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KBo 21.42 (tlh:KBo 21.42)

CTH 641

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Designation	KBo 21.42
ID	tlh:KBo 21.42
Language	Hittite
Genre	CTH 641

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)
Vs.
1	⸢ma-a-an⸣ A-NA{D}iš-ḫa-ra EZEN₄ zé-⸢e⸣-na-⸢an-ta⸣-[aš]	When to Išḫara, the festival of Ze’ana
2	DÙ-an-zi nu ki-iš-ša-an DÙ-an-zi	They do it, and they do it again.
3	{LÚ}AZU 2 {GIŠ}BANŠUR AD.KID da-a-i še-er-ma-kán 2 NINDA.ÉRIN{MEŠ}	The cupbearer places two tables on the table. Further, two troops' bread
4	da-a-i nu-kán DINGIR-LUM ša-ra-a da-a-i	He places it, and he places it before the god.
5	nu IZI ke-e-ez ke-e-ez-zi-ia da-a-i	And he places the fire wherever he wishes.
6	nu-kán ZÌ.DA A-NA ... IZI ke-e-ez ke-e-ez-zi-ia	And he pours a libation of flour into ...
7	iš-ḫu-wa-a-i nu-kán DINGIR-LUM iš-tar-na ar-ḫa ...	He libates, and the god ... in front of ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8	pé-e-da-i na-an ar-ra-an-zi iš-ki-⸢ia⸣-an-zi	They take it out and they place it before me.
9	na-an-kán A-NA{GIŠ}BANŠUR EGIR-pa da-a-i	And he places it back on the table.
10	nu-kán 2 NINDA.GUR₄.RA GA.KIN.AG NINDA.Ì.E.DÉ.A me-ma-al	And two loaves of bread, groats, and emmer bread are there.
11	3 NINDA.GUR₄.RA ḫa-wi₅-ia-aš-ši 10 NINDA.KU₇ tar-na-aš	3 loaves of bread for the ḫawiya-festival, 10 sweetbreads for the festival
12	ŠÀ.BA 1-EN NINDA.GUR₄.RA ŠAUP-NI IŠ-TUGA.KIN.AG	From one loaf of bread, a portion of a sour loaf.
13	⸢ti-ia⸣-an-za 10 {NINDA}zi-mu-ḫi-ta-aš-ša	and 10 zigmuḫi-breads(lower confidence: line is broken)
14	1 {GIŠ}tu-⸢um-pa-an⸣-ni Ì.DU₁₀.GA nu-kán ki-i	One tumpannu-vessel of good oil, and when
15	ḫu-u-ma-an ⸢A⸣-NADINGIR-⸢LIM⸣ EGIR-pa ti-an-zi	And they set it behind the god.(lower confidence: line is broken)
16	TU₇˽GÚ.GAL.⸢GAL{ḪI.A⸣} [TU₇? B]A.[B]A.ZA 1 NINDA.KU₇ ŠA½ UP-NI	gugal-bread, ... bread, one sweet bread of ...
17	1 NINDA LA-AB-K[U ŠA1 UP-NI] ŠABA.BA.ZA	One loaf of bread, a cup of sour milk.
18	A-NADINGIR-LIM [EGIR-pa ti-i]a-an-zi	They go back to the god.(lower confidence: line is broken)
19	nu EN SISKU[R pa-iz-zi nu-u]š-⸢ši⸣ ŠU{MEŠ}-aš w[a-tar]	And the lord of the sacrifice goes, and he libates from his hands.
20	pí-an-z[i nu EN SISKUR A-N]A⸢DINGIR⸣-LIM U[Š-KE-EN]	He gives it, and the lord of the sacrifice places it before the god.
21	nu-kán k[iš-an ti-an-ti 3 UDU{Ḫ]I.⸢A⸣} [	And in the tiantu-vessel three sheep ...
22	ŠÀ.BA 1-[EN UDU ŠAIGI.DU₈.A na-an-kán A-NA{D}iš-ḫa-ra]	From it, one sheep from the tavern, to Išḫara
23	{D}BÉ-E[L-TÙ-ma {D}30 {D}UTU-aš {D}ḫal-ma]	Enlil, Sin, Šamaš, Ḫalma
24	{D}ša-[an-ga-ra {D}tu-uḫ-ḫi-it-ra šu-up-pa-ia]	To Šangara, to Tuḫḥitra, he pours a libation.
25	nu-kán U[DU?{ḪI.A} A-NA˽PA-NIDINGIR-LIM ku-na-an-zi]	And they give sheep to Nabû-nidin-ilum.
26	nu ⸢ZÌ⸣.[DA iš-ḫu-u-wa-i nu-kán iš-ḫar A-NAZÌ.DA še-er tar-na-i	And he pours a libation of flour, and he libates a cup of flour over it.
Rs. IV?
1′	DUB 1{KAM} ŠA{D}⸢iš-ḫa⸣-[ra EZEN₄]	Tablet 1 of Išḫara, festival(lower confidence: line is broken)
2′	zé-e-na-an-ta-aš [	... the zénanta-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′	ḫa-me-eš-ḫa-an-ta-aš-ša ⸢QA-TI⸣	he takes the ḫamešḥanta-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′	ŠU {m}ḫa-pa-ti-⸢PÌRIG⸣	Hand of Ḫapati-rig(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′	DUMU {m}tu-wa-at-ta-LÚ {LÚ}A.ZU SAG	son of Tuwatta-šumi, physician, eunuch.
6′	PA-NI{m}ši-pa-LÚ IŠ-ṬUR	before Ši-pāl, in the courtyard.

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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