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KBo 23.55 (tlh:KBo 23.55)

CTH 648

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DesignationKBo 23.55
IDtlh:KBo 23.55
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 648

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. I
1′[ ]x x[
2′[ ]-⸢a⸣-pí-ri(-)x[ -a]z {GIŠ}BALAG ⸢ÉRIN⸣ [... the table of the troops ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′[nu]-kán ku-iš kat-⸢ta⸣ [ ]x[ ]x-[z]i? nu uš-⸢kán⸣-zi nu-kán x[And he ... ... and he rises, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′kat-ta ma-uš-zi an-ze-el-ma-aš-ša-an še-er 2 AŠ-R[IThen he goes down to the Anzelmašša, two times ...
5′nu ma-aḫ-ḫa-an wa-al-aḫ-zi nu-kán ŠA{LÚ}KÚR kat-ta *m[a*-uš-zi]And he rises up, and the Stag-god steps down.
6′nu an-ze-el ÉRIN{MEŠ} ḫu-u-ma-an-za-aš-ša pal-wa-a-ez-z[i nu ku-iš]And he takes the troops, and he libates. And ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′tar-uḫ-ta nam-ma LUGAL ḫi-in-〈ik〉-zi ⸢nu⸣ {LÚ}SANGA an-z[e-el?Then the king drinks, and the priest ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′da-a-i še-ra-aš-ša-an ku-iš e-eš-zi na-an PA-N[IDINGIR-LIM da-a-i?]He places it; he takes it, and he places it before the god.
9′ŠA{LÚ}KÚR-ma ar-ḫa-ia kat-ta ti-an-zi x[The cult actor places it below ...
10′2 PÌRIG.TUR{ḪI.A} QA-TAM-MA ti-an-zi EGIR-ŠU-ma-aš-š[a-an]They set two small bowls together. Afterwards,
11′QA-TAM-MA da-a-i EGIR-ŠU-ma 2 AZ{ḪI.A} x[likewise he places. Afterwards, two ...
12′EGIR-ŠU-ma-aš-ša-an 2 LÚ{MEŠ} GIŠ QA-⸢TAM-MA ti-an⸣-[ziAfterwards, two woodmen stand together.
13′a-pé-e ša-ga-e zi-in-na-an-⸢zi⸣ nu-uš-ša-[anAnd he places it on the hearth, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′ku-e še-er a-aš-ke-ez-zi na-at PA-NI*DINGIR*-LIM ⸢ti⸣-[an-zi]And he places it before the god.(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′ŠA{LÚ}KÚR-ma ša-ra-a da-an-zi na-at kat-ta d[am-me-l]i? xThe cult actor takes it out, and below ...
16′pé-e-da-an-zi na-at ⸢IT?⸣-TIGU₄.MAḪ{MEŠ} UDU.ŠIR GE₆{ḪI.A}They go, and in the month of Tiglath, the black sheep
17′wa-ra-a-ni nu ⸢SAḪAR{ḪI.A}⸣-[uš? š]a-ga-e ša-ra-a da-an-zihe takes, and they take the šaga-vessel.
18′nu {LÚ.MEŠ}KI-IT-P[A-LI {D}]IŠKUR ⸢KÁ⸣ pa-ra-a ti-it-ta-nu-an-ziAnd the cult actors, the Storm-god, go to the gate.
19′nu-za-kán ⸢ÉRIN{MEŠ}!?⸣ [ḫa]-⸢aš-uš⸣ [Q]A-TAM-MA ḫa-nu-wa-an-zi an-ze-elAnd the troops, the ḫašuša, together with the hanuwa-offerings, ...
20′ŠA{LÚ}K[ÚR-i]a na-[at A-N]ADINGIR-LIM 3-ŠU UŠ-KE-EN-NU nam-ma-atThe cult actor prostrates himself three times before the god.
21′KI-IT-PA-LU t[i-an-z]i na-an-kán ma-aḫ-ḫa-an an-ze-elHe places it on the ground, and then he takes it away.
22′⸢la⸣-ak-nu-zi [na-at pa]l-wa-a-an-zi a-pa-a-aš-ša A-NADINGIR-LIMThey go, and they go to the god.(lower confidence: line is broken)
23′UŠ-KE-EN-NU a[n-z]e-el pár-ša-*na*-a-ez-zi EGIR-ŠU-m[a]They stand, and they libate. Afterwards(lower confidence: line is broken)
24′{LÚ.MEŠ}GÉŠPU QA-TAM-MA ti-an-zi EGIR-ŠU-ma tar-pa ti-i[a-an-zi]The cooks stand opposite it. Afterwards, they stand behind.
25′4 UDU.ŠIR⸢{ḪI⸣.A} ⸢tar-pa ti-*an*⸣-zi [ ]four sheep, they take ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
26′EGIR-ŠU-⸢ma GU₄.MAḪ{ḪI.A}⸣ tar-pa ti-an-ziAfterwards, they set up the oxen.
27′EGIR-ŠU-⸢ma⸣ xx x PA-NIDINGIR-LIM ti-an-ziAfterwards, they place ... before the god.
28′A-NA⸢{GIŠ}ŠÚ.A⸣-ma-aš-⸢ša⸣-an še-er a-pé-e-da-ni 1-e-da-ni [to the Hand-of-the-Head ... once ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
29′x x[ ]x[ ] ⸢ti⸣-an-[z]i a-pé-e-da-ni-ia-aš-ša-an še-er [... ... and he places it before him ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
30′[{GIŠ}BALAG ti-a]n-⸢zi⸣ A-NA{GIŠ}BALAG-ma-aš-ša-an še-e[rThey take the throne, and they place it on the altar.
31′[ ZA]BAR ⸢ti⸣-an-zi IGI{ḪI.A}-wa-aš-š[a-an... they take the bronze. The eyes ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
32′[kat-ta ḫu-wa-a]p-pí a-pé-e-da-ni-ia-aš-ša-a[nbelow the ḫuwappi-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
33′[ Z]ABAR ḫu-wa-ap-[pí]... bronze, ḫuwappi-stone(lower confidence: line is broken)
Vs. II
1′nam-⸢ma⸣ [And ...(very low confidence: a guess)
2′⸢i⸣-ia-a[t-
3′⸢ta⸣-ma-x[and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
4′lu-⸢uk⸣-ká[n(-)... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
5′GÙB-x[
6′ša-[
7′ša-[
8′u[š?-
9′x[
10′x[
Rs. IV
1[ ]x-x ⸢ki⸣-i[š-... again(low confidence: few signs survive)
2[ ]x x[
Rs. IV...
4′x[
5′nu[and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
6′a-[
7′x[
8′⸢da⸣-x[
9′nu x[and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
10′x[

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