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KBo 20.48 (tlh:KBo 20.48)

CTH 694

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DesignationKBo 20.48
IDtlh:KBo 20.48
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 694

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′[ ]⸢pa-ra-a?⸣[he breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
2′[ -z]i MUNUS.LUGAL x[the queen ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′[ ]x ú-da-i MUNUS.LUGAL[... he brings the queen ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′[ ]x pé-ra-an e-ep-zi ŠA x[... takes before ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′[ ]x a-ap-p[a p]a-a-i MUNUS.LUGAL UŠ-KE-EN ... {LÚ}SAGI GAL-A[M... he pours ... The queen prostrates herself. The chief cupbearer ...
6′[ ]ta-ma-⸢iš⸣ {LÚ}SAGI-aš {NINDA}ta-kar-mu-un pa-a-i na-an {LÚ}SAG[I... and the cupbearer takes the takarmu-bread, and he gives it to the headdresser.
7′[ BANŠU]R? DINGIR-LIM da-a-i MUNUS.LUGAL UŠ-KE-EN {LÚ}SAGI GAL-AM PA-NI{GIŠ}BANŠUR x[He places it on the table of the god; the queen prostrates herself; the cupbearer ... before the table ...
8′[ -A]M? A+NA{LÚ}SAGI e-ep-zi nu e-ku-zi ku-it-ma-na {LÚ}SAGI [... to the cupbearer he takes, and he drinks. Moreover, the cupb[earer ...]
9′[ š]a-⸢an-ḫa-an-zi ME-E QA-TI⸣ A+NAMUNUS.LUGAL pí-an-zi MUNUS.LUGAL xx x[They libate; they give water to the queen; the queen ...
10′[ ]x-ma {D}⸢ḫar-du-up-pí-in⸣ {D}UTU {URU}⸢la⸣-a-am-ma {D}ia-ia-x[... Ḫarduppi, Šamaš, Laamma, Yaya...
11′[ {LÚ}SAG]I GAL-⸢AM pé-e⸣-da-i MUNUS.LUGAL ša-ra-⸢a⸣ x-x-zi A+NA⸢GAL ME?-⸢E?⸣[... the chief cupbearer comes; the queen ... to the great bodyguard ...
12′[ MUNUS.L]UGAL TUŠ-aš {D}⸢ḫu-wa-aš-ša-an-na-an-na xx [... the queen, while seated, Ḫuwaššanana ...
13′[ ]x {D}x[... the god ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
Rs.?
1′[ {GIŠ}BA]NŠUR-aš-ša x-x[... the bow ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
2′[ -z]i Ù GAL ⸢GEŠTIN⸣ an-d[a... and the great wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′[ ka]r-pa-a-an-zi É.ŠÀ-ni x[... they libate in the inner chamber ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′[ {GIŠ}ZA].LAM.GAR-aš {D}ḫu-aš-ša-an-na-aš x[... the statue of Ḫuššana ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′[ ]x x-i MUNUS.LUGAL {NINDA}ta-kar-mu-un ⸢šu⸣-up-pí-i[a?-... the queen, a takarmu-bread, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′[ ]x-ši-ia-ma-an Ú-UL na-pa MUNUS.LUGAL a-ap-p[a?-... he does not ... the queen ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′[ ]da-a-an-zi Ù {GIŠ}BANŠUR DINGIR-LIM QA-DUNINDA.⸢ÉRIN⸣{MEŠ} x[... they take, and the table of the god ... the troops ...
8′[ ] É-ri iš-ta-na-ni pé-ra-an ti-an-zi ⸢Ù⸣ {DUG}x[... they place it before the house, and the vessel ...
9′[ ]-⸢uš⸣ URU-ia ia!-an-na-i na-aš I-NAÉ MUNUS.LUGAL an-da pa-i[z-zi... he goes to the house of the queen.(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′[ ]x GAL GEŠTIN É.ŠÀ-ni GIŠ.NÁ-aš ki-⸢it⸣-kar ka-ru-ú k[i-... the great wine of the inner chamber, the bed ...
11′[ ]x [ ]a-aš-šu-uš ku-iš-ki na-an É-ri e-ku-zi ma-a-an-š[i... ... and he drinks from inside the house, but ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′[ ]x x x-zi MUNUS.LUGAL-aš É.ŠÀ-na pa-iz-zi na-aš GIŠ.NÁ-aš x[... the queen goes into the inner chamber, and the bed ...
13′[ ]x GIŠ.NÁ-aš e-ša-ri ⸢nu-uš-ši⸣ LÚ{MEŠ}˽É.GAL ḫi-in-kán-ta x[... he takes the bed, and the palace servants ...
14′[ ]⸢ŠA⸣{D}ḫu-aš-ša-an-na {D}ḫa-ri-iš-ta-aš-ši-in lu-ut-ti-aš a[n-... of Ḫaššana, of Harishta, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′[ {LÚ}SA]GI A-NA{D}ḫa-ri-iš-ta-aš-ši NINDA.GUR₄.RA⸢{ḪI.A} pé-ra⸣-an a[r?-... the cupbearer to Ḫarištaši, the loaf of bread before ...
16′[ ]ši-pa-an-ti ⸢A-NAUD⸣ SIG₅-ma tu-u-a[z ]x[... he libates; he gives an audience gift, and ...
17′[ ]x x[ ]x{ḪI.A}-az me-x[... the ... ...(very low confidence: a guess)
18′[ š]e?-er [... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
19′[ ]x x x[

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