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CTH 68

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DesignationKBo 4.3+
IDtlh:KBo 4.3+
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 68

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)
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1′an-ni-ša-an-ma ku-it A-NA{m}PÉ[Š.TURAnd he takes it to ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2′{m}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-an DUMU.ŠEŠ-ŠU [Kupanta-Šarran, his son ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′{m}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš Ú-UL š[a-Kupanta-Šamaš does not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′wa-aš-ta-i nu A-BU-ŠU ku-e-e[l... he takes, and his father ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′nu-uš-ši-kán É A-BI-ŠU ar-ḫ[aAnd the house of his father ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′ku-e-da-ni-ik-ki pí-an-zi na-aš-⸢ma⸣-[atThey give it to you, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′ki-nu-na {m}PÉŠ.TUR-aš ku-it A-BU-KA wa-[In Kinuna, he ... a little boy ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′A-NA{m}PÉŠ.TUR-wa ku-it DUMU-ŠU e-eš-ta ⸢ma-an-za⸣ [To Papšuwa, together with his son, he places ...
9′[m]a-a-an-ták-kán ⸢É⸣ A-BI-⸢KA⸣ KUR-KA-⸢ia Ú-UL ar⸣-ḫ[aAnd he does not go to the house of the father of the land.
10′⸢ma⸣-a-na-at da-me-e-da-ni ku-e-⸢da-ni-ik-ki pí-i-e-er⸣ [And he gives the water to drink to you.(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′da-ma-i-in ku-in-ki EN-an [Give me a firm positive answer!
12′⸢ki⸣-nu-na {D}UTU-ŠI tu-⸢uk⸣ {m}⸢ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-an⸣ Ú-⸢UL ku-it-ki i-da-la-u-wa-aḫ-ḫu-un⸣And to the Sun-deity, Kupanta-Šamaš, without you, he speaks:
13′⸢nu⸣-ut-ta ar-ḫa Ú-UL pé-⸢eš-ši-ia-nu⸣-un nu É-⸢KA⸣ KUR-ia ⸢tu-uk EGIR-pa AD-DIN⸣And he does not go back to the gate of my land, and he goes back.
14′nu A-NAKUR-TI EN-iz-na-an-ni ⸢tu-uk-pát⸣ ti-it-ta-nu-nu-un nu-ut-ta KUR {URU}mi-ra-aAnd he goes to the land of Marāya, his lord.
15′KUR {URU}ku-wa-li-ia-ia AD-DIN ⸢ZAG{ḪI⸣.A}-ma A-NA˽PA-NI{m}PÉŠ.TUR-wa GIM-an e-šerthe land of Kuwaliya, the sage, and to Nabû-nādin-aḫiwa, as he wishes,
16′⸢ki⸣-nu-na-at tu-uk QA-TAM-MA a-ša-an-duAnd likewise he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′ke-e-ez-ta {URU}ma-ad-⸢du⸣-na-ša BÀD.KARAŠ ŠA{m}du-ut-ḫa-li-ia ZAG-aš e-eš-taAfterwards, in Madunaša, the sacrificial sheep of Duhutḫaliya, on the right side,
18′⸢ke⸣-e-ez-ma-at-ta ŠA{URU}wi₅-ia-na-wa-an-da {D}KASKAL.KUR{MEŠ} ZAG-aš e-eš-duAnd he goes to Wanawanda, the horses on the right.
19′nu-kán I-NA{URU}a-ú-ra pa-ri-ia-an le-e za-a-et-ti ke-e-ez-ma-at-taAnd he goes to Aura, and he speaks thus:
20′{ÍD}aš-tar-pa KUR {URU}ku-wa-li-ia ZAG-aš e-eš-du nu-ut-ta a-pa-a-at KUR-TUM e-eš-duThe river Aštarpa, the land of Kuwaliya, is on its right, and it is on the left of the mountain.
21′⸢na⸣-at-za pa-aḫ-ši Ù IŠ-TU{ÍD}aš-tar-pa Ù IŠ-TU{ÍD}ši-ia-an-taAnd he goes to Aštarpa and to Šiyanta.(lower confidence: line is broken)
22′1-EN URU-ia le-e ku-in-ki a-ša-aš-ti ma-a-an-za 1-EN URU-LIM-ma ku-in-kiOne lord of my city, he binds it. Where is he? One city bind it.
23′a-ša-aš-ti nu-kán ka-aš-ma NI-ÌŠ DINGIR-LIM šar-ra-at-ti na-an ú-wa-am-miAnd he says: “Oh, the great god, and he ...
24′{LÚ}KÚR-aš i-wa-ar GUL-aḫ-mi ma-a-an-ma-za a-ap-a-ši-la-ma ku-iš-ki URU-aš e-ša-riThe cult actor speaks: “Who is it that you are? And he takes it away from the city.
25′na-aš A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI GIM-an {LÚ}KÚR tu-uk-ka₄-aš QA-TAM-MA {LÚ}KÚR e-eš-du na-an GUL-aḫAnd to Šamaš-ši, like a cult actor, likewise, the cultic actor comes out, and ...
26′ka-a-aš-ma ŠA{m}PÉŠ.TUR-wa-pát 1-EN URU-LUM ŠADINGIR-LIM I-NA{ÍD}ši-ia-an-taWhen Papšu-wapāt, one city of the god, at the river Šiyanta,
27′e-eš-zi na-aš A-NANI-ÌŠ DINGIR-LIM kat-ta-an ar-ḫa ki-it-ta-ru tu-uk-mahe takes, and the Anani-Ištar of the god, on the right side, he holds the kiittaru-vessel.
28′{D}UTU-ŠI ku-it KUR-TAM AD-DIN nu-za a-pa-a-at KUR-TAM pa-aḫ-ši nam-ma-ma-azThe Sun-deity, in the midst of the land, the father-in-law, and in the middle of the Land, he goes out.
29′⸢ŠA⸣KUR {URU}ḪA-AT-TI ZAG-an le-e ku-in-ki i-la-li-ia-šiOn the right side of the mountain Ḫattite, on the left side, he places a stela.
30′⸢nu-za⸣ ZAG {URU}ḪA-AT-TI le-e ku-in-ki da-at-ti na-aš-ma-at-ta {D}UTU-ŠIThe right side of Ḫattu is surrounded by a halo, and the Sun-deity ...
31′⸢ku⸣-it ke-e-ez IŠ-TU{ÍD}aš-tar-pa Ù IŠ-TU{ÍD}ši-ia-an-ta! Ú-ULAnd instead of Aštarpa and Šiyanta, not(lower confidence: line is broken)
32′[k]u-it-ki AD-DIN zi-ik-ma-kán ZAG-an šar-ra-at-ti nu-za da-at-ti ku-it-ki [... on the right side, on the left side, ...
33′⸢nu⸣ ka-a-aš-ma A-NA ... ⸢NI⸣-ÌŠDINGIR{MEŠ} wa-aš-ta-i-iš nu-kán NI-ÌŠ DINGIR-LIMAnd he, to ... the gods, to the ... and the god ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
34′[š]ar-ra-at-ti nu-ut-t[a] NI-ÌŠ DINGIR{MEŠ} pár-ḫe-eš-kán-du... he bows down, and the gods bow down.
35′nu tu-e-el ma-aḫ-ḫ[a-a]n {m}ma-aš-ḫu-u-i-lu-wa-aš A-BU-KA IT-TI{D}UTU-ŠI wa-aš-ta-ašAnd ... Mašḫuluwa, the libation vessel of the Sun-deity, ...
36′zi-ik-ma-za {D}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš A-NA{m}PÉŠ.TUR-wa Ú-UL KÚR!-aš e-eš-taAnd Kupanta-Šamaš, to Papšanturwa, is not pure.
37′[m]a-a-an-za Ú-UL ma-an-ga wa-aš-du-la-aš e-eš-ta nu-ut-ták-kán Ú-UL É A-BI-KA... he does not ... and he is not in the house of the father.(lower confidence: line is broken)
38′⸢Ú⸣-UL-ma-at-ták-kán KUR-TUM ar-ḫa da-aḫ-ḫu-un nu ta-ma-i-in EN-an Ú-ULYou are not a mountain, you are an enemy, and you do not obey his lord.
39′[k]u-in-ki i-ia-nu-un nu É A-BI-KA KUR-TUM-ia tu-uk-pát EGIR-pa AD-DIN“The house of my father-in-law, my land, is firmly founded. Afterwards, he goes down.
40′⸢nu A-NA⸣KUR-TI EN-iz-na-an-ni tu-uk-pát ti-it-ta-nu-nu-un nu tu-uk GIM-anAnd to the land of my lord, he holds it, and he gives it.
41′⸢an-ni⸣-[iš-ša]-⸢an⸣ {m}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-an {D}UTU-ŠI Ú-UL ku-it-ki ḪUL-aḫ-ḫu-unAnd Kupanta-Šamaš, the Sun-deity, does not ...
42′nu z[i-ik-m]a {m}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš zi-la-ti-ia {D}UTU-ŠI AŠ-ŠUMBE-LU-UT-TIMAnd then Kupanta-Šamaš, my friend, the Sun-deity, the cult singers
43′[pa-a]ḫ-ši kat-⸢ta⸣-ma DUMU{MEŠ} {D}UTU-ŠI ḫa-aš-ša ḫa-an-za-aš-ša zi-⸢la⸣-ti-iaAnd the sons of Šamaš, he and he, the ḫanza-priests, ...
44′[AŠ-ŠU]MBE-LU-UT-TIM pa-aḫ-ši nu-uš-ma-aš me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da i-da-a-lu le-e... he goes to the throne-bearer, and he stretches out a hand.
45′[ša]-an-aḫ-ti an-da-ia-za-kán i-da-la-u-i le-e ku-e-da-ni-ik-ki... he gives to you, and he takes the levee.(lower confidence: line is broken)
46′[ki-iš-t]a-ti ta-ma-i-in-ma-za ŠU-an le-e ku-in-ki i-la-li-ia-šiAnd he places it on the hand, and he fills it with oil.
47′[zi-la-t]i-ia {D}UTU-ŠI AŠ-ŠUMBE-LU-UT-TIM pa-aḫ-ši... the Sun-deity, the cult singers, ...
{€1} Vs. II
1′]-wa
2′zi-i]k 1-aš u-un-ni ma-a-an-ma-at-ta {D}UTU-ŠI-ma... once, he places it before the Sun-deity.
3′ḫ]a-[a]t-ra-a-mi zi-ik-ka₄-an ma-a-an pé-ra-an pa-ra-aHe places it on the throne, wherever he goes.
4′pa-r]a-a le-e a-ut-ti... a copy of the writing board.(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′] nu-za ÉRIN{MEŠ} ANŠE.KUR.RA{MEŠ} pé-ra-an ḫu-u-e-nu-ut... and before the troops and horses(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′wa]-ar-ri lam-mar ar-nu-ut ma-a-an-ta Ú-UL... I will see the reed screen, but it is not there.
7′] ⸢A⸣-WA-⸢AT⸣ {D}UTU-ŠI ḫu-u-uš-ke nu-ut-ta ⸢GIM⸣-an ḫa-at-ra-a-mi... the Sun-deity ... and he places it before the ḫatramu-vessel.
8′{D}UTU-ŠI-m]a ku-iš-ki wa-ak-ka₄-a-ri-ia-zi na-an-kán za-am-mu-ra-a-ez-zi... the Sun-deity ... he libates, and then they sing.
9′DUMU]{MEŠ} {D}UTU-ŠI ku-iš-ki wa-ak-ka₄-ri-ia-ziThe sons of Šamaš bow before you.
{€2+1} Vs. II
10′na-aš ⸢ḫa⸣-[at-ga-n]u-zi tu-uk-ma ma-a-an ḫa-at-ra-a-mi nu-mu-kán ÉRIN{MEŠ} ANŠE.KUR.RA{MEŠ}And he takes the ḫatganuzi-vessel, and he says: “If the horsemen and the troops
11′lam-mar [ar]-nu-tu ma-a-an {LÚ}ṬE₄-MU-ma ú-wa-u-wa-an-zi Ú-⸢UL tar⸣-na-an-za... when the temple-enterer libates, they do not libate.
12′zi-ik-⸢ma⸣ [ma]-a-an me-mi-an pé-ra-an pa-ra-a iš-ta-ma-aš-t[i]And when he speaks, he goes back.
13′nu A-WA-AT ⸢{D⸣}UTU-ŠI ḫu-u-uš-ke ŠAMUŠEN-ia-za-kán me-mi-an p[é-ra-an]And the water of the Sun-deity, the bird, speaks: ...
14′ša-ra-a ⸢le⸣-e e-ep-ti ÉRIN{MEŠ}-za ANŠE.KUR.RA{MEŠ} pé-ra-an ḫ[u-u-e-nu-ut]Afterwards, he takes the troops and horses before them.
15′nu wa-ar-ri-[i]š-ša nu ma-a-an ke-e A-WA-TE{MEŠ} Ú-UL pa-aḫ-[aḫ-ḫa-aš-ti]And he bows down, and he says: “How are the vessels not to be opened?
16′nu-kán NI-ÌŠ DINGIR-[LIM] šar-ra-at-ti nu-ut-ta NI-ÌŠ DINGIR{MEŠ} pár-ḫe-eš-ká[n-du]And he libates to the god, the king, and he speaks to the ... of the gods.
17′ma-a-an-na ⸢ḪUL⸣-[lu-u]n me-mi-an ku-in-ki ŠABAL pé-ra-an pa-ra-aAnd he speaks an evil word, and he takes the bronze vessel away.
18′iš-ta-ma-aš-[ti na-aš]-šu LÚ {URU}ḪA-AT-TI ku-iš-ki na-aš-ma LÚ {URU}ar-za-u-waAnd he, the man of Ḫattuša, ... and the man from Arzawa ...
19′ku-iš-ki B[AL e]-⸢eš⸣-ša-i ki-nu-na-at-ta ku-i-e-eš ku-u-uš {LÚ}ku-ir-wa-na-ašAnd he places it on the altar, and he libates, and the kurwana-priest ...
20′⸢me-mi-an⸣-m[a A-N]A{D}UTU-ŠI pé-ra-an pa-ra-a ḫu-u-da-a-ak Ú-ULAnd before the Sun-deity he goes, but not ...
{€1} Vs. II
21′n]u-uš-ša-an a-pé-e-da-aš ku-wa-at-ka₄ UN{MEŠ}-ašAnd he places it before the people.(lower confidence: line is broken)
22′ki-iš-ša-a]n me-ma-at-ti e-ni-wa i-da-a-lu ki-ša-ruThen he speaks thus: “It is enough, it is enough!‭
23′G]IM-an {m}PÉŠ.TUR-wa-aš i-ia-atAs soon as Šamaš-aḫa-uṣur comes
24′{m}É.GAL]-PAB me-mi-an ḫu-u-da-a-ak IŠ-PUR {m}É.GAL-PAB-wa-za-kánEkalli-uṣur speaks: “The palace-aḫu-wazakan
25′zi-ik]-ke-ez-zi nam-ma-aš-za-kán EGIR-an-da me-mi-ni še-er... he takes, and then he speaks again:(lower confidence: line is broken)
{€1+4} Vs. II
26′[ka-ru-uš-ši-i]a-at-ta-at nu-mu nam-ma Ú-UL ku-it-ki ḫa-at-ra-a-eš... he libates, but he does not libate.(lower confidence: line is broken)
27′[ EGIR-p]a wa-aḫ-nu-ut na-aš A-NA{m}⸢É⸣.GAL-PAB an-daAfterwards, he takes the waḫnu-vessel to the palace-official.
28′[ú-e-ri-ia-a]t-ta-at nu-uš-ši me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da li-in-ik-ta... he takes, and he places it before him.(lower confidence: line is broken)
29′na-a[t-za 1-NU-TI]M ki-ša-an-ta-at nu-mu ARAD{MEŠ}-IA kat-ta-an... he takes one ... and the servants ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
30′li-⸢in-ga⸣-[nu-u]š-⸢ke⸣-er na-aš-mu me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da 𒑱tar-pa-na-al-la-aš-ša-a[t-ta]... he places it, and then he takes the tarpānal-vessel ...
31′nu zi-ga {m}ku-[p]a-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš ŠA{m}PÉŠ.TUR-wa i-wa-ar le-eAnd Kupanta-Šamaš, son of Šangiwa, rises.
32′i-ia-ši ma-a-an-ma-za-kán A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI i-da-a-lu me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-daAnd he brings it to the Sun-deity, and he takes it away.
33′ku-iš-ki zi-ik-ke-ez-zi nu me-mi-an GIM-an iš-ta-ma-aš-tiAnd he speaks as follows:
34′nu me-mi-an pé-ra-an pa-ra-a kaš-ša-ia QA-TAM-MA IŠ-PURAnd he speaks before the king: “My beer is equal to the hearth.
35′a-pé-e-né-eš-šu-wa-an-ta-an-na me-mi-an ku-wa-pí iš-ta-ma-aš-t[i]And he speaks the word of the kuwanta-vessel.
36′na-an ⸢A⸣-NA{D}U[TU]-Š[I ḫ]a-at-ra-a-ši nam-ma-za-kán [E]GIR-an-da m[e-mi-ia-ni]And to the Sun-deity, to the ḫatraši-disease, and he places it on the throne.
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37′še-e[r l]e-⸢e⸣ [ka-ru-uš-š]i-ia-ši x[ ]-ma [ ]x x[And he ... the karušši-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
38′an-d]a le-[e... the writing board ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
39′]-u-wa-an-[... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
40′]x[
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1[ k]a-a-aš-m[a ]x x x[ PA-N]IDINGIR{ME[Š}And ... the gods ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2[nu-ká]n NI-ÌŠ DINGIR-LI[M ša]r-ra-⸢at⸣-ti nu-ut-ta ⸢NI-ÌŠ⸣ DIN[GIR{MEŠ} pár]-ḫe-eš-kán-d[u]And he libates to the gods, and he gives the libation of the god.
3[na-aš-ma-ká]n IŠ-T[UK]UR {URU}ḪA-AT-TI-ia ku-iš-ki A-WA-AT {LÚ}KÚR ša-[ra-a]And he places it on the throne of Ḫattiya, and he libates to the enemy.
4⸢iš⸣-pár-za-az-z[i ] {LÚ}KÚR ku-iš-ki A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI a-ra-a-i tu-uk-maHe libates. The cult actor bows down to the Sun-deity.
5A-NA{m}ku-pa-a[n-ta-{D}KA]L ḫa-at-ra-a-mi ÉRIN{MEŠ}-wa-za ANŠE.KUR.RA{MEŠ} p[é-ra-an]To Kupanta-Baladan, the ḫatrami-official, the troops, and the horses ...
6ḫu-u-⸢e⸣-[nu-ut A-N]A{D}UTU-ŠI wa-ar-ri lam-mar ar-nu-ut... to Šamaš ... he goes, he sees ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7nu-za ÉR[IN{MEŠ} ANŠE.KUR.RA{ḪI].⸢A⸣} pé-ra-an ḫu-u-e-nu-ut nu-uš-ša-an A-NA{D}[UTU-ŠIAnd the troops of the horses before him, and to the Sun-deity
8ar-n[u-ut ma-a-a]n tu-uk Ú-UL ZAG-na nu A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI ḫa-[at-ra-i]... he says: “You are not on the right, and to Šamaš ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9A-NA [ ANŠE.KUR].RA{ḪI.A}-wa 1 ⸢{LÚ⸣}[G]AL pé-ra-an ḫu-u-e-nu-ut na-at-ká[n... to the horses, one chief before the ...
10wa-ar-[ri lam-m]ar ḫu-u-e-[nu]-⸢ut-ma⸣ ma-a-an-ma-kán ÉRIN{MEŠ} ANŠE.KUR.R[A{ḪI.A}]And he speaks: “Why are the troops and horses?
11[w]a-ar-[ri lam-m]ar Ú-UL ⸢ar-nu⸣-ut-ti nu-kán ka-a-aš-ma PA-[NI... he does not see, but he himself ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12[w]a-aš-ta-š[i nu-ká]n NI-ÌŠ DINGIR-LIM ša[r-r]a-at-ti nu-ut-ta NI-ÌŠ DINGIR{MEŠ} [... and he libates to the gods of the šarrattu-priestess, and ...
13nam-ma-za z[i-ik {m}k]u-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš tu-e-el GIM-an UN{MEŠ}-tar x[And he places it before Kupanta-Šamaš. Like the people ...
14{LÚ.MEŠ}AMA.[A.TU-KA u]š-ke-ši {D}UTU-ŠI-ia-at-ta ku-in ÉRIN{MEŠ} LÚ{MEŠ} ⸢a⸣-[ša-an-du-la-an]The chanters chant, and the Sun-deity, the troops, the men ...
15ar-ḫa [da-li-ia-n]u-⸢un na-an-za⸣-an kat-ta uš-ke na-an le-e da[m-me-eš-ḫa]-⸢a⸣-ši(?)And he places it on the ground, and he takes it away.
16na-an-za-[an i-d]a-la-u-wa-aḫ-ti-ma-aš le-e ku-i[t-ki]And he gives it to Alauwaḫtuma, the writing-board of yours.
17ku-i]t-ki nu-kán ka-a-aš-ma a-pád-da-[ia]... and again he libates ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18N]I-ÌŠ DINGIR-LIM šar-ra-at-ti... of the holy gods ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
19pár-ḫi]-⸢eš⸣-kán-duhe breaks ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
20na-a]t-kán kat-ta-an píd-da-a-iš-kán-ziAnd they bring it down below.(lower confidence: line is broken)
21ku-iš-k]i ta-aš-ta-ši-ia-ez-ziAnd he takes it away.(lower confidence: line is broken)
22n]a?-at-ták-kán ki-iš-ša-an... and thus(lower confidence: line is broken)
23] na-aš-šu É A-BI-KA... the house of the father-in-law ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
24na-aš-m]a-wa-at-ta ḪUL-aḫ-zi... he libates, evil ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
25ku-i]t-ma-an ḫa-at-ra-a-iinstead of the ḫatra-vessel(lower confidence: line is broken)
26] ⸢{D⸣}UTU-ŠI EGIR-pa ḫa-at-ra-a-mi... the Sun-deity, afterwards, the ḫatramu-vessel ...
27]x le-e i-ia-ši... he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
28]x nu-ut-ta ka-a-aš me-mi-aš... and he speaks thus:(lower confidence: line is broken)
29] ŠÀ-ta tar-ni... from the hand ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
30w]a-aš-ta-aš zi-ik-ma-za... to the right ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
31-t]a ma-an-za zi-ik... where is he going?(lower confidence: line is broken)
32]x ma-a-an A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI... when to the Sun-deity(lower confidence: line is broken)
33]x {D}UTU-ŠI a-pí-ia-pát ar-ḫa-pát... the Sun-deity ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
34-u]n ar-ḫa da-aḫ-ḫu-un... he pours a libation(lower confidence: line is broken)
35t]a-ma-i-in EN-an i-ia-nu-unYou are the lord of the universe.(lower confidence: line is broken)
36] ⸢Ú⸣-UL ki-it-ta-at... is not true.(lower confidence: line is broken)
37-tá]k-kán É A-BI-KA... the house of the father ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
38da-me]-e-da-ni Ú-UL AD-DIN... he does not go out ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
39i-i]a-nu-un nu É A-BI-KAAnd the house of your father-in-law
40] EN-iz-〈na〉-an-ni tu-uk-pát... the lord of the throne ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
41A]-NA{m}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KALto Kupanta-Šarrum(lower confidence: line is broken)
42]-⸢i⸣ {D}UTU-ŠI-wa-ad-du-za-kán... Šamaš-šiwadduzu(lower confidence: line is broken)
43zi-i]k-ke-ez-zihe places ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
44-u]l-la e-eš-⸢du⸣... he pours ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
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1]x-na-aš EN-IA ta-ma-i-in... he gives to my lord.(lower confidence: line is broken)
2L]UGAL GA[L ] Ú-UL me-ma-aḫ-ḫiThe great king does not speak.
3{m}ku-pa-an-ta]-⸢{D}KAL⸣-aš ⸢IT-TI⸣{D}UT[U-ŠI] ⸢Ú⸣-UL ku-it-kiKupanta-Šamaš, the month of the Sun-deity, is not present.
4me]-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da ⸢ḪUL⸣-lu Ú-UL ša-an-aḫ-ti... he takes, he does not take ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5] ⸢Ú⸣-UL pa-a-⸢i⸣-ši tu-uk ma-a-an... he does not give; he says: 'Who
6ku-i]t-ki na-aš-ma ḪAL-ṢÚ ku-it-ki... and he places it in the hand ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7ki-i]š-⸢ša-an⸣ me-ma-an-ziThey speak thus.(lower confidence: line is broken)
8]x x[ ]x {D}UTU-ŠI a-pé-e-da-ni me-mi-ni... the Sun-deity speaks:(lower confidence: line is broken)
9ka-r]u-uš-⸢ši-ia⸣-[m]i tu-ga-at GIM-an {LÚ.MEŠ}KÚRThe karuššiya-offering is finished. Just as the cult actors
10[ ]x x[ ]-ia-at QA-TAM-MA {LÚ.MEŠ}KÚR ma-a-an zi-ik-ma... likewise, the cult actors, wherever he goes,
11[{m}]ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš IT-TI{D}UTU-ŠI ... ku-it-ki wa-aš-ta-a-šiKupanta-Šamaš ... the Sun-deity ...
12nu IT-TI{D}UTU-ŠI ḪUL-lu ša-an-aḫ-ti nu {m}ma-aš-ḫu-u-i-lu-wa-aš GIM-anAnd the storm of the Sun-deity, evil, and Mašḫuiluwa, like
13i-ia-at nu IT-TI{D}UTU-ŠI wa-aš-ta-aš nam-ma-aš-ši a-wa-an ar-ḫa ti-ia-atAnd he says to the Sun-deity: “Then he speaks, and he ...
14[ARAD{MEŠ}-ŠU-m]a-za ŠA{D}UTU-ŠI ki-ša-an-ta-at nu ki-iš-ša-an me-mi-er zi-ik-wa[The servants] of the Sun-deity are seated, and he speaks thus:
15[IT-T]I{D}UTU-ŠI wa-aš-ta-aš an-za-a-aš-ma-wa-an-na-aš ARAD{MEŠ} {D}UTU-ŠI-pát... to the Sun-deity, to the Anzašmawanna, the servants of Šamašepa
16⸢nu ma⸣-a-an zi-ik {m}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš QA-TAM-MA i-ia-ši ARAD{MEŠ}-KA-ma-at-taAnd when Kupanta-Šamaš, together with the servants of KA-matta,
17a-wa-an ar-ḫa ti-an-zi na-at IŠ-TUŠA {D}UTU-ŠI ti-an-ziThey set up a prayer, and they set up the Sun-deity inside it.
18[n]u-ut-ta {D}UTU-ŠI a-pé-e-da-ni me-mi-ni EGIR-an Ú-UL ti-ia-mi... the Sun-deity comes before me, but he does not speak afterwards.
19[n]a-at A-NANI-ÌŠ DINGIR-LIM kat-ta-an ar-ḫa ki-it-ta-ru... the Anani-shrine of the god, on the right and left ...
20[na]m-ma-za-kán š[u-me-e]š ku-i-e-eš 3 {LÚ.MEŠ}EL-LU zi-ik {m}⸢ku-pa-an-ta⸣-[{D}KA]L-⸢aš⸣And he places the three cult singers before Kupanta-Baladan.
21[{m}m]a-na-pa-{D}10-aš {m}tar-⸢ga⸣-aš-ša-na-al-l[i-iš-š]a [Ana-pa-Adad, Targaššanalliša
22[1-a]n *AD-DIN* 1-NU-TUM-ia-aš-⸢ma⸣-aš e-eš-[tén... one ... and one nutum-vessel ...
23[l]e-e i-da-la-u-e-eš-zi nu 1-aš 1-an [... they give, and once ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
24{LÚ.MEŠ}EL-LU-ia-aš-ma-aš ku-i-e-eš a-ra-a[ḫ-za-an-daThe cult singers sing.(lower confidence: line is broken)
25[n]a-at 1-e-da-ni le-e ku-e-da-ni-ik-[kiWhen he takes one copy of the writing board,
26le-e ku-e-da-ni-ik-ki ták-šu-ul nu-u[š-ma-ša-at... and he takes it away, but he does not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
27[k]u-ru-ur a-ša-an-du na-aš ḫu-u-ma-an-te-eš z[a-aḫ-ḫi-iš-ke-et-tén... he pours a libation, and the ḫumānte-vessel ...
28⸢ku⸣-na-an-na EGIR-an ša-ra-a le-e da-a-⸢i⸣ [Afterwards, he takes the leek ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
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29nu-kán 1-aš 1-e-da-ni pít-ti-ia-an-ti-li an-da ⸢le⸣-e pa-iz-ziAnd he goes once, once.(lower confidence: line is broken)
30ma-a-na-aš-kán an-da-ma ku-e-da-ni-⸢ik⸣-[ki] pa-i[z]-zi na-an EGIR-pa pé-eš-⸢ke⸣-e[d-du]And he goes to the place where he is going, and afterwards he ...
31nu ma-a-an zi-ik {m}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš a-⸢pé⸣-e-da-aš me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-daAnd when Kupanta-Šamaš comes forth,
32i-da-la-u-e-eš-ti nu a-pé-e-da-⸢aš EGIR⸣-an ti-ia-ši zi-ik-ma-mu-uz-⸢za⸣he gives, and afterwards he libates.(lower confidence: line is broken)
33ku-u-ru-ur e-eš ma-a-an a-pu-u-uš-m[a t]u-uk me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-daAnd he says: “When he comes, if he ...
34i-da-la-u-e-eš-ša-an-zi nu tu-uk [EGIR-a]n ti-ia-mi a-pu-u-uš-ma-az AŠ-SUM [They give them, and if afterwards he drinks, he libates ...
35ma-a-an a-pé-e-ma ku-iš-ki na-aš-šu [{m}tar-ga-aš-š]a-na-al-li-išAnd when he comes, Targaššanalliša(lower confidence: line is broken)
36na-aš-ma {m}ma-na-pa-{D}10-⸢ta⸣-aš IT-TI [ k]u-⸢u⸣-ru-ri-ia-aḫ-ziAnd Nanapa-Adad-taš takes it.
37na-aš A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da Ḫ[UL-u-e-eš-z]i? ?And they speak to the Sun-deity: 'It is evil.'
38{LÚ.MEŠ}EL-LU-ia-at-ta [k]u-⸢i-e⸣-eš [ ]x-x-x-⸢an⸣-zaThe cult singers ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
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39a-ra-aḫ-za-an-da nu-ut-ták-kán A-N[A]É-TI [... he places, and to the house ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
40pa-ra-a le-e ku-e-el-ka₄ wa-at-ku-u[z-ziHe goes to the gate of the cult statue.
41ku-in-ki ša-an-aḫ-ti ma-a-an AMA-aš-m[a... he libates, when his mother ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
42nu-uš-ši ma-a-an DUMU-ŠU e-eš-zi ma-a-an [And he goes to his son, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
43A-NAÉ-TI Ù A-N[A]KUR-TI d[a-for the house and for the land ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
44nu a-pu-u-un me-mi-an [And a word ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
45e-eš-zi nu x[he takes, and ...(low confidence: few signs survive)

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