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KBo 18.23 (tlh:KBo 18.23)

CTH 209

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DesignationKBo 18.23
IDtlh:KBo 18.23
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 209

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
Vs.
1′] ar-nu-er nu DUMU.MUNUS LUGAL [... the daughter of the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2′LUGAL G]AL DUMU.MUNUS ḫa-an-ta-〈an〉-na-ašThe great king, the daughter of Ḫantana
3′] ⸢DUMU⸣.MUNUS-KA A-NAZI-IA an-d[a]... the daughter of the cupbearer ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′wa-tar-na-aḫ-ḫ]a-at-ta-an DÙ-nu-unThey make the watarnaḫḫatta-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′A-NA]ŠEŠ-IA EGIR-pa Ú-UL me-ma-an-ziAfterwards, they do not speak.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′am]-⸢mu-uk⸣ du-uš-ku-un KUR{MEŠ} {URU}ḪAT-TI-ia-zaI said: “The land of Ḫattiyaza(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′] da-ga!-an-zi-pa-aš ḪUR.SAG{MEŠ} ÍD{MEŠ} du-uš-⸢ga⸣-[ra-an-ni]... the mountains, the rivers ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′] aš-šu-la-an i-e-er ne-pí-ši GAM-an GIM-an ⸢A⸣-[NAŠEŠ-IA]... ašūlān, he looks at the nepiši-vessel, just as in the ...
9′ki-i]k-ki-iš-ta-at am-mu-〈uk〉-ma DINGIR{MEŠ} a-pé-né-eš-šu-[wa-an]And he speaks thus: “The gods ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′nu]-kán ŠEŠ-IA DUMU.MUNUS-KA Ú-UL 𒑱ši-wa-ri-⸢i?⸣-[And he drinks from the hand of the daughter, but not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′ša-kán]-⸢ta⸣-tar-ša ŠAKÙ.SI₂₂ 𒑱pu-ḪAR-ša-an(-)[ ]x... of gold ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′ú]-wa-te-er ma-a-an-za-kán ki-iš-šu-wa-[an(-)... he places, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′š]a-ki-ia-nu-un ma-an-za-kán ⸢ma-a⸣-[an ]-ni?... he places, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′] ma-an-mu-kán ma-a-an a-pí-⸢ia⸣ [... wherever, wherever ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′]x 2 KUR.KUR{MEŠ} ki-iš-šu-w[a-an(-)... two lands ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
16′] LUGAL Ú-UL ku-wa-p[í-ik-ki... the king does not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
Rs.
1′ša-a]n-ḫi-eš-ke-nu-un x[... the šanḫiš-kēnu-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2′] ša-[a]k-la-in-na... he libates(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′-a]n-kán ša-ki!-ia-zi... he places ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
4′-i]t-an-kán ḫu-u-da-a-a[k... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
5′]x kap-pí-iš... the kappiš-vessel(low confidence: few signs survive)
6′m]a-an-kán am-mu-uk [... why ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′am]-mu-uk SAG.DU-an [I said: "The capital ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′]-⸢e⸣-da-ni 𒑱wa-an-na [... seven times ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′-i]a?-an-kán... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
10′(-)ḫ]a-⸢an⸣-da... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
11′]x-an...an(very low confidence: a guess)
12′] x [

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