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KBo 18.24 (tlh:KBo 18.24)

CTH 187

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DesignationKBo 18.24
IDtlh:KBo 18.24
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 187

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[ LUGAL] ⸢GAL⸣ A-NA{m.D}šùl-ma-nu-⸢SAG⸣the Great King to Šūl-manu-iqbi
2[ K]UR a-aš-šur ŠEŠ-IA QÍ-BI-M[A]... the land of Assyria, in prayer ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
3[ku-i]t-na-as-kán DI-eš-šar iš-tar-na ki-ša-at... he places it on the hearth of the god.(lower confidence: line is broken)
4ku-it-pát DI-za ar-ḫa ti-ia-u-en nu-ut-ta ḫa-at-re-eš-šar... he takes, and he ... the ḫatreš-shrine.
5ku-e ḫa-at-re-eš-ki-mi nu-ut-ta ma-a-an aš-šu-ulAnd the ḫatreški-vessels, and he does not
6ḫa-at-ra+a-mi zi-ik-ma-at-za pa-ra+a daₓ-me-en-ku-u-wa-arOn your right side, on your left side ...
7⸢ḫal⸣-ze-eš-ša-at-ti DI-šar-ma-ta ḫa-at-ra+a-miThe ḫalžšāttu-vessel, the libation vessel, the hearth,
8zi-ik-ma-mu ḫur-za-ke-šihe libates in Ḫurzakēši
9ki-nu-un-ma-ta INIM{ḪI.A} ku-e ḫa-at-ra+a-nu-unIn truth, the words of the king, the ḫatrānu-priest
10nu-za LUGAL GAL ku-it UL-za 2-an ta-pa-ra+an-za“You are the great king, you are the one who holds the throne, you will unharness (them) twice.
11na-at-za-kán 𒑱ú-pa-aš-ša-al-la-i na-at SIG₅-inAnd he pours a libation, and it is good.
12iš-da-ma-aš nu A-NADINGIR{MEŠ} ku-it ar-ku-iš-ke-šiAnd to the gods he prostrates himself.
13nu ki-i GIM-an TUP-PU ú-da-an-ziAnd they bring it like a tablet.
14nu-kán ki-i TUP-PU PA-NIDINGIR{MEŠ}.GAL{ḪI.A} ḫal-za-a-iAnd he calls out to the great gods as follows:
15⸢aš⸣-[š]u-la-aš-ma-ta ku-it TUP-PU ú-da-an-ziAnd they bring it to the hearth with a wooden spoon.
16[z]i-ik-ma-at-za pa-ra+a daₓ-me-⸢en-ku-u-wa-ar⸣ e-e[š-ša-at-ti]... he places it before ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
17[nu-u]t-ták-kán ku-wa-at-ta-an še-er x [ ]x x[ ]And he places it on the table ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18[ pár]-⸢ku⸣-nu-uš-ke-mi UL-za LUGAL GAL x[ ]x[ ]The king, the great ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
19[ ] LUGAL-uš nu-[ ]x[ ]x... the king ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
20[ ]x uš-⸢ke⸣-š[i ]... he makes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
21[ ]x[ ]
Vs. II...
Vs. II
4nu-u[t?-ta?did not ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
5pa-x[
6⸢ki?⸣-[... in ...(very low confidence: a guess)
7ku-[
82-a[n?
9nu k[i-and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
10ḫa-at-[ra-
11nu-wa [Nuwa ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
12ma-[
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Rs. III
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Rs. IV
1′[ ] ŠÀ x[... of ...(very low confidence: a guess)
2′[n]a-at [ ]x[And ...(very low confidence: a guess)
3′{[U]RU}KÁ.DINGIR.RA-an [ ]x[ ]the city of Babylon ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′zi-ik-ma ŠA{D}10 i-wa-ar x[ ]comes and the Storm-god ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′nu È.A {D}UTU ša-li-ka₄-aš nu-za {ḪUR.SAG}x[ ]And the house of Šamaš, the šalīka-priest, and the mountain of ...
6′ZAG-an DÙ-at {GIŠ}ŠÚ.A {D}UTU-ma ša-li-ka₄-ašOn the right, in the hand of Šamaš, on the left,
7′nu-za ŠA{m}šu-up-pí-lu-li-u-ma {GIŠ}TUKUL tar-uḫ-ḫa-anAnd Šuppiluluma, the weapon of the taruhḫa-demon,
8′ŠADINGIR-LIM ar-kam-ma-na-aš URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A}The gods of the cult centers, the cities
9′ša-ra+a da-at-ta am-mu-uk-ma ku-it“Then I sat down, and he ...
10′nam-ma ḫa-at-re-eš-ke-šiAnd the ḫatreš-vessels
11′kiš-an-[ma-m]u ku-⸢it⸣ TÀŠ-PUR tu-e-el-wa... he lifts up from the throne.(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′⸢ḫa⸣-a-an-⸢da⸣-an UN-an u-i-ia nu-wa-kánAnd he speaks: “Then(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′{⸢URU⸣}ma-li-ti-ia-an GAM a-uš-du ma-a-an-wa-kánHe goes to Malitiya, and he says: “Why
14′[am-m]i-el URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A} ⸢a⸣-w[a-a]n ar-ḫa UL... he goes to the cities, he does not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′[ti-ia-a]n-⸢te⸣-eš n[u U]B? LUGAL KUR mi-iz-ri-i-ia... the king of the land of Mizriya(lower confidence: line is broken)
16′[ ]x ZAG-IA... the front(low confidence: few signs survive)
17′[ ]x pár-ra+an-〈ta〉 pa-a-an-za... he goes.(low confidence: few signs survive)

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