KUB 37, 055 + KBo 36, 032 (P445806)
Middle Hittite, Ḫattusa · c. 1500 BCE–1180 BCE
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| Designation | KUB 37, 055 + KBo 36, 032 |
|---|---|
| ID | P445806 |
| Museum no. | 73/b + 323/c + 423/c + 450/c + 468/c + 472/c + 2693/c |
| 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' | [...]-šu₂ | ... his |
| 2' | [...] x | |
| 3' | [...] ši | ... ... |
| 4' | [...] x | |
| 5' | [...] ka | ... mouth |
| 6' | [...]-⸢ma⸣ | ...-ema'e |
| 7' | [... a]-⸢na⸣ me(diš-)e | ... the watercourse |
| 8' | [...] NAG-šu₂ | ... he drinks |
| 9' | BAD [LU₂ ...] x-šu | The city wall |
| 10' | i-ra-[aš₂-ša-a-šu] ⸢ša⸣-pu-la-a-šu | he will love him, his eša-epula-plant |
| 11' | it-ta-na-⸢ab-la-ak⸣-ka-⸢ta-šu⸣ | Ittana-balak-ešû |
| 12' | u₂-ba-na-at še-pi-šu | he will give back to him. |
| 13' | it-te-ne₂-en-ṣi-⸢la⸣-a-šu | he has sex with him |
| 14' | me-e ri-im-ki ⸢ka⸣-bi-is(it) | I, your love-making, |
| 15' | si-ki-il-la ⸢ḫa-še⸣-e | “Booty of the eḫašê-tree, |
| 16' | ⸢bi⸣-i-na ⸢qa⸣-[na]-a ⸢ṭa⸣-a-ba | When it was erected, when it was completed, |
| 17' | {giš}⸢GIŠIMMAR⸣ [x-x-x-(x)] {giš}MA.NU | ēšu-plant |
| 18' | i-na me-⸢e⸣ [(x-x-x)] te-se-ek-ke-er | In the mē’e(-house) ... you will remove. |
| 19' | še-pi-šu [tu]-⸢pa⸣-aš-ša-aḫ | a šēpî-container you will remove |
| 20' | ta-ar-mu-uš [im-ḫu]-⸢ur⸣-li-i-mi | he was frightened, he cried out |
| 21' | im-⸢ḫu⸣-ur-aš-ra x-[x-(x)]-⸢ra⸣ | Imḫu-urašra |
| 22' | x [x] x-x [...] x | |
| 23' | x [...] | |
| 24' | [...] | |
| 25' | [...] x | |
| 26' | [...] | |
| 27' | [...] x | |
| 28' | [...] | |
| 29' | x [...] | |
| 30' | x [...] | |
| 31' | x [...] | |
| 32' | x [...] | |
| 33' | x [...] | |
| 34' | i-⸢na⸣ [...] | I-e-na-u-e ... |
| 35' | ud x [...] [...] TI.LA | (If) ... ...: he will live |
| 36' | BAD [LU₂ ...] | The city wall |
| 37' | x [...] | |
| o ii | ||
| 1' | a-na ku-⸢ul⸣-[la-ti ...] | to Ku’eulati |
| 2' | ... uṭ-⸢ṭe⸣-et [...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) The uṭettu priestess ... |
| 3' | a-na ku-ul-[la-ti ...] | for the cult daises ... |
| 4' | ṭi-da [...] | ... a tiara |
| 5' | ṣa-la-am [...] | The ṣalam priest |
| 6' | u₃ ka-aš-[ša-ap-ti ...] | and the kašaptu-gift |
| 7' | šu-um-⸢šu⸣-[nu ...] | Hand of ... |
| 8' | a-ḫi-šu-nu [...] | Their limbs |
| 9' | mu-ša-ṭi₃ [...] | Whose name |
| 10' | ku-ur-ra ⸢a⸣-[na UGU-šu₂-nu ...] | The ... of the ea-e-ana over them |
| 11' | ina bu-ur-⸢zi⸣-[gal-li ...] | In Bur-ezi-egalli |
| 12' | ta-na-aš-ši-[šu-nu-ti ...] | You are adjured |
| 13' | ta-da-an-⸢šu⸣-[nu-ti ...] | You give them to me |
| 14' | qa-ti-ka [...] | Your hand |
| 15' | a-na mu-uḫ-ḫi-⸢šu⸣-[nu ...] | to the king, my lord |
| 16' | ina li-i-ši [...] | (Sum) ... (Akk) By means of ...(?) ... |
| 17' | re-e-eš₁₅ li-⸢ib⸣-[bi-šu ...] | The head of his limbs |
| 18' | a-na mu-uḫ-ḫi-[šu-nu ...] | against them |
| 19' | a-na pa-an {d}⸢UTU⸣ [...] | to the presence of Ea |
| 20' | {d}UTU ša-ar [...] | Šamaš |
| 21' | da-a-a-an i-⸢li⸣ [...] | (Sum) The judge, the judge of heaven and earth (Akk) ... judge ... |
| 22' | {d}UTU ša a-na [...] | O Shamash, who to |
| 23' | ru-si-i ⸢up⸣-[ša-še-e ...] | The rūsî of the ēru-shrine |
| 24' | i-pu-ša [...] | he built |
| 25' | ul-tu ⸢u₄⸣-[mi ša] | from that day |
| 26' | i-na ma-aḫ-[ri-ka ...] | in your presence |
| 27' | lu pa-aṭ-ra-⸢a⸣-[ni ...] | or his body ... |
| 28' | da-li-li-⸢ka⸣ [...] | Alili-ekae |
| 29' | 7-šu₂ i-[qa-ab-bi-ma ...] | Seven times he says and ... |
| 30' | BAD ki-iš-[pu ...] | The wall of the kišpu-demon |
| 31' | ⸢up⸣-ša-⸢šu⸣-[u₂ ...] | “If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 32' | 1/2 GIN₂ ur⸣-[ne-e ...] | 1/2 shekel: ur-ēnê-plant |
| r v | ||
| 1' | [(x)] x-(x) [...] | |
| 2' | ⸢mu⸣-ur-⸢du⸣-[da-a ...] | “If he slips through the cracks of the door, |
| 3' | {giš}ḪAŠḪUR ⸢a⸣-[pi ...] | a kind of juniper |
| 4' | ba-ri-ra-[ta ...] | From the outer ... |
| 5' | me-e bi-⸢i⸣-[ni ...] | I, when he rises, ... |
| 6' | {giš}GIŠIMMAR [(...) tesekker] | a date palm |
| 7' | i-na me-e x [...] | In water ... |
| 8' | ta-ar-ta-⸢na⸣-[ḫa-as-su₂] | Tarta-eḫassu |
| 9' | e-nu-ma ul-[tu tinūri] | when from Tinu |
| 10' | i-te-la-a [...] | (Sum) ... he carried away (Akk) He carried away ... |
| 11' | il-te₉-[ni-iš (...)] | Ilteniš |
| 12' | ta-sa-a-ak [tanappi] | you crush (and) sieve. |
| 13' | u₃ ina I₃.GIŠ [NAG-šu-ma TI.LA] | And he will drink it in oil and will get well. |
| 14' | BAD LU₂ ka-⸢ši⸣-[ip ...] | (If) a man's wall is cracked . |
| 15' | re-eš₁₅ ⸢ŠA₃-šu₂⸣ [...] | The head of the ešû-priest |
| 16' | u₃ [...] | and ... |
| 17' | NINDA u A.MEŠ [...] | bread and water |
| 18' | ni-na-a ... ⸢ka⸣-[x-x iltēniš] | We, ..., together |
| 19' | ta-sa-a-ak [ina I₃.GIŠ ta-nam-di] | You will rub (them) with oil |
| 20' | ina šu-bu-ur-[ri-šu tašappak] | You smear it on his cheek |
| 21' | ina u₄-mi-šu-⸢ma⸣ [...] | At that time |
| 22' | ur-ne₂-e x [...] | Urne’e |
| 23' | nu-ḫu-ur-⸢ta⸣ [...] | Nuḫurtae |
| 24' | qa-na-a ⸢ṭa⸣-[a-ba ...] | In the midst of that temple ... |
| 25' | ša-am-ma-ni [...] | My heart ... |
| 26' | ma-al-la-⸢a⸣ x [...] | Mallā-ea |
| 27' | ta-ḫa-aš-ša-al [...] | “It is enough, it is enough!’ |
| 28' | it-ti a-ḫa-mi-⸢iš⸣ [...] | with Aḫamī-ešû |
| 29' | a-na 3-šu₂ [...] | It shall increase by a third |
| 30' | x-x ⸢ta⸣ am ḫi x [x-(x)] x-x [...] | ... wild bull ... |
| 31' | [i-na] ⸢šu-bu-ur-ri⸣-šu ⸢ta⸣-[ša-ap-pa-ak] | In the šuburrī-ēreş, in the tâpāk |
| 32' | [u₂]-⸢še⸣-eš₁₅-še-ra-⸢am⸣-ma i-na [u₄-mi]-⸢šu-ma⸣ | “On the day of the eponymy |
| 33' | [i]-⸢na⸣ ka-ra-a-⸢ni⸣ i-ša-ap-pa-ak | When he goes out, he pours out a karānû-vessel |
| 34' | u₂-še-eš₁₅-še-ra-ma i-na u₄-mi-šu-ma | he shall remove, and on that day |
| 35' | ⸢i⸣-na ši-iz-bi ma-at-qi₂ | “He is a lion, he is an eagle, a wild bull, |
| 36' | ⸢i⸣-ša-ap-pa-⸢ak⸣ u₂-še-eš₁₅-še-⸢ra⸣-[ma] | “If he slips in through a hole, |
| 37' | ⸢mu⸣-ru-us-⸢su⸣ i-ta-⸢at⸣-[la-ak] | “If he slips through the thresholds, |
| 38' | ⸢ina⸣ [u₄-mi]-⸢šu-ma⸣ I₃.GIŠ ⸢ḫa⸣-[al-ṣa] | Ina-ēšumâ |
| 39' | [i-ša-ap]-⸢pa⸣-ak-ma [...] | he will be able to do, and |
| 40' | [x-x] x [...] | |
| 41' | [x-x-x] x [...] | |
| r vi | ||
| 1' | [i]+⸢na še⸣-ri [...] | When he enters, ... |
| 2' | tu-še-el-la-am-ma x-[x-x-(x)] | you have made pure, and ... |
| 3' | ta-ar-ta-na-ḫa-aṣ x-[x-x-(x)] | Tartanaḫ |
| 4' | BAD LU₂ ka-ši-⸢ip⸣ [(x-x)] | the wall of the man of Kasip |
| 5' | su₂-lu-up-pi ḫa-aš-ḫu-ri ⸢ti-na-ti(ḫu) | The šuluppu-plant, the ḫašhuru-plant (and) the etinatību-plant |
| 6' | li-ba-a-ra mu-un-⸢zi-iq⸣-qi₂ | (Sum) He screamed in the street (Akk) He shouted at the street |
| 7' | ze-er ḫu-lu-up-pi il-te-ni-iš | he has sinned against the evildoer |
| 8' | ina me-e [ta]-⸢ra⸣-as-sa₃-an-šu-nu-ti | When you have poured them out in the water |
| 9' | ina MUL.MEŠ [tu]-uš-bat | You dwell in the stars |
| 10' | ina še-er-[ti me]-e šu-nu-ti | In the future, those water |
| 11' | [x-x-x-x-x] x me₂-er-ru-ta | ... from the mēru canal |
| 12' | [ta-ḫa-aš-ša-al] a-na li-ib-bi | a taḫaššāl-vessel for the heart |
| 13' | ⸢ta⸣-[ba-al-la-al] ta-ša-qi₂-šu | you have given to him |
| 14' | u₃ ⸢in-bi⸣ ki-i an-nu-ti-ma | and the eunuchs as these |
| 15' | ta-ḫa-aš-ša-⸢al⸣ ina KAŠ.SAG | bittersweet beer in prime-quality beer |
| 16' | ta-ma-ḫa-aṣ ina ⸢MUL.MEŠ tu⸣-uš-bat | You raise (them) up in the stars. |
| 17' | ina še-er-⸢ti⸣ KAŠ.⸢SAG⸣ tu-⸢sa₃-a-ak⸣ | In the morning you will pour a cup of beer. |
| 18' | ba-lu ⸢pa₂-ta⸣-a-an NAG-šu₂-ma TI.LA | He drinks it without dining, and then he will recover. |
| 19' | BAD LU₂ ka-ši-ip su₂-ʾa-a-di ḫa-še-e | The wall of a man is full of splendor. |
| 20' | nu-ḫu-ur-ta ṭa-ab-ta ina me-e | “Nuḫurtu-plant, ṭābu-plant in water |
| 21' | ta-ra-as-sa₃-an ina MUL.MEŠ tu-uš-bat | You will harness (them) and you will dwell in the stars. |
| 22' | ina še-er-ti tu-sa₃-a-ak | In the morning you make a noise. |
| 23' | ba-lu pa-ta₂-an NAG-šu₂-ma TI.LA | He drinks it without dining and will get well. |
| 24' | BAD LU₂ ka-ši-ip qa-an-⸢ni⸣ ṣa-bi-ti | The wall of a man, the one who covers the outskirts of the city |
| 25' | tu-ur-ra-ar ⸢ta⸣-sa₃-a-ak | Return, eta-esak |
| 26' | ina me-e ki-ma u₂-ḫu-li ⸢tu⸣-ra-am-ma-ak-šu | With water, like a flood, his etu-rām-ma-kšu-plant |
| 27' | u ar-ki-i-šu uḫ-⸢ḫu⸣-ul-ta | and after that he has sinned |
| 28' | i-ra-am-mu-uk-ma ša-am-na | “He will love me and my heart |
| 29' | ip-pa-aš-ši-iš-ma TI.LA | He will perform (the ritual) and will get well. |
| 30' | BAD LU₂ ka-ši-ip ... bu-ur-i-ṣa-na | The man's city wall is destroyed - Burisana |
| 31' | tu-ub-ba₂-⸢al⸣ ta-ḫa-aš-ša-⸢al⸣ | “Tubba’eal, taḫašva-eal |
| 32' | ⸢ul⸣-tu me-e u u₂-ḫu-⸢ul-te⸣ | “It is raining, I am raining water, |
| 33' | [ir]-⸢ta⸣-am-ku ša-a-šu₂ | He is Ir’etamku |
| 34' | [ki-ma] ša-am-ni ta-pa-aš-ša-as-⸢su₂⸣ | like a wild cow you will chase him away |
| 35' | [u₃] ⸢ki⸣-ma I₃.GIŠ ip-pa-aš-ši-iš-⸢ma⸣ | and E-e-ma, oil will be poured out |
| 36' | [a-di ba]-⸢al⸣-ṭu₂ ki-iš-pu | until the completion of the kišpu |
| 37' | [la i-ṭe]-⸢eḫ⸣-ḫu-u₂-šu | he shall not approach him |
| 38' | [BAD LU₂ ka-ši]-ip ma-ḫi-ir-ti mi-i-ti | (If) a man's body is covered with a bandage: loss. |
| 39' | [ša šu-me-la] ina ša-ra-at | Whoever in the future, at any time |
| 40' | [x-x-(x-x)] ta-la-ap-pa-ap | ... you will wipe clean |
| 41' | [... ta-ṣa-(ap)]-⸢pu⸣ ina i-ša-⸢ti⸣ | ... you pour out in the Išvātu-temple |
| 42' | [x-x-x-x]-⸢ma TI⸣.[LA] | ... and he will recover. |
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