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KUB 37, 043 (P445798)
Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KUB 37, 043 |
|---|---|
| ID | P445798 |
| Museum no. | 231/g |
| Collection | Anadolu Medeniyetleri Müzesi, Ankara, Turkey |
| Language | Hittite |
| Period | Middle Hittite · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE |
| Find spot | Ḫattusa (mod. Boğazkale) |
| Coordinates | 40.0144, 34.6164 |
Transliteration (ATF)
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Machine draft. The right-hand column is machine English from ixmon/atf-to-english (atf-en-t5base-F, 2026-10-17), generated line by line from the transliteration. It is unreviewed and is not a scholarly translation.
| Line | ATF | Machine English (draft) |
|---|---|---|
| o i | ||
| 1' | [(x)]-x-x [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢KA⸣.A.⸢AB⸣.[BA] ... [...] | “Eka’ea-ebab-eba |
| 3' | ⸢ana ŠA₃-bi I₃.GIŠ⸣ [...] | Its oil |
| 4' | ina MUL tuš-bat ina ⸢šer₃⸣-[ti ...] | You sit in the star, in the ešvertu-temple |
| 5' | tu-še-el-le ša-⸢am⸣-[mi ...] | (Sum) You are the one who makes heaven tremble(?) (Akk) You make the heavens shake |
| 6' | u₃ KAŠ.GEŠTIN [NAG-(šu)] | and wine is his responsibility |
| 7' | a-na ⸢pi⸣-še-er-ti kiš-pi ša ina SUM{sar} šu-⸢kul₂⸣ | To the ēpî-šerti witchcraft that in the offering of Šu’ekul |
| 8' | {u₂}ḪAR.ḪAR NU.LUḪ.ḪA{sar} U₂.KUR.KUR.RA | Ḫašû-plant, nuhurtu-plant (and) nīnuḫu-plant |
| 9' | GURUN ⸢GA⸣.[RAŠ]{sar} {u₂}KUR.RA {u₂}si-ib-bu-ra-ta | From the seeds of the ešāgu-tree, ṣumlalû-plant and sibburru-plant |
| 10' | {giš}ŠINIG {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ {u₂}SIKIL | tamarisk, maštakal-plant, sikillu-plant |
| 11' | {u₂}ŠAKIR.RA GI ap-pa-ri GI.ŠUL.ḪI.A | šakirru-plant, reed, apparānu-tree, sulphur |
| 12' | {giš}GIŠIMMAR PA {giš}DIḪ₃ PA {giš}KIŠI₁₆ | a date palm leaf, a ṣillītu-tree leaf |
| 13' | {giš}NAM.TAR šu-u₂-ša la-a-pa-at A.ŠA₃ | That ebony is the debt of the field |
| 14' | {u₂}ḫu-ur-ra-ta mu-ur-du-da-a ar-ta-til₃-la | from the ḫurra-plant to the urdudu-plant I have finished. |
| 15' | ḫa-aš-ḫu-ra-ka {u₂}LAL me₂-er-ru-ta | In the ḫašhura (temple), from the mēru canal |
| 16' | {u₂}EME-UR.GI₇ PA ḫu-lu-up-pi₂ {u₂}im-ḫur-lim | hound's-tongue plant, ḫuluppu-plant, imbî-plant |
| 17' | {u₂}im-ḫur-aš₂-na {u₂}tar-muš {u₂}si-i-ḫa | imḫur-ašna-plant, tarmusu-plant (and) sīḫû-plant |
| 18' | {u₂}ar-ga-an-na {u₂}ba-ri-ra-⸢ta ti⸣-[x-(x)] | From the bariga plant to the barira plant |
| 19' | ⸢a⸣-ḫe-e GU₇-šu [(x-x-x-x)] | (If) he eats eahbê-plant |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | ⸢E₂⸣ [...] | The temple ... |
| 2' | U₂.ḪI.A ⸢ki⸣-[...] | Incantation: “E... |
| 3' | ina {im}ŠU.GAR.⸢LAGAB.NA⸣ [...] | In ŠU.GAR.e22LAGAB.NA₂.e23 |
| 4' | it-ti a-ḫa-⸢miš⸣ [...] | with Aḫa-emiš |
| 5' | {u₂}IN.NU.UŠ {⸢u₂⸣}[...] | maštakal-plant |
| 6' | mu-ur-du-da ⸢ar⸣-[ta-til₃-la] | the guarantor of the Eartatila temple |
| 7' | ḫa-aš-ḫu-ra-ka₃ {⸢u₂⸣}[...] | In the high steppe, the ešû-house |
| 8' | {giš}ŠU.UR₂.MIN₃ su₂-⸢pa⸣-[la ...] | cypress, šupālu-plant |
| 9' | {⸢šim⸣}LI li-⸢ba⸣-[a-ra ...] | For the ešim priestess of the Li-ba-ea temple |
| 10' | x [...] x [...] | |
| 11' | x [...] | |
| r iii | ||
| 1' | ⸢i⸣-[na ...] | “If he goes out into the open country |
| 2' | A.MEŠ [...] | water ... |
| 3' | ša x-(x) [...] | of ... |
| 4' | A.MEŠ šu-⸢nu-ti⸣ [...] | Water of the šūnû-priest |
| 5' | U₂.ḪI.A ša-a-[šu ...] | His body ... sulphur |
| 6' | a-na pi-še-er-⸢ti⸣ [...] | For the “Opening-of-the-House’(?) |
| 7' | ina KAŠ ša-qu₂-⸢u₂⸣ [...] | In beer, ... |
| 8' | ba-lum pa-tan{an} [...] | Without (the consent of) Patan |
| 9' | ina ka-ap-⸢pi⸣ [...] | In the kapītu-temple |
| 10' | ru-pu-⸢ul⸣-[tu ...] | The rupûtu priestess |
| r iv | ||
| 1 | [ana] ⸢IGI⸣ {d}gu-la ana {e₂}šu-tuk₃-ki GAR-an | You place (them) into the shrine of Gula into your hand. |
| 2 | [mu]-⸢ši⸣-ta tuš-bat ina še-ri {d}UTU NU i-mar | “At that time, you did not dwell in the shadow of Šamaš. |
| 3 | ba-lum pa-tan NAG-ma | He drinks it without dining and |
| 4 | SAG.DU e-ri-bi BABBAR su₂-pa-la {u₂}IN.NU.[UŠ] | The head is white, the middle is white: sulphur. |
| 5 | {u₂}im-ḫur-lim {u₂}im-ḫur-aš₂-na-an {u₂}tar-⸢muš⸣ | bur-līm-plant, imḫur-ašnan-plant (and) tar-emusv-e23 |
| 6 | il-te-ni-iš ta-sa₁₅-ak ana ŠA₃ I₃.GIŠ | You pound ilteniš-plant into oil |
| 7 | {giš}ŠU.UR₂.MIN₃ ŠUB-di ina U₄ 15.KAM U₄ 20.KAM | You lay down a pomegranate on the 15th day (and) the 20th day. |
| 8 | u U₄.NA₂.A ŠEŠ₂-su₂-ma | and on the day of disappearance of the moon |
| 9 | kiš-pu pa-aš-ru ana LU₂ NU i-ṭe₄-eḫ-ḫu-u | The witchcraft will not approach a man |
| 10 | ka-ba-ar-ti mi-i-ti ša GUB₃ | “Finger-nail of the left hand, |
| 11 | I₃.GIŠ tu-pa-ša-as-su₂ {tug₂}BAR.SI.IG | you will rub him with oil. A cloak |
| 12 | tu-ša-ar-ka₃-as-su₂ LU₂ kiš-pu | You will release him, the man of witchcraft |
| 13 | ki-a-am i-qab₂-bi um-ma šu-u₂-ma | Thus says he: |
| 14 | I₃.GIŠ ap-šu-uš-ki ka-ba-ar-ta-ki | Your Apsu oil, your kabartu oil |
| 15 | par₂-ši-ig-ga ar-ku-us ša kiš-pi ru-ḫe-e | “Seizing-of-the-mouth’ magic, slander of witchcraft |
| 16 | ru-se-e up-ša-še-e la ṭa-bu-ti | The rūsû-demon, the evil-doer |
| 17 | is-ḫu-ra iš-te-a-a ṣa-ab-ti-šu-ma | he has seized him, and |
| 18 | la tu-ma-aš-ša-ri-šu ma-la i-⸢pu-šu⸣ | Do not abandon him, as much as he does |
| 19 | a-na UGU-šu₂ te-er-ri ia-a-ši tu-⸢u₂⸣-[ri] | Return to him, I will return. |
| 20 | šu-u₂ li-ir-bi-iṣ-ma ⸢a-na-ku⸣ [lu-ut-bi] | May he become pure and may I be pure |
| 21 | šu-u₂ li-mu-ut-ma ⸢a⸣-[na-ku lubluṭ] | May he die, so that I may live |
| 22 | an-na-a LU₂ DU₁₁.⸢GA⸣ x [...] | This man speaks ... |
| 23 | MUŠEN AN-e [...] | The bird of heaven |
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