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KBo 2.9+ (tlh:KBo 2.9+)
CTH 716
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| Designation | KBo 2.9+ |
|---|---|
| ID | tlh:KBo 2.9+ |
| Language | Hittite |
| Genre | CTH 716 |
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) |
|---|---|---|
| {€1} Vs. I | ||
| 1′ | [ ] [ … n]u? ki-i d[a-a-i] | ... and if he takes it ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2′ | […] xx x [… | |
| 3′ | […] […] | |
| 4′ | [… -ḫ]a(-)[ ] | |
| 5′ | [… TI₈{MUŠEN} pá]r-ta-u-wa-ar | He breaks the bird.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | [… iš-ḫi-i]a-an(?) | ... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7′ | […] Ì.DU₁₀.GA te-pu la-ḫu-wa-i | he pours sweet oil.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 8′ | [ … ḫ]u-u-la-li-ia-an-zi | ... they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 9′ | [… a-pé-n]i-iš-ša-an ki-it-ta | ... likewise ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | [… G]I-ia | |
| 11′ | [… … -i]š-ša-an | ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 12′ | [… … NINDA.Ì].⸢E⸣.DÉ.A te-pu | He pours a libation of oil-bread. |
| 12a′ | [… … ] | |
| 13′ | [… I]Š-⸢TU GADA⸣ ka-ri-ia-an-zi | They libate from the linen cloth.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 14′ | [ ... … …] {LÚ.MEŠ}NAR ḫu-u-ma-an-te-eš | ... the singers of the ḫumantu-festival(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | [gal-gal-tu-ri {GIŠ}BALAG.DI] GUL-iš-kán-zi iš-ḫa-mi-eš-k[án- … ] | The cult instrument, the balagdu-instrument, and the scepter ... |
| 16′ | [… nam-ma] ⸢a⸣-ra-aḫ-za A-NA 7 KASKAL{ḪI.A} | And then, for seven journeys(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 17′ | [{D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa ḫu-it-ti-i]a-u-wa-an-zi pa-a-an-zi na-at-ká[n] | They go to Ištar of Nineveh, and they go. |
| 18′ | [… ] nu {LÚ}ḪAL {GIŠ}BANŠUR kat-ta […] | ... and the overseer of the table below ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19′ | [ … … ]x ⸢SÍG?⸣ SA₅ ku-it A-NA NINDA.ÉRIN{MEŠ} ki-i[t-ta] | ... ... red wool ... for the troops' bread ... |
| 20′ | [ ... ] ⸢e⸣-ep-zi nu {LÚ.MEŠ}NAR KASKAL-aš SÙD-u-[ ] | ... he takes, and the singers take the road ... |
| 21′ | [ ... ] kiš-an me-ma-i ti-wa-li-ia {D}IŠTAR [… … … …] | ... he speaks thus: “Ištar, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22′ | [… ḫu-it-t]i-ia-an-ni-iš-ke-mi nu-ud-du-za tal-li-[ … … … ] | ... he goes to the ḫittiyanni-priestess ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23′ | [ {UR]U}ni-nu-wa-za e-ḫu ma-a-an-za {URU}t[al- …] | ... he goes up to Nineveh, but where is Tal? |
| 24′ | [… … … … … … …] ma-a-an-za {URU}du-un-ta {URU}du-[ … … … … …] | “Where is Dunta, Dun[ta], ... |
| 25′ | [… … … … … … … … … … … ]-ni {URU}mi-it-ta-an-na-za e-ḫu […] | ... the city of Mittanaza ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 26′ | [ … … … -a]n-za {URU}du-ni-ip-pa {URU}du-⸢ni⸣-[ … … … … …] | ... in Dunippa, Duni... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€1+2} Vs. I 27′/Vs. I | ||
| 1′ | [… … … … … … … … … … … {UR]U}⸢ú-ga-ri-it⸣-ta-za e-⸢ḫu⸣ | ... he goes to the city Ugarit.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| {€2} Vs. I | ||
| 2′ | [… … … … … … … … {URU}]du-na-na-pa-az ⸢e⸣-ḫu [… … … … … … … … …] | “If he [drinks], if he drinks, if [he drinks] in Dunanappâ, ... |
| 3′ | {URU}[ … … … … … … … …] {URU}a-la-al-ḫa-⸢az⸣ [ … … … … … … … … … …] | ... the city Alalḫaz ... ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4′ | {URU}⸢a⸣-[ … … … … … {URU}]⸢zi⸣-i-du-na-az e-ḫu [… … … … … … … …] | ... the city ... and the city Zidunaz ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 5′ | {URU}nu-[ḫaš-š]a-⸢az e-ḫu⸣ {URU}ku-ul-zi-la-az e-ḫu ⸢{URU}⸣[ … | Nuḫaššāz, Kullzilaz, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6′ | {URU}zu-un-zu-úr-ḫa-az e-ḫu {URU}aš-šur-az e-ḫu [ | Zunzurḫa, he comes out; Aššaraz he goes out; |
| 7′ | {URU}⸢kaš⸣-ga-az e-ḫu da-pí-za KUR-e-za e-ḫu {URU}a-la-ši-i[a- … … …] | In Kašga, he rises; in the mountains, in Alašiya ... |
| 8′ | {URU}a-al-zi-ia-az e-ḫu {URU}pa-pa-an-ḫa-az e-ḫu [ | The city Alziya, he approaches, the city Pappanḫa ... |
| 9′ | {URU}kum-ma-ḫa-az e-ḫu {URU}ḫa-ia-ša-az e-ḫu ⸢{URU}⸣[ … … … … … … …] | Kummaḫa, Ḫayaša, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10′ | {URU}kar-ki-ia-az e-ḫu KUR {URU}ar-za-u-wa-az ⸢e⸣-[ …] | the city Karkiya, above the land of Arzawa, ... |
| 11′ | KUR {URU}ma-ša-az e-ḫu {URU}ku-un-ta-ra-az ⸢e⸣-[ … …] | The land of Mašaz rises, Kuntaraz ... |
| 12′ | {URU}ú-ra-az e-ḫu {URU}lu-uḫ-ma-az e-ḫu […] | He goes up to Uraz; he goes down to Luḫma. |
| 13′ | {URU}pár-ta-ḫu-i-na-az e-ḫu {URU}ka-šu-la-az ⸢e-ḫu⸣ […] | he goes up to Partaḫina, and Kašula. |
| 14′ | ma-a-an-za-kán ÍD{MEŠ}-aš PÚ{MEŠ}-aš-ša an-da nu [… … … … … ] | And he places it in the watercourses and the wells, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 15′ | ma-a-an-za-kán A-NA {LÚ.MEŠ}SIPA.GU₄ {LÚ.MEŠ}SIPA.UDU i[š- … …] | And to the oxherds, the sheepherders ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16′ | nu-uš-ma-aš-kán iš-tar-na ar-ḫa e-ḫu ma-a-an-za-kán [A-NA …] | And then he goes out into the courtyard, and he places it before ... |
| 17′ | iš-tar-na ma-a-an-za-kán ták-na-aš {D}UTU-i ka-ru-ú-i-l[i- … … … … …] | And he places it before Šamaš, the karuʾili-priest ... |
| 18′ | iš-tar-na nu a-pí-az e-ḫu | and he rises up from the window. |
| 19′ | na-aš-ta ke-ez-za IŠ-TU KUR.KUR{ḪI.A} ar-ḫa e-ḫu na-aš-t[a?] | And he speaks thus: “From the lands, he rises up, and he |
| 20′ | ŠA LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL DUMU{MEŠ}.LUGAL TI-tar ḫa-ad-du-la-tar in-na-ra-wa-⸢tar⸣ | From the king, the queen, the princes, he takes the ḫaddulatar-vessel. |
| 21′ | MU{ḪI.A} GÍD.DA nu-ú-un 𒑱tu-um-ma-an-ti-ia-an tar-ḫu-i-la-tar | The year is long, and the tummantiya-disease ... |
| 22′ | A-NA KUR {URU}ḪAT-TI-kán an-da ḫal-ki-aš! {GIŠ}GEŠTIN-aš GU₄-aš UDU-aš | To the land of Ḫattikan, to the ḫalkiaš-priestess, the wine, the ox, the sheep, |
| 23′ | DUMU.NAM.U₁₉.LU-aš mi-ia-tar šal-ḫi-it-ti-in ma-an-ni-it-ti-en | The king, my lord, gives me a šalḫitti-gift. |
| 24′ | an-na-re-en-na ú-da | ... he brings ... |
| 25′ | na-aš-ta A-NA LÚ{MEŠ} ar-ḫa LÚ-na-tar tar-ḫu-i-la-tar | And to the men, to the man, to Tarḫulatar, |
| 26′ | ḫa-ad-du-la-tar ma-a-al-la {GIŠ}TUKUL{ḪI.A} {GIŠ}PAN{ḪI.A} {GIŠ}GAG.Ú.TAG.GA{ḪI.A} | He places the weapon, the bow, the throne. |
| 27′ | GÍR da-a na-at I-NA {URU}ḪAT-TI ú-da a-pé-da-aš-ma-kán ŠU-i | He places it on the foot, and he places it in Ḫattu. And he holds it. |
| 28′ | ŠA MUNUS-TI {GIŠ}ḫu-u-la-li {GIŠ}ḫu-i-ša-an-na da-a-i | For the woman he places the hulalu-vessel and the hušannu-tree. |
| 29′ | nu-uš MUNUS-ni-li ú-e-eš-ši-ia nu-uš-ma-aš-kán {TÚG}ku-re-eš-šar ša-a-i | And the woman libates, and he places the kurrešar-garment. |
| 30′ | nu-uš-ma-aš-kán tu-e-el aš-šu-ul ar-ḫa da-a | And he does not bow down. |
| 31′ | ⸢A⸣-NA MUNUS{MEŠ}-ma-kán ar-ḫa an-ni-ia-tar a-ši-ia-tar | And he places it before the women.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32′ | mu-u-uš-né-en da-a na-at-kán A-NA KUR {URU}ḪAT-TI iš-tar-na ú-da | And he goes to the land of Ḫattu. |
| 33′ | nu-za LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL DUMU{MEŠ}.LUGAL EGIR-an-ŠÚ aš-šu-li TI-an-ni | And the king, the queen, the princes, afterwards, aššuli, give me life. |
| 34′ | ḫa-ad-du-la-an-ni in-na-ra-u-wa-an-ni MU{ḪI.A} GÍD.DA EGIR.UD-MI kap-pu-u-wa-i | he libates, and he pours a libation for me. The years are long. Afterwards, he breaks. |
| 35′ | na-at lu-lu-wa-a-i ḫa-ap-pí-na-aḫ-ḫi-ia-at nu-ut-ta KUR {URU}ḪAT-TI | And the luluwa-offerings, the ḫappinaḫu-offers, and the land of Ḫattu |
| 36′ | ku-ú-ša-da-aš ḫa-šu-um-ma-ra-aš-ša pár-ku-i KUR-e e-eš-du | Then he goes down to the mountain. |
| 37′ | nu-ut-ta ka-a-aš-ma KUR {URU}ḪAT-TI EGIR-pa dam-me-eš-ḫa-an ma-ni-ia-aḫ-ḫu-un | And then the land of Ḫattu, afterwards, the dammešḫa-priestess ... |
| 38′ | zi-ik {D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa GAŠAN-NI Ú-UL ša-ak-ti | The Ištar of Nineveh, his lady, is not present. |
| 39′ | KUR {URU}ḪAT-TI GAM-an dam-meš-ḫa-an ke-ez-za-ma-at ag-ga-an-na-az ... | The land of Ḫattite, the land of the slave-girls, the one who is firmly established |
| {€2} Rs. IV | ||
| 1 | nu {LÚ}ḪAL 1 NINDA.KU₇ A-NA {D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa pár-ši-ia | And the cook breaks one sweet bread for Ištar of Nineveh. |
| 2 | na-an-ša-an A-NA PÚ an-da pár-ši-ia EGIR-pa-ma nam-ma | And he breaks it into the well. Afterwards, then |
| 3 | 1 NINDA.KU₇ A-NA {D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa pár-ši-ia na-an-ša-an | He breaks one sweet loaf for Ištar of Nineveh, and he places it. |
| 4 | A-NA {GIŠ}BANŠUR-i GAM da-a-i nu-uš-ša-an BA.BA.ZA PA-NI {GIŠ}BANŠUR | He places it on the table, and he places the barley on top of the table. |
| 5 | iš-ḫu-u-wa-i EGIR-ŠU-ma-kán me-ma-al A-NA PÚ an-da iš-ḫu-wa-i | Afterwards, he speaks to the well. |
| 6 | nam-ma PA-NI {GIŠ}BANŠUR A-NA BA.BA.ZA-ša-an še-er NINDA.Ì.E.DÉ.A | And he places it on the table opposite the barley loaf. |
| 7 | me-ma-al iš-ḫu-wa-i nu-kán PÚ-i an-da GEŠTIN 3-ŠU BAL-an-ti | He speaks, and he pours three times wine into the well. |
| 8 | A-NA {GIŠ}BANŠUR-ia pé-ra-an 3-ŠU BAL-an-ti | He places it three times on the table. |
| 9 | ⸢na⸣-a[š-ta] ⸢{LÚ}ḪAL⸣ an-da a-pé-e-pát INIM{MEŠ} me-ma-i na-an-kán GIM-an | And the haruspex speaks thus:(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | IŠ-⸢TU⸣ NINDA ⸢EM-ṢA⸣ SÙD-an-zi nam-ma-kán {DUG}KU-KU-〈UB〉 A-ni-it šu-un-na-an-zi | They libate from a loaf of bread. Then they fill the kukku-vessel with water. |
| 11 | nam-ma a-pé-da-ni pé-di a-pé-e ki-nu-wa-an-zi nu {LÚ}ḪAL 〈{NINDA}ḫa-az-zi-zi-ta da-a-i〉 na-aš-〈ta〉 DINGIR-LUM | Then they bring the ḫas&czita-bread, and they place it before the god. |
| 12 | IŠ-TU {NINDA}ḫa-az-zi-zi-ta-za a-pí-ia-〈az〉 ša-ra-a 7-ŠU SÙD-an-zi | They libate seven times from the ḫašzizita-bread. |
| 13 | nu me-ma-i ma-a-an LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL DUMU{MEŠ}.LUGAL-ia ⸢ku⸣-iš-ki ku-it-ki | And he says: “If the king, the queen, and my princes are with you, with you |
| 14 | i-ia-an ḫar-zi na-aš ḫa-ri-i-ia-an ḫar-zi na-aš-kán ka-a-ša | He takes it, and he takes it. And then he ... |
| 15 | ták-na-az SÙD-an-na-aḫ-ḫi nam-ma-aš-ša-an ud-da-a-ar pa-ra-a | And he takes the supplication, and then he goes out. |
| 16 | QA-TAM-MA me-ma-i nu a-pé-e-da-ni-pát pé-di kiš-an i-ia-an-zi | likewise he speaks, and they open the door. |
| 17 | 1 NINDA.SIG iš-tar-na ḫa-ad-da-i nu-uš-ša-an še-er ḫu-ul-li da-a-i | He places one fine loaf of bread on the table, and he places it on the top of the heap. |
| 18 | še-er-ra-aš-ša-an Ì.DU₁₀.GA la-ḫu-u-wa-i nu {LÚ}ḪAL {NINDA}ḫa-zi-zi-ta da-a-⸢i⸣ | He pours sweet oil, and the cupbearer gives the ḫazizita-bread. |
| 19 | na-aš-ta DINGIR-LUM pa-aḫ-ḫu-na-za 7!-ŠU SÙD-an-zi nu kiš-an me-ma-i | And the god goes seven times to him, and he speaks thus: |
| 20 | na-at wa-ra-an-ti pa-aḫ-ḫu-ni pé-ra-an ḫar-zi | And he places it before the wrath. |
| 21 | na-at-kán ka-a-ša pa-aḫ-ḫu-na-az ḫu-it-ti-ia-an-na-aḫ-ḫi | And he goes up to you, to Ḫittiyannaḫi |
| 22 | GIM-an-ma-aš-ša-an ud-da-a-ar pa-ra-a QA-TAM-MA me-ma-i | As soon as he returns, he speaks as follows: |
| 23 | nu-uš-ša-an {NINDA}ḫa-zi-zi-ta A-NA NINDA.ÉRIN{MEŠ} kat-ta da-a-i | And he places the ḫazizita-bread on the troops' bread. |
| 24 | nu 1 MUŠEN GAL A-NA {D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa ḫa-ri-ia ḫu-wa-al-zi-ia | And one great bird for Ištar of Nineveh, he libates to Ḫariya. |
| 25 | 2 MUŠEN{ḪI.A}-ma ú-na-al-zi-ia wa-ar-nu-wa-an-zi | They bring two birds, and they libate. |
| 26 | GIM-an-ma zi-in-na-i nu {LÚ}ḪAL {GIŠ}BANŠUR ša-ra-a da-a-i | When he places it, the cupbearer places it on the table. |
| 27 | A-NA {GIŠ}BANŠUR-ma-aš-ša-an ku-it {TÚG}BAR.SI SA₅ GAR-ri | He places it on the table, together with a red cloth. |
| 28 | na-at IGI-zi-az dam-ma-iš e-ep-zi nu DINGIR-LUM-an-ma ú-da-an-z[i] | And he takes the wife before him, and they give to the god. |
| 29 | pé-ra-an-ma {LÚ.MEŠ}NAR GIŠ.{D}INANNA gal-gal-tu-u-ri ḫa-zi-kán-zi SÌR-RU-m[a] | Before the singers sing the great lyres. |
| 30 | nu DINGIR-LUM EGIR-pa I-NA É DINGIR-LIM ú-da-an-zi | Afterwards, they bring the god into the house of the god. |
| 31 | a-a-p[í- ] ⸢EGIR⸣-pa 1-aš e-⸢ep⸣-zi na-aš-ta a-a-pí(-)⸢x⸣[ | ... he takes once, and then ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32 | ⸢na⸣-[aš-ta {LÚ}ḪAL(?)] ⸢kiš-an me-ma-i⸣ ku-u-uš ku-i-e-eš A-NA ⸢{D}⸣[IŠTAR] | And the cult actor speaks: “He, he, to Ištar |
| 33 | [{URU}ni-nu-wa GAŠAN-I]A ḫar-pa-na-li-e-eš na-aš iš-x[ …] | Ninuwa, my lady, the ḫarpanali-offerings ... |
| 34 | [… … zi-i]k? ⸢ták⸣-na-aš {D}UTU(-)[ | ... the sun-god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35 | …] x-it x [ | |
| 36 | … ]-ru(-)[ | |
| 37 | …] x [ | |
| {€1} Rs. IV | ||
| 38 | …] x-⸢ri-ia-nu-un⸣ x x x [ | ... the ... ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 39 | … z]i-ik ták-na-aš {D}UTU-uš ka-ru-ú-i-l[i-ia-aš-ša] | And he places it before Šamaš of Karuwiliya. |
| 40 | DINGIR{MEŠ} [ … ]-⸢x⸣-wa-an GAM GAR-ri ḫu-wa-li-ia-kán | ... the gods ... ... and he places the body ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 41 | [… … ]x {GIŠ}EREN IZI-an-zi nu kiš-an me-ma-⸢i⸣ | ... they fire cedar, and he speaks thus: |
| 42 | … ]-nu-un ŠA LUGAL-ia MUNUS.LUGAL DUMU{MEŠ}.LUGAL | ... of the king, the queen and the princes(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 43 | [… ]-⸢e⸣-eš {LÚ.MEŠ}ŠA.NE.ŠA₄ {LÚ.MEŠ}KÚR-ŠU-NU | ... the nobles, the cult actors ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 44 | [… -w]a?-an-du na-aš-ta IZI A-ni-it | ... and he fires the fire.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45 | [… ] ⸢ki⸣-i-wa-kán IZI GIM-an | ... when the fire like(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 46 | [… ŠA LUGAL-ia] MUNUS.LUGAL DUMU{MEŠ}.LUGAL | From the king the queen and the princes(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 47 | [… ]-⸢e⸣-eš {LÚ.MEŠ}ŠA.NE.ŠA₄ {LÚ}KÚR-ŠU-NU-x | ... the nobles, the cult singers ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 48 | [… -w]a?-an-du | ... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 49 | […] xx […] ... | |
| 50 | [ DUB n{KAM} … ŠA {D}IŠTAR {URU}n]e-nu-wa | Tablet n of Ištar of Nineveh. |
| 51 | [ Q]A-TI | he takes.(very low confidence: a guess) |
Sources & licences
- 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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