one,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | [na-aš]-ma-ma-na-aš ⸢zi⸣-la-⸢wa⸣-an SIG₅-az [ú-et] | And he places it before the good one. |
| 18′ | [ma]-⸢a⸣-na-aš-kán ÍD-an ⸢EGIR⸣-pa ú-et | Afterwards, he pours the water.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| obv. | ... | |
| lo. e. | ||
| 19′ | [nu-uš-m]a(?)-aš ka-a-ša {D}UTU-⸢ŠI⸣ | And then the Sun-deity ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 20′ | [x] ŠATI₈{MUŠEN} ut-tar ⸢ar-ḫa⸣ | ... the bird eats it; he takes it away. |
| 21′ | ⸢da?⸣-aḫ-ḫu-un n[u] pa-ra-a-⸢pát⸣ | ... he takes, and he breaks ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| rev. | ||
| 22′ | [n]a-⸢an⸣-ni-iš-tén ⸢na⸣-at pa-ra-a | And he takes it away.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23′ | [l]e-e ku-wa-pí-ik-ki i-ia-at-te-ni | ... he takes the kuwapik-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 24′ | ma-a-an ⸢Ú⸣-UL-ma na-aš-ta ú-wa-at-te-⸢ni⸣ | “Why does he not ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25′ | IŠ-TU⸢SAG.DU⸣{ḪI.A}-KU-NU pa-it-ta-ni | he places it on the throne.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26′ | {LÚ.MEŠ}kur-ša-al-le-e-eš ⸢QA⸣-TAM-MA iš-ša-an-zi | The kuršalle-priests stand together. |
| 27′ | kur-ša-li-iš-kán-zi ku-i-e-eš | ... they take, and ... |
| 28′ | nu-uš-⸢ma⸣-aš Ú-UL kat-⸢ta⸣-an ⸢SAG⸣.DU{MEŠ}-ŠU-NU | And he does not raise his head.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29′ | ⸢ki⸣-an-ta-ri | he places.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 30′ | ⸢ki⸣-nu-⸢na⸣ ú-wa-at ú-wa-at ma-aḫ-ḫa-an | And he places it, and he sets it up.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 31′ | ⸢I⸣-NA{ÍD}⸢ma⸣-ra+aš-ša-an-da ar-te-ni | And he places it before Maššada.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32′ | [nu]-⸢uš-ša⸣-an ÍD-ia kat-ta-an SIG₅-an-⸢du-uš⸣ | And he pours the water into the river below. |
| 33′ | [MUŠEN{Ḫ]I.⸢A⸣} da-iš-tén ⸢ÍD⸣-az-zi-ia ⸢ša⸣-ra-a | The birds go down to the river Azziya. |
| 34′ | [SIG₅-a]n?-⸢du-uš⸣ MUŠEN{ḪI.A} a-uš-tén | ... and the birds ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35′ | [ú-wa-a]t(?) du-wa-ad-du ÍD-aš me-ek-ki na-⸢ak-ki-iš⸣ | ... he pours a libation; he drinks water from the river, he bathes. |
| 36′ | [UM-MA] {⸢D⸣}UTU-ŠI-ma A-NA{LÚ}DUB.SAR | Thus the Sun-deity to the scribe |
| 37′ | [QÍ-BÍ-MA] ⸢ú⸣-wa-at du-wa-ad-du | And he speaks: “It is enough! It is enough!"(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38′ | [ l]e-e up-pí-iš-⸢ke-mi⸣ xx [ | ... he breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 39′ | [ ] x [ ] 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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