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KBo 28.23 (tlh:KBo 28.23)
CTH 158
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| Designation | KBo 28.23 |
|---|---|
| ID | tlh:KBo 28.23 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | CTH 158 |
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-F, 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 | [u]m-ma {m}wa-aš-mu-a-ri-a ša-te-ep-na-ri-a LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR mi-iṣ-ri-i | Now, I have sent Wašmu'ariya, the great king, king of the land of Mīrī. |
| 2 | [DU]MU {D}UTU {m}ri-a-ma-še-ša ma-a-i {D}a-ma-na LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR mi-iṣ-ri-i | son of Šamaš, Rī-amassâ says: “Amana, great king, king of the land of Mīri |
| 3 | a-na {f}pu-du-ḫé-pa MUNUS.LUGAL GAL-tu₄ ša KUR ḫa-at-ti NIN-ia qí-bí-ma | Speak to Puduḫpa, the great queen of Ḫattu, my lady. |
| 4 | a-nu-ma {m}ri-a-ma-še-ša ma-a-i {D}a-ma-na LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR mi-iṣ-ri-i | Now, Rī-Amašša says: “Amana is great king, king of the land of Miṣrî, |
| 5 | ŠEŠ-ki šul-mu a-na É{MEŠ}-⸢šu šul-mu ÉRIN⸣{MEŠ}-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA{MEŠ}-šu | Your hand is heard to the temples, hear to the troops, listen to his horses |
| 6 | {GIŠ}GIGIR{MEŠ}-šu ù a-⸢na ŠÀ⸣ [ da]n-⸢níš⸣ dan-níš šul-mu | His chariots are strong, his strength strong. |
| 7 | a-na ⸢ka-a⸣-ši {⸢MUNUS⸣}[ š]ul-mu dan-níš dan-níš | To you, my lady, may it be very good, very good |
| 8 | a-na UGU-ḫi {m}ḫa-[at-tu-ši-li LUGA]L GAL LUGAL KUR ḫa-at-ti | against Ḫattu-šili, the great king, king of the land of Hittite |
| 9 | ŠEŠ-ia lu-ú šul-[mu É{MEŠ}]-⸢šu⸣ lu-ú šul-mu DUMU{MEŠ}-šu | May my hand be well, may his temples be well or his sons |
| 10 | ÉRIN{MEŠ}-šu ANŠE.KUR.RA{MEŠ}-š[u {GIŠ}GIGIR{MEŠ}-š]u a-na KUR{MEŠ}-šu lu-ú šul-mu | May his troops, his horses, and his chariots be well with his land. |
| 11 | ⸢um⸣-ma-a a-na {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia-m[a a]-nu-ma {m}ti-li-{D}IŠKUR | “To Ahbatiya, herewith Tili-Adad |
| 12 | ⸢DUMU⸣˽KIN ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia ⸢ik-tal⸣-dá a-na UGU-ḫi-ia | The mār-ešti-Ellil of the Ahatiya (temple) Iktal-eda against me |
| 13 | qà-du {m}ri-a-ma-aš-ia DUMU˽KIN š[a] {⸢MUNUS⸣}a-ḫa-ti-ia | Hand of Riamašuya son of Ululu, daughter of Ahbatiya |
| 14 | qà-du {m}pi-ri-iḫ-na-wa DUMU˽KIN-ri-ia qà-du {m}zi-na-⸢pa⸣ | adjoining Piriḫ-nawa, son of Ululiya, adjoining Zīna-eppe |
| 15 | qà-du {m}ma-an-ia DUMU{MEŠ}˽KIN-ia ù ⸢iq-ta⸣-bu-ni [šul-m]a | Hand of Maniya, the sons of Ululiyu, he conquered and |
| 16 | ša {[MUNUS]}a-ḫa-ti-ia ù iq-ta-bu-ni š[ul]-ma ša [ | of my aḫbatīya he said: “It is well and that |
| 17 | L[UGAL ḫ]a-at-ti ŠEŠ-ia ù iq-ta-b[u]-ni šu[l-ma | The king said to me: “Send me the ḫattu-gift of my hand, so that |
| 18 | [DUMU{MEŠ}-š]u ù ŠÀ ⸢iṭ⸣-ṭi-ba-an-ni dan-n[íš | His sons, a strong one, his strong one |
| 19 | [ki-i] a-na-ku aš-mu-ú ⸢šul⸣-ma ša ⸢ŠEŠ-ia⸣ [ | When I heard the šulma prayer of my lord |
| 20 | [šu]l-ma ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia um-ma-a šu-nu ša-a[l-mu | That is the Ahbatiya, thus says he: |
| 21 | ⸢ù⸣ ba-al-ṭù ù a-na-ku a-ta-⸢mar⸣ tup-pa ša {MUNUS}⸢a⸣-[ḫa-ti] | I have seen the tablet of the queen |
| 22 | ⸢ú⸣-še-bi-la a-na ia-ši ù al-te-mé gab-bi a-m[a-t]e{MEŠ} | I have heard that all the words |
| 23 | [š]a {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti iš-pu-ra a-na ia-ši UGU-ši-na | The woman Ahbati wrote to me, against them |
| 24 | ⸢ù⸣ am-ta-ḫar ⸢šu-bé⸣-el-ta ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti ú-še-bi-la | I brought the šubēlta plant of the aḫbati plant. |
| 25 | ⸢a⸣-na ia-ši ⸢ù⸣ na-aṣ-ra-at ù ša-al-ma-at | “As for me, the eašḫr’e-plant is full of life. |
| 26 | {D}UTU ù {D}IŠKUR i-na-an-di-nu ŠEŠ-ut-ni ù sa-lam-ni | Šamaš and Adad will give (them) back to me. My handiwork (and) my image |
| 27 | ⸢ù⸣ i-na ṭe₄-mi an-ni-i ba-ni-i ša ni-nu i-na ŠÀ-šu | On this very day, on this day, that which we have, on his hand |
| 28 | [a]-di dá-ri-ti ù DUMU{MEŠ}˽KIN-ni it-ta-na-al-la-ku | as long as he lives, the sons of Ululu keep going around. |
| 29 | [i-n]a be-ri-ni UGU ŠEŠ-ut-ti ù sa-la-⸢ma⸣ ba-ni-i a-di ṣa-ti | On our throne on account of the debts he established a salā-emâ-priestess as far as the sea |
| 30 | [um-m]a-a a-na {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia-ma ù ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti ta-aš-pu-ri | Thus (says) my daughter-in-law: You wrote to me about the daughter. |
| 31 | [ i]a-ši aš-šum DUMU.MUNUS-ša um-ma-a {D}UTU i-te-ep-ša | If his daughter says: “Šamaš has done it,’ |
| 32 | [mé-re-é]l-ti-ia ša a-na-ku aq-ba-aš-šu it-ta-din | (As for) my servants about whom I spoke, they gave (them) to me. |
| 33 | [a-n]a ⸢ṭù⸣-u[b] ⸢ŠÀ⸣-ia {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti kán-na ta-aš-pu-ri | To the ēšû-priestess, my lady, you wrote to me. |
| 34 | [a-n]a ia-ši [S]IG₅-qí dan-níš ṭe₄-mu an-nu-ú ša {D}UTU | To me, the strong one, this is what Šamaš |
| 35 | i-pu-šu ki-i ⸢id⸣-di-nu a-na ṭù-ub ŠÀ ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-t[i-ia] | When the river Iddinu to speak of the hand of my daughter |
| 36 | aš-šum mé-re-él-ta ⸢ša⸣ te-ri-ša it-ti-šu | As for the one who is enraged, his anger is with him |
| 37 | {D}UTU ù {D}IŠKUR i-na-an-di-⸢nu⸣ a-na e-pé-ši gab-bi ṭe₄-[mi] | May Šamaš and Adad keep coming out to do everything. |
| 38 | ša ŠÀ-bi ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-⸢ia ḫa⸣-ši-iḫ a-na na-dá-n[i] | This is the hand of Aḫbatiya, who was seized to give. |
| 39 | a-na e-pé-ši-šu-nu a-na DUMU.MUNUS-š[a] ⸢ù⸣ i-na-di-nu-ši | to do to his daughter they will give him. |
| 40 | a-na bi-it-ti LUGAL ŠEŠ-ki ù ši-⸢i a-na bé⸣-el-tù-ti | To the house of the king, your servant, my lord: |
| 41 | [i-n]a KUR mi-iṣ-ri-i ù šu-nu i-na-[an]-di-nu a-〈na〉 ṭù-ub ŠÀ-⸢bi⸣ | In the land of Mišrî they will give that grain. |
| u. Rd. | ||
| 1 | [ša] {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia ù i-na-an-di-nu ⸢a⸣-na ṭù-ub ŠÀ-bi | of my daughter he will give and speak. |
| 2 | [ša] LUGAL ŠEŠ-ki UGU ṭe₄-mi ša šu-nu ip-pu-šu-⸢ni-iš⸣-ši | Whom the king of the universe will perform against me, whom he will do |
| 3 | [um-ma]-a a-na {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia-ma a-nu-ma {m}ti-li-{D}IŠKUR | Thus (says) Ahbitiya: Now, Tili-Adad |
| 4 | [iq-t]a-ba-a a-na ia-ši {m}ḫ[a]-at-tu-ši-li LUGAL [GA]L | said to me: “Ḫattu-šili, the great king, |
| Rs. | ||
| 1 | [ ḫ]a-at-ti iq-ta-b[a]-⸢a⸣ a-na ia-ši qà-du MUNUS.LUGAL GAL | He said to me “I am well, the great queen!" |
| 2 | [ ḫ]a-at-ti um-ma-a qí-⸢bi⸣ a-na LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR mi-iṣ-ri-i | "Speak to the great king, the king of the land of Mīšu! |
| 3 | [ D]UMU{MEŠ} ša {m}ma-aš-ni-ia-a[l]-li šu-bi-la-an-na-ši | Send the sons of Mašniya-alli to us! |
| 4 | [ ká]n-na iq-bi ù {m}ri-a-ma-aš-ia DUMU˽KIN ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-t[i-ia iq]-ta-bi | He said: “As for Riamašuya, the son of Ululu, whom Ahbatiya said: |
| 5 | [ b]e-⸢el-ti ul⸣ [tá]q-⸢bi⸣ a-na ia-ši um-ma-a qí-bi š[u-bi-la] | (Saying) “It is too much, you said to me, thus: send me a message! |
| 6 | [ u]l ⸢aš-mé⸣ ù LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR ḫa-at-ti iq-bi | or Ašmē-e, the great king, king of the land of Ḫattu, said |
| 7 | [ {m}ti-l]i-{D}IŠKUR šu-ú kán-na iq-bi | Ili-Adad, this man, said: |
| 8 | [ {m}pi-r]i-iḫ-na-wa iq-ta-bi um-ma-[a u]l aš-mé ù LUGAL GAL | Piriḫ-Nawa said: “As soon as I have heard this, the king of the world will be enraged.’ |
| 9 | [ ḫa-a]t-ti ul iḫ-sú-us D[UMU{MEŠ} {m}m]a-aš-ni-ia-al-l[i] | (but) he did not fear the sons of Mašniya-alli |
| 10 | [ ] um-ma-a qí-bi a-na LU[GAL ŠEŠ-ni ù u]l iḫ-sú-us-šu-nu-[ti] | Thus (says) the king: "Speak to the chief of the household and they will be satisfied." |
| 11 | [ ] ⸢ù⸣ ul aš-mé ù šu-[ú iq-ta-b]a-a a-na {m}ti-li-{D}IŠKU[R] | I have not heard that he has said to Tili-Adad |
| 12 | [ u]l iq-⸢ta-bi ù⸣ {m}[zi-na-pa kán-n]a-ma iq-ta-bi | If he says otherwise, Zinappa will come here and speak thus: |
| 13 | [ L]UGAL GAL LUGAL KUR [ḫa-at-t]i ù MUNUS.LUGAL | great king, king of the land of Hatti, queen |
| 14 | [ š]a {m}ma-aš-ni-ia-a[l-l]i um-ma-a | from Mašniya-alli, saying: |
| 15 | [šu-bi-la-šu-nu]-⸢ti⸣ [šu]-⸢ú⸣ kán-na ⸢iq-bi⸣ ù {m}ma-an-ia | Send them to me! Send me a message! |
| 16 | [ ká]n-na-ma a-[k]i-i ṭe₄-mi an-ni-i ú-ka₄-lu | “Whenever I make a claim, I will make this claim. |
| 17 | [ ]-ri {LÚ}tar-gu-ma-nu ⸢iq⸣-ta-bi kán-na-ma ki-i ṭe₄-mi an-ni-i | The Targumānu is indeed the iqetab priestess. When you speak this |
| 18 | [LUGA]L ŠEŠ-ki iq-ta-bi a-na {m}ti-li-{D}IŠKUR DUMU˽KIN ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia | The master of your craft said to Ili-Adad son of Ululu of Ahbatiya: |
| 19 | [a-d]u-ku at-ta táq-ta-bi um-ma-a LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR ḫa-at-ti iq-bi | You said: "The great king, the king of the land of Ḫattu, said: |
| 20 | [a-n]a ia-ši ù MUNUS.LUGAL GAL ša KUR ḫa-⸢at⸣-ti táq-ta-bi a-na ia-ši | To me, the great queen of the land of Ḫāṭetu, you said to me. |
| 21 | ⸢um⸣-ma-a qí-bi a-na LUGAL ŠEŠ-ni šu-bi-⸢la⸣ DUMU{MEŠ} ša {m}ma-aš-ni-ia-li | Speak to the king, our lord: Šubi-Elā, the sons of Maṣni-yali |
| 22 | mu-ḫur-šu-nu-ti ⸢li⸣-qé-šu-nu-ti a-na ⸢LUGAL⸣ GAL LUGAL KUR ḫa-at-ti ⸢ŠEŠ⸣-i[a] | To the great king, king of the land of Ḫattu, my lord: |
| 23 | ù li-qé-šu-nu-ti a-na {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-⸢ia⸣ a-na-ku kán-na ⸢aq⸣-ta-ba-aš-šu | Take them! To Ahbatiya, I am the one who is to utter an arazu prayer to him |
| 24 | ù šu-ú iq-ta-bi ia-nu ul e-le-eq-qé-šu-nu-⸢ti⸣ | That man said: "I will not take them." |
| 25 | a-di tup-pa ša LUGAL GAL LUGAL KUR ḫa-at-ti qà-du tup-pu | until the tablet of the great king, king of the land of Ḫattu, together with the tablet |
| 26 | ša MUNUS.LUGAL il-la-ka a-na LUGAL um-ma-a šu-bi-la-aš-šu-nu-ti | The queen comes and says to the king: "Send them!" |
| 27 | šu-ú kán-na iq-bi {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti liš-pu-ra a-na ia-ši UGU ṭe₄-mi | That man said: “Let him write to me, so that I may be able to speak to you— |
| 28 | ša ši-i ta-ka₄b-bi a-na DUMU{MEŠ} ⸢ša⸣ {m}ma-aš-ni-ia-al-li | This is what you said to the sons of Mašniyalli. |
| 29 | ù šum-ma {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti ta-ka₄b-bi ⸢um⸣-ma-a šu-bi-la-aš-šu-nu-ti | If a pregnant woman is pregnant, send them to me! |
| 30 | ù a-na-ku ú-še-bíl-šu-nu-ti a-na {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia i-ni-in-na | I gave them to my daughter. |
| 31 | um-ma-a a-na {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-⸢ia⸣-ma a-nu-ma a-di a-ṣa-ar-ra-aḫ | Thus (says) Ahbitiya: “Now until Asbarraḫ |
| 32 | DUMU{MEŠ}˽KIN ša {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-⸢ia⸣ qà-du DUMU{MEŠ}˽KIN-ia a-[n]a a-la-ki-šu-nu | The sons of Ululu, whom Ahbatiya, together with my sons, for their journey |
| 33 | a-na {MUNUS}a-ḫa-ti-ia i-ni-⸢in⸣-na ù ú-še-bíl šu-⸢bé⸣-el-ta | To my sister I have prayed to you, O Šû-bēl! |
| 34 | dá-mi-iq-ta dá-mi-[i]q-ta a-na ŠU-ti-šu-nu a-na {MUNUS}⸢a⸣-ḫa-ti-ia | Good health (and) good health into their hands to my woman |
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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