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KBo 28.8 (tlh:KBo 28.8)
CTH 157
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| Designation | KBo 28.8 |
|---|---|
| ID | tlh:KBo 28.8 |
| Language | Akkadian |
| Genre | CTH 157 |
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′ | [ k]a-[a-ša | a kind of container |
| 2′ | [ŠEŠ]-ia l[u-ú | May my hand be grasped |
| 3′ | ⸢a⸣-[n]a MUNUS.LUGAL ⸢GAL⸣ [ | “If a woman, a king’s palace |
| 4′ | a-na DUMU{MEŠ}-ka ÉRIN{MEŠ}-ka ANŠ[E.KUR.RA{MEŠ}-ka | to your sons, your troops, your horses |
| 5′ | gab-bi KUR.KUR{MEŠ}-ka dan-níš da[n-níš | all of your lands are strong and strong. |
| 6′ | [u]m-ma-a a-na ŠEŠ-ia-ma a-nu-m[a a-ṣa-a]r-ra-a[ḫ] | Now, to my hand, herewith I am smitten |
| 7′ | DUMU{MEŠ}˽KIN-ia qà-du DUMU{MEŠ}˽KIN š[a ŠEŠ]-⸢ia⸣ ša an-ni-k[a-a] | My messengers, together with the messengers of my messenger, who are here |
| 8′ | a-di a-na-ku a-na-an-din-šu-nu-ti ⸢a⸣-[n]a a-la-ki a-na ŠEŠ-i[a] | as long as I give them, I will go to my service. |
| 9′ | ⸢a⸣-di a-ṣa-ar-ra-aḫ-šu-nu-ti ⸢a⸣-[n]a a-la-ki a-na ŠEŠ-i[a] | I am going to kill them. I will go to my service. |
| 10′ | i-na {ITU}GU₄.SI.SÁ ITU an-ni-i-⸢ta⸣ i-maḫ-ḫa-ru-šu | During this month, the north wind blew. |
| 11′ | ⸢ù⸣ a-na-ku a-šap-pár a-na ŠEŠ-ia i-na ŠU-ti DUMU˽KIN-ia | I will write to my master in the hand of my messenger. |
| 12′ | ⸢ù⸣ il-la-ka a-na ŠEŠ-ia qà-⸢du⸣ {m}ti-⸢li⸣-{D}IŠKUR | He will come to my service. Qādu-e23 Tîli-Eštar |
| 13′ | [ š]a ŠEŠ-ia UGU ṭe₄-mi ⸢ša gab⸣-bi ši-ip-ri{MEŠ} | From my hand all the šipru offerings |
| 14′ | [ UG]U gab-bi ṭe₄-mi ša ŠEŠ-⸢ia iš⸣-pu-ra a-na ia-ši UGU-šu | All the news of my case has come to me. |
| 15′ | [ a-n]a ŠEŠ-ia-ma a-nu-⸢ma⸣ al-tap-ra {m}ma-an-ia DUMU˽KIN-ia | I have written to Anu-ema-e: “Maniya, my messenger |
| 16′ | [ ] ŠEŠ-ia qà-du {m}ri-a-maš-ši DUMU˽KIN ša ŠEŠ-ia | my hand, together with Rī-Amašši, the son of Ululu, my hand |
| 17′ | [ a-n]a ŠEŠ-ia UGU kál-le-e UGU 1-et ši-i[p-ri] | to my hand, on top of the kallê-vessel, upon the first tablet |
| 18′ | [ ] ù a-na-ku al-ta-pár-šu-nu-ti | I have written to them |
| 19′ | [ ] ⸢i⸣-[n]a pí-šu-nu ù a-na-ku ul e-pu-uš-šu-nu-[ti] | I have not done anything against them. |
| 20′ | [ ŠEŠ]-ia li-iš-mé gab-bi gab-bi | May my hand be heard, all of it |
| 21′ | [ D]UMU˽KIN-ri-ia ù {m}ri-a-maš-ši DUMU˽KIN | the daughter of Ululiya, son of Rī-amašši, |
| 22′ | [ ka₄-bé]-⸢e-šu⸣-nu-ti a-na ŠEŠ-ia UGU ši-i[p-ri] | I have sent my messengers to my hand. |
| 23′ | [ aš-pur-š]u-⸢nu⸣-ti a-na ŠEŠ-ia UGU-ša | I have written to you, my lord: |
| 24′ | [ ] ši-ip-ru an-nu-ú ša a-n[a-ku] | This is what I did. |
| 25′ | [ {m}ri]-⸢a⸣-maš-ši UGU-ša a-na Š[EŠ-ia] | Rī-Ea-emašši against him, to my fate |
| 26′ | [ ta-ka₄b-b]i um-ma-a a-ma-te{M[EŠ} an-na-ti ù ŠEŠ-ia] | You say thus: “These words are good for my hand |
| 27′ | [ an-n]a-ti ša a-na-ku a[š-pur] | This is what I wrote. |
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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