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KBo 20.85 (tlh:KBo 20.85)

CTH 649

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DesignationKBo 20.85
IDtlh:KBo 20.85
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 649

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. III
1′[ a-ap-pa-an-z]i... they go.(low confidence: few signs survive)
2′[ ti-e-en-z]i... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′[LÚ˽{GIŠ}GIDRU z]a-ḫur-ti pé-e-da-iThe staff-bearer goes to the ziggurat.
4′[ta-aš-š]a-an NIN.DINGIR-aš e-ša... and the lady of the god ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′[LÚ˽{GI]Š}BANŠUR {GIŠ}BANŠUR-unThe table man, the table man
6′[{L]Ú}MUḪALDIM za-lu-wa-ni-inThe cook libates.(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′NIN.DINGIR-i ti-an-ziThey set up the priestess.
8′LU[GAL-u]š a-ku-wa-an-na ú-e-ek-ziThe king drinks and drinks.(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′{LÚ.MEŠ}SAGI.A GAL{ḪI.A}The chief cupbearers
10′ú-da-an-zi {LÚ}SAGI.[AThe cupbearer ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA EM-ṢA TUR a-r[a-aḫ-za]1 small sour loaf of bread ...
12′ú-da-⸢i⸣ [he brings ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
Rs. IV
1LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL TUŠ-aš *〈〈{D}〉〉*The king and the queen, while seated,
2{D}za-i-ú-un a-ku-wa-an-z[i]they drink Zaiu.(lower confidence: line is broken)
3NIN.DINGIR-aš-ša e-ku-ziThe lady drinks.
4GIŠ.{D}INANNA GAL {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫal-li-ia-⸢ri⸣-e[š]The great lyre, the cult singers
5SÌR-RU {LÚ}SAGI.AThe cupbearer sings.
6LUGAL-i NINDA.GUR₄.RA pa-a-iHe gives the loaf to the king.
7LUGAL-uš pár-ši-ia {LÚ}SAGI.AThe king breaks it; the cupbearer
8LUGAL-i NINDA.GUR₄.RA e-ep-ziHe takes the loaf of bread for the king.
9[t]a-⸢aš-ša⸣-an pa-ra-a pé-e-da-i... he takes it away.(lower confidence: line is broken)
10[ma-a-n]a-aš-ta LUGAL-i MUNUS.LUGAL-i... the king and the queen(lower confidence: line is broken)
11[NIN.DINGIR-i]a GAL{ḪI.A} ap-pa-an-ziThey libate to my great lady.
12[GIŠ.{D}INANNA{ḪI].A} ḫa-az-ze-eš-kán-ziThey sing the lyre.(lower confidence: line is broken)
13[ar-kam-mi w]a-al-ḫa-an-zithey libate afterwards.(lower confidence: line is broken)
14[{LÚ}ḫa-a-pí-ia-aš tar-ku]-wa-an-ziThe ḫapiya-priests libate.(lower confidence: line is broken)
15[ma-a-na-aš-ta ḫa-an-te-ez-z]i-ia-aš-mi-iš... and he places it on the hearth.(lower confidence: line is broken)

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