KBo 4.9 (tlh:KBo 4.9)
CTH 612
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| Designation | KBo 4.9 |
|---|---|
| ID | tlh:KBo 4.9 |
| Language | Hittite |
| Genre | CTH 612 |
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. I | ||
| 1 | [LUGA]L-⸢uš⸣ e-ša wa-ga-an-na ḫal-zi-ia | The king, when he comes, ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | ⸢Ú⸣-UL ku-it-ki ši-pa-an-ti | He does not libate, he libates(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | [n]a-aš-*ta* LUGAL-uš IŠ-TUÉ ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | ... and the king from inside ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | pa-ra-a ú-ez-zi | he goes out. |
| 5 | ⸢2⸣ DUMU.É.GAL 1 {LÚ}ME-ŠE-DI pé-⸢ra⸣-an | The palace official takes one bodyguard before him. |
| 6 | ḫu-u-wa-ia-an-te-eš LUGAL-uš {É}ḫa-le-en-tu-wa-aš | The king, in Ḫalentuwa |
| 7 | pa-iz-zi ta ma-a-an LUGAL-i ZI-an-za | He goes, and whatever the king orders, he goes. |
| 8 | ta a-ra-aḫ-za pa-iz-zi | And he goes out. |
| 9 | GIM-an LUGAL-i *ZI-za* nu QA-TAM-MA | Take it as a king's and likewise. |
| 10 | ⸢i⸣-ia-zi Ú-UL ku-it-ki du-uk-ka₄-ri | He takes, but he is not a slanderer.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | [EG]IR-an-da-ma-kán É {D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | Afterwards, the temple of Zababa(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 12 | [š]a-an-ḫa-an-zi šu-up-pa ḫu-u-e-šu | They libate, and the hearth(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | ŠAGU₄.MAḪ ŠA*{GU₄*}ÁB{ḪI.A} ŠAUDU{ḪI.A} | The oxen, the cows, the horses |
| 14 | Ù ŠAMÁŠ.GAL{ḪI.A} iš-ta-na-ni | And the šamašgalḫi-offerings with them |
| 15 | pé-ra-an PA-NIDINGIR-LIM ša-ni-i pé-di ti-an-zi | They set it before the god. |
| 16 | 2 ḫu-up-pár KÙ.BABBAR iš-pa-an-tu-uz-zi-aš | Two silver ḫuppa-bowls for libation |
| 17 | GEŠTIN-it šu-u-wa-an-te-eš šu-up-pa-aš | wine of the šuwantu-vessel, suppa-beer |
| 18 | ZAG-na-az GÙB-la-az-zi-ia | to the right and left |
| 19 | ti-an-zi | they set up. |
| 20 | nu ta-li-i-ša da-ra-an-zi | and they take it away. |
| 21 | {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫa-li-ia-mi-e-eš | The cult actors |
| 22 | {NINDA}ša-ra-am-ma iš-ga-ra-an-zi | They libate šaram-bread. |
| 23 | {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM-ma-aš-ša-an {UZU}Ì zé-ia-an-ta | The cooks libate oil. |
| 24 | {NINDA}ša-ra-am-na-aš še-er ar-ḫa iš-ga-ra-an-zi | They place the šaramna-bread on top. |
| 25 | nu LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}GIDRU {GIŠ}GU.ZA.GÍD.DA{ḪI.A} ti-an-zi | And the staff-bearers set the chairs. |
| 26 | nu-za LUGAL-uš {É}ḫa-le-en-tu-u-wa-aš | And the king of Ḫalentuwa |
| 27 | KIN-ta da-a-i ŠA{LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI-ma | He places it in the messenger. The bodyguards |
| 28 | {É}ḫi-i-la-aš ka-ru-ú EGIR-pa | the ḫilaš-house, the karû-vessel, afterwards |
| 29 | ḫa-aš-ša-an-za na-aš-ta BE-LU{ḪI.A} | Then the lords |
| 30 | DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL Ù {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI | The palace servants and the bodyguards |
| 31 | ḫu-u-ma-an-te-eš me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-ta | and the ḫumānte-offerings in front |
| 32 | ⸢a⸣-ra-an-ta-ri | he turns.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 33 | ta-aš-ta LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL | And the king and the queen |
| 34 | {É}ḫa-le-en-tu-u-wa-az ú-wa-an-zi | they set up in Ḫalentuwa. |
| 35 | 2 *DUMU*.É.GAL 1 {LÚ}ME-ŠE-DI | 2 palace servants, 1 bodyguard |
| 36 | [L]UGAL-i pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-ia-an-te-eš | before the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 37 | ⸢BE⸣-LU{ḪI.A}-ma DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL Ù {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI | The cult actors, the palace officials, and the bodyguards |
| 38 | [LU]GAL-i EGIR-an i-ia-an-ta-ri | The king returns afterwards.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 39 | {LÚ.MEŠ}ALAM.ZU₉-ma {GIŠ}ar-kam-mi | The cult actor(s) play the harp. |
| 40 | {GIŠ}ḫu-u-ḫu-pa-al gal-gal-tu-u-ri | and the huḫpa-vessel of the great cult centers |
| 41 | LUGAL-i EGIR-an pé-ra-an ḫa-az-zi-kán-zi | They stand behind the king. |
| 42 | LÚ{MEŠ} ZI-IT-TI LUGAL-i ta-pu-uš-za | The men take the life of the king. |
| 43 | a-ra-an-ta-ri nu tar-ú-iš-kán-zi | they libate, and they drink. |
| 44 | {GIŠ}TIBULA ḫa-az-zi-kán-zi | They set the crucible. |
| 45 | {LÚ.MEŠ}ALAM.ZU₉ ta-ma-e-eš | The cult actors sing. |
| 46 | TÚG GÙN.A wa-aš-ša-an ḫar-kán-zi | They bind the garment on the neck. |
| 47 | na-at LUGAL-i ta-pu-uš-za a-ra-an-ta | Then the king places it before you. |
| 48 | nu ŠU{MEŠ}-uš ša-ra-a ḫar-kán-zi | And they set the hands on the ground. |
| 49 | na-at-ša-an pé-e-te-ši ú-e-ḫa-an-ta-ri | And he brings it before him. |
| 50 | pal-ú-iš-kán-zi-ia | he places. |
| Vs. II | ||
| 1 | ku-it-ma-an-ma LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL I-NAÉ {D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | The king and the queen go to the temple of Zababa. |
| 2 | na-a-ú-i pa-a-an-zi nu-kán pé-ra-an | they go, and before |
| 3 | pa-ra-a {LÚ.MEŠ}ALAM.ZU₉ | The cult actors go out. |
| 4 | {LÚ}pal-wa-tal-la-aš {LÚ}ki-i-ta-aš-ša | The chanter, the kiitta-priest |
| 5 | an-da pa-a-an-zi nu-za A-ŠAR-ŠU-NU | And they go, and their fields |
| 6 | ⸢ap⸣-pa-an-zi | they take.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 7 | ta LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL I-NAÉ {D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | The king and the queen in the house of Zababa |
| 8 | pa-a-a[n-z]i LUGAL-uš {É}ḫi-lam-ni | The king goes to the house of Ḫilamni. |
| 9 | a-ri n[a]-aš-ta {LÚ}ḪUB.BI | ... and the cult actor ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 10 | 1-ŠU ne-i-ia | once to Nēya |
| 11 | nu LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL I-NAÉ {D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | and the king and queen in the house of Zababa |
| 12 | {É}ḫi-i-li ti-an-zi | they set up in the ḫili. |
| 13 | GAL ME-ŠE-DI ⸢{LÚ⸣}SANGA {D}KAL | The chief of the bodyguards, the priest of the Stag-god |
| 14 | {TÚG}še-ek-nu-un ḫar-zi {LÚ}SANGA {D}KAL-ma | The priest of the Stag-god |
| 15 | túḫ-ḫu-eš-šar ⸢ḫar⸣-zi nu 2 DUMU.É.GAL | He takes the tuḫuššar-vessel, and two palace servants |
| 16 | A-NALUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ME-E QA-TI pé-e-da-an-zi | The king and the queen go together. |
| 17 | LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ŠU{MEŠ}-*ŠU-NU* ar-ra-an-zi | The king and the queen take their hands. |
| 18 | GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GA[L] GADA-an pa-a-i | The chief of the palace servants takes a linen cloth. |
| 19 | ŠU{MEŠ}-ŠU-NU a-an-ša-an-zi | They hold their hands. |
| 20 | {LÚ}SANGA {D}K[AL tú]ḫ-[ḫu]-⸢e⸣-[eš-šar] | The priest of the Stag-god ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | LUGAL-i p[a-ra-a] ⸢e-ep⸣-zi | He takes it from the king.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 22 | LUGAL-uš-kán túḫ-ša | The king bows down. |
| 23 | GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.G[A]L ŠA{GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.SI₂₂ GADA | The chief of the palace servants, the spear of gold, linen |
| 24 | LUGAL-i pa-⸢ra⸣-a ⸢e⸣-ep-zi LUGAL-uš | The king takes it, and the king(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 25 | ŠU{MEŠ}-ŠU a-an-ši | He takes his hands. |
| 26 | nu DUMU.É.GAL A-NA{LÚ}SANGA {⸢D⸣}KAL | and the palace official to the priest of the Stag-god |
| 27 | túḫ-ḫu-e-eš-šar ar-ḫa da-a-i | He places it behind the tuḫuššar-drum. |
| 28 | {LÚ}SANGA {D}[K]AL LUGAL-i UŠ-KE-EN | The priest of the Stag-god prostrates himself before the king |
| 29 | DUMU.É.GAL-ma ⸢túḫ⸣-ḫu-[e]š-šar ⸢MUNUS⸣.LUGAL-ri | The palace official takes the tuḫuššar-vessel of the queen. |
| 30 | pa-⸢ra⸣-a ⸢e-ep-zi⸣ | He takes it.(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 31 | ⸢MUNUS⸣.LUGAL-ká[n t]úḫ-ša | The queen ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32 | ta DUMU.⸢É⸣.[GA]L túḫ-ḫu-e-eš-šar | and the palace official ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 33 | EGIR-pa ⸢A⸣-[N]A{LÚ}SANGA {D}KAL pa-a-i | Afterwards, the priest gives to the Stag-god. |
| 34 | GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.⸢É⸣.GAL-ma ŠA{GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.SI₂₂ GADA-an | The chief of the palace servants holds a gold spear on linen. |
| 35 | A-NAMUNUS.L[UGAL] pa-a-i | He gives it to the queen.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 36 | MUNUS.LUGAL ŠU{MEŠ}-ŠU a-an-ši | The queen takes her hands. |
| 37 | na-aš-ta LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL I-NAÉ {D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | The king and the queen in the temple of Zababa |
| 38 | an-da pa-a-an-zi ta DINGIR-LIM-ni | They go before the god. |
| 39 | EGIR-pa 1-ŠU!? ar-wa-an-zi | They recite once. |
| 40 | {LÚ}ALAM.ZU₉ me-ma-i | The cult actor speaks. |
| 41 | {LÚ}ki-i-ta-aš ḫal-za-a-i | The recitation priest sings. |
| 42 | nu-uš-ša-an LUGAL-⸢uš {D?}DAG⸣-ti ti-ia-zi | And the king goes to the Storm-god. |
| 43 | MUNUS.LUGAL-⸢ma⸣ É.ŠÀ-na pa-iz-zi | The queen goes into the inner chamber. |
| 44 | nu UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM! {UZU}kat-ta-pa-la-an | And the overseer of the cooks (takes) the kattapala-cut of meat. |
| 45 | ú-da-⸢i⸣ nu PA-NI{D}DAG-ti | he brings, and before Dagti(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 46 | Ù PA-NI{D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ ⸢2?⸣-ŠU da-a-i | And he places it in the hand of Zababa.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 47 | ḫa-aš-ši-i ⸢1-ŠU {D}DAG⸣-ti 1-ŠU | ... once to Dagti once.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 48 | {GIŠ}AB-ia 1-⸢ŠU {GIŠ}ḫa⸣-at-tal-wa-aš GIŠ-ru-i | once on the throne, on the wooden ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 49 | 1-ŠU nam-ma ⸢ḫa⸣-aš-ši-i ta-pu-uš-za | once, and he places it on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 50 | 1-ŠU da-a-i | he places once. |
| 51 | UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM iš-pa-an-⸢tu⸣-uz-zi-šar GEŠTIN | The overseer of the cooks libates wine. |
| 52 | LUGAL-i pa-ra-a e-⸢ep⸣-zi LUGAL-uš QA-TAM da-a-i | He takes it away from the king. The king places it opposite. |
| Vs. III | ||
| 1 | UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM {D}DAG-ti pé-ra-an | The overseer of the cooks before Dagti |
| 2 | 3-ŠU Ù A-NA{D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | three times and to Zababa |
| 3 | 3-ŠU ši-pa-an-ti | He libates three times. |
| 4 | UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM UGULA LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR-ia | The overseer of the cooks, the overseer [of the tablemen] |
| 5 | an-da šu-up-pí-ia-aḫ-ḫa-an-zi | And they libate. |
| 6 | UGULA {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM ḫa-aš-ši-i 1-ŠU ši-pa-an-ti | The overseer of the cooks libates once in the ḫašši-vessel. |
| 7 | {D}DAG-ti 1-ŠU {GIŠ}AB 1-ŠU | Dagti once, the bow once, |
| 8 | {GIŠ}ḫa-at-tal-wa-aš GIŠ-ru-i 1-ŠU | once in the ḫattalwa-vessel, |
| 9 | nam-ma ḫa-aš-ši-i ta-pu-uš-za | And he places it on the hearth. |
| 10 | 1-ŠU ši-pa-an-ti | once he libates |
| 11 | Ù A-NAALAM {m}ḫa-at-tu-ši-DINGIR-LIM | and the stele of Ḫattuši-ilum |
| 12 | 1-ŠU ši-pa-an-ti | once he libates |
| 13 | LUGAL-uš a-ru-wa-ez-zi | The king libates. |
| 14 | {LÚ}ALAM.ZU₉ me-ma-i | The cult actor speaks. |
| 15 | {LÚ}ki-i-ta-aš ḫal-za-a-i | The recitation priest sings. |
| 16 | LUGAL-uš GUB-aš 2-e e-ku-zi | The king drinks twice while standing. |
| 17 | {D}ḫal-ma-aš-šu-ut-tu₄ {D}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | Ḫalmaššattu, Zababa |
| 18 | ⸢LUGAL⸣-uš ḫu-up-pár ši-pa-an-ti | The king libates with a bowl.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 19 | ⸢GIŠ.{D}INANNA TUR⸣ {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫal-li-ia-ri-eš SÌR-RU | The small lyre, the cult singers sing. |
| 20 | {LÚ}ALAM.⸢ZU₉⸣ me-ma-i | The cult actor speaks.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 21 | {LÚ}pal-wa-tal-la-aš pal-wa-ez-zi | The chanter chants. |
| 22 | {LÚ}ki-i-ta-aš ḫal-za-a-i | The recitation priest sings. |
| 23 | na-aš-ta {LÚ.MEŠ}ALAM.ZU₉ | And the cult actors |
| 24 | {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫal-li-ia-ri-e-eš {LÚ.MEŠ}pal-wa-tal-la-aš | The cult singers, the chanters |
| 25 | {LÚ}ki-i-ta-an-na pa-ra-a pár-ḫa-an-zi | The kiitannu-priest goes out. |
| 26 | LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL {GIŠ}DAG-ti a-ša-an-ta | The king and the queen take the bow. |
| 27 | na-aš-ta DUMU.É.GAL ŠA{GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.⸢SI₂₂⸣ GADA | And the palace official, with a spear of gold, linen |
| 28 | {GIŠ}kal-mu-uš-ša an-da pé-e-da-⸢i⸣ | He places it on the kalmuš-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 29 | ta GADA ŠA{GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.SI₂₂ | a linen cloth, a spear of gold, |
| 30 | LUGAL-i pa-a-i {GIŠ}kal-mu-uš-ma-aš-ša-an | The king takes the kalmû-vessel. |
| 31 | {GIŠ}DAG-ti LUGAL-i ZAG-na-az da-a-i | He places it on the throne of the king. |
| 32 | a-pa-a-aš-ša EGIR-pa ú-ez-zi | he steps back. |
| 33 | na-aš tar-ša-an-zi-pí pé-ra-an | And he places it before ... |
| 34 | ti-ia-zi {GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.SI₂₂-ia ḫar-zi | He stands; he holds a gold spear. |
| 35 | nu ka-a-aš-mi-eš-ša ḫal-za-a-i | And he shouts repeatedly. |
| 36 | na-aš-ta GAL ME-ŠE-DI an-da | And the chief of the bodyguards ... |
| 37 | ú-ez-zi nu {GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.SI₂₂ ḫar-zi | He comes, and he holds a gold spear. |
| 38 | an-da-ia-za-kán {GIŠ}šu-ru-uḫ-ḫa-aš {GIŠ}GIDRU-an | And he places it on the throne and the scepter. |
| 39 | ḫar-zi na-aš-kán LUGAL-i | he takes, and to the king |
| 40 | me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da ti-ia-zi | he steps forward. |
| 41 | 2 DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL A-NALUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL | 2 palace servants for the king and the queen |
| 42 | ME-E QA-TI IŠ-TUḫu-up-p[ár KÙ.SI₂₂] | Then he pours a libation of water from a gold vessel. |
| 43 | pé-e-da-an-zi GAL D[UMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL GADA-an] | The chief of the palace servants takes the linen cloth. |
| 44 | EGIR-an-ša-mi-i[t pé-e ḫar-zi ] | Afterwards, he pours water ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 45 | ŠA{GIŠ}ŠU[KUR ] | the weapon ...(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 46 | ⸢A⸣-N[A ] | And ...(very low confidence: a guess) |
| 47 | [ -š]a-a[ḫ? ] | |
| 48 | [ ]x x[ ] | |
| 49 | [ ] | |
| 50 | [ ] | |
| Rs. IV | ||
| 1 | DUMU{MEŠ}.É.⸢GAL A⸣-N[ALUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ME-E QA-TI] | The palace servants, the king and the queen ... |
| 2 | pí-an-zi LUGAL MUNUS.LUGA[L ŠU{MEŠ}-ŠU-NU] | The king and the queen take their hands. |
| 3 | ar-ra-an-zi GAL DUMU{M[EŠ}.É.GAL GADA-an] | The chief of the palace servants takes a linen cloth. |
| 4 | pa-a-i LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ŠU{ME[Š}-ŠU-NU a-an-ša-an-zi] | The king and the queen take their hands. |
| 5 | na-at-kán pa-ra-a pa-a-an-z[i] | And he goes out.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 6 | GAL ME-ŠE-DI-ia-kán pa-ra-a pa-i[z-zi] | The chief of the bodyguards goes.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 7 | nu DUMU.É.GAL {GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.SI₂₂ | and the palace official a gold spear |
| 8 | {GIŠ}mu-kar-ra *pé*-e-da-i | He takes the libation vessel. |
| 9 | na-at-ša-an pa-iz-zi {GIŠ}DAG-ti | He goes to the throne. |
| 10 | LUGAL-i ZAG-na-az {GIŠ}ma-a-ri | the right side of the throne |
| 11 | kat-ta-an da-a-i na-aš EGIR-pa ú-ez-zi | He places it on the ground, and then he comes back. |
| 12 | na-aš ... ŠADUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL | ... the palace servants(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 13 | {NINDA}ša-ra-am-ma-na-aš še-er ti-ia-zi | He takes the šarammana-bread. |
| 14 | nu GAL ME-ŠE-DI pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-i | And the chief of the bodyguards stands before him. |
| 15 | na-aš-kán LUGAL-i me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da ti-ia-⸢zi⸣ | And the king stands before him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 16 | 2 DUMU.É.GAL A-NALUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL | 2 palace servants of the king and queen. |
| 17 | ge-e-nu-wa-〈aš〉 GADA{ḪI.A} ti-an-zi | They set up the linen cloth. |
| 18 | ta DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL EGIR-pa ú-wa-an-zi | and the palace servants afterwards libate. |
| 19 | na-at ŠADUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL | and the palace servants |
| 20 | {NINDA}ša-ra-am-na-aš še-er ti-ia-an-zi | They take the šaramna-bread below. |
| 21 | GAL ME-ŠE-DI {GIŠ}ŠUKUR-it i-ia-zi | The chief of the bodyguards takes the spear. |
| 22 | nu mi!-iš-ša ḫal-za-a-i | And he sings a song |
| 23 | nam-ma {GIŠ}ŠUKUR pé-e-da-i | And he brings the spear. |
| 24 | na-an-ša-an LUGAL-i GÙB-la-az | He places it before the king. |
| 25 | ku-ut-ti an-da da-a-i | He places it on the throne. |
| 26 | na-aš-ta UGULA LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR šu-up-pí | And the overseer of the tablemen libates. |
| 27 | {GIŠ}BANŠUR an-da ú-da-i | He places it on the table. |
| 28 | 3 {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI {GIŠ}BANŠUR-i ZAG-na-a[z] | Three bodyguards stand on the table. |
| 29 | i-ia-an-ta-ri {GIŠ}ŠUKUR ⸢KÙ⸣.SI₂₂ | He places the spear of gold.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30 | *Ù* 3 {GIŠ}GIDRU {GIŠ}šu-ru-uḫ-ḫa-aš ḫar-⸢kán-zi⸣ | And three šuruhḫa-vessels they set up. |
| 31 | GAL ME-ŠE-DI {GIŠ}BANŠUR-i me-na-aḫ-ḫa-an-da ú-ez-zi | The chief of the bodyguards comes to the table. |
| 32 | ⸢na-aš-ta⸣ UGULA LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR EGIR-an da-a-i | The overseer of the tablemen takes it back. |
| 33 | ⸢na⸣-aš-ši pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-i | And before he libates,(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34 | nu {GIŠ}BANŠUR kat-te-er-ra-az e-⸢ep⸣-zi | And he takes the table below.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35 | kar-ap-zi-ma-at UGULA LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR | the overseer of the tablemen, |
| 36 | GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-ma DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-ia | The chief of the palace servants, the royal servants |
| 37 | ḫu-u-ma!-an-te-eš {GIŠ}BANŠUR-i | ... on the table |
| 38 | ZAG-na-az i-ia-an-ta | he takes the right side. |
| 39 | UGULA LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR LUGAL-i | The overseer of the tablemen speaks to the king. |
| 40 | {GIŠ}BANŠUR-un da-a-i | He places it on the table. |
| 41 | GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-ma pa-iz-zi | The chief of the palace servants goes |
| 42 | ta-aš {NINDA}ša!-ra-am-na-aš še-er ti-ia-zi | And he takes the šaramna-bread. |
| 43 | DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-ma ḫu-u-ma-an-te-eš | the palace servants, the ḫumanteš |
| 44 | pár-aš-na-an-zi | they break. |
| 45 | GAL ME-ŠE-DI GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-ia | The Great Bodyguard, the Great Palace Officials. |
| 46 | EGIR-pa ú-wa-an-zi na-aš-ta GAL ME-ŠE-DI | Afterwards, they drink, and the chief of the bodyguards |
| 47 | ḫa-aš-ša-an EGIR-an ar-ḫa da-a-i | Afterwards, he places it behind. |
| 48 | na-aš ŠAGAL ME-ŠE-DI {NINDA}ša-ra-am-ma-na-aš | And the chief of the bodyguards, the šaramma-bread |
| 49 | še-er ti-ia-zi UGULA LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR-ma-kán | He steps up. The overseer of the tablemen |
| 50 | pa-ra-a pa-iz-zi | he goes. |
| 51 | 3 {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI-ma ku-i-e-eš | Three bodyguards are present. |
| 52 | {GIŠ}BANŠUR-i ZAG-na-az i-ia-an-ta-ri | He places it on the table. |
| 53 | na-at EGIR-pa ú-wa-an-zi | They bring it back. |
| Rs. V | ||
| 1 | na-at a-pé-e-el {NINDA}š[a]-ra-am-na-aš | And he takes the šaramna-bread.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 2 | še-er pár-aš-⸢na⸣-an-zi | they break it down.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 3 | {GIŠ}ŠUKUR{ḪI.A}-ma Ù {GIŠ}GIDRU{ḪI.A} ku-e ḫar-kán-zi | They set the spears, and they set the bows. |
| 4 | nu-uš-〈〈aš〉〉-ma-ša-at-kán 1-aš {LÚ}ME-ŠE-DI | And once the bodyguards |
| 5 | ar-ḫa da-a-i na-⸢at⸣ pa-iz-zi ŠAGAL ME-ŠE-DI | He goes behind; he goes: the Chief of the Bodyguards. |
| 6 | {GIŠ}ŠUKUR KÙ.⸢SI₂₂⸣ kat-ta-an ku-ut-ti-iš-ša-an an-da | He places a gold spear above it. |
| 7 | da-a-i a-pa-a-aš-ma a-pé-el {NINDA}ša-ra-am-na-aš | he places, and he takes the šaramna-bread. |
| 8 | še-er pár-aš-na-ez-zi | he breaks it down. |
| 9 | LÚ˽{GIŠ}GIDRU pé-ra-⸢an⸣ ḫu-u-wa-i | The staff-bearer takes it before him. |
| 10 | LÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR [ḫ]a-an-te-ez-zi ti-an-zi | The tablemen stand before him.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 11 | {LÚ}ŠU.I 1 NINDA.KU₇ ú-da-i | The cupbearer brings one sweet loaf. |
| 12 | ta-an A-NADUM[U].⸢É⸣.GAL pa-a-i DUMU.É.GAL-ma-an | He gives it to the palace servant. The palace servant |
| 13 | A-NAGAL DUMU{MEŠ}.⸢É⸣.GAL pa-a-i | He gives it to the great palace servants. |
| 14 | GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-ma-an A-NA{GIŠ}ŠUKUR {D}KAL pár-ši-ia | The chief of the palace servants bows before the spear of the Storm-god. |
| 15 | [n]a-an GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.⸢É⸣.GAL EGIR-pa A-NADUMU.É.GAL | And the chief of the palace servants, afterwards, to the Palace servants |
| 16 | pa-a-i DUMU.É.GAL-ma-an EGIR-pa | He gives it back to the palace official. |
| 17 | ⸢A-NA⸣{LÚ}ŠU.I pa-a-i | He gives it to the cook.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 18 | {É}ḫi-i-li-ma-kán zé-ri-ia-al-li | in the ḫilima-house he libates. |
| 19 | GADA-it wa-aš-ša-an-ta ka-ru-ú ar-ta | The linen cloth is woven, the karû-garment is ... |
| 20 | LÚ˽{GIŠ}GIDRU pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-i nu DUMU{MEŠ}.LUGAL a-ša-a-ši | The staff-bearer goes before the throne, and the sons of the king ... |
| 21 | na-aš-ta LÚ˽{GIŠ}GIDRU ⸢pa⸣-ra-a pa-iz-zi | And the staff-bearer goes out. |
| 22 | na-aš ... ŠA{LÚ.MEŠ}⸢MUḪALDIM⸣ ḫa-an-te-ez-zi-aš | And the cooks of the ḫanteža-vessel(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 23 | pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-⸢a⸣-i {LÚ.MEŠ}MUḪALDIM ḫa-an-te-ez-zi ti-an-zi | Before the libation, the cooks stand. |
| 24 | ⸢na-aš⸣-ta LÚ˽{GIŠ}GIDRU ⸢nam⸣-ma pa-ra-a pa-iz-zi | And the staff-bearer goes out. |
| 25 | na-aš ⸢A-NA⸣{LÚ}SANGA KÙ.GA EN {URU}ḪA-AT-TI | And to the holy priest, the lord of Ḫattu |
| 26 | {MUNUS}AMA.DINGIR-LIM {D}ḫal-ki-⸢aš⸣ pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-i | The mother of the god, Ḫalki, before him ... |
| 27 | tu-uš ⸢a-ša⸣-a-ši | And he sits down.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28 | ⸢na⸣-[aš-t]a GAL ME-ŠE-DI an-⸢da⸣ pa-iz-zi ta LUGAL-i | And the chief of the bodyguards goes, and the king |
| 29 | t[ar-k]um-mi-ia-ez-zi GIŠ.⸢{D⸣}INANNA{ḪI.A}-wa pa-ra-a | He takes the lyres away.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 30 | kar-ap-pa-an-zi LUGAL-uš-ša te-ez-zi | They libate; the king comes. |
| 31 | pa-ra-a-wa-ru-uš kar-pa-an-du | ... he pours a libation |
| 32 | na-aš-ta GAL ME-⸢ŠE-DI⸣ {É}ḫi-i-li pa-ra-a | And the chief of the bodyguards goes to Ḫili. |
| 33 | pa-iz-zi nu A-NA⸢LÚ⸣˽{GIŠ}GIDRU te-ez-zi zi-nàr zi-nà[r] | He goes, and to the staff-bearer, he comes; he speaks: “Zina, Zi[na], |
| 34 | LÚ˽{GIŠ}GIDRU-ma-kán ⸢pa⸣-ra-a a-aš-ki pa-iz-zi | The staff-bearer comes and goes. |
| 35 | nu A-NA{LÚ.MEŠ}⸢NAR⸣ te-ez-zi zi-nàr zi-nàr | And to the singers, he speaks: “Zinar, Zinar! |
| 36 | ta {LÚ.MEŠ}NAR GIŠsic.{D}INANNA{ḪI.A} kar-pa-an-zi | And the singers take the lyres. |
| 37 | LÚ˽{GIŠ}GIDRU pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-i ... | The staff-bearer ... before ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 38 | na-aš-ta {LÚ.MEŠ}NAR GIŠ.{D}INANNA{ḪI.A} | And the singers of the lyres |
| 39 | an-da pé-e-da-an-zi | They go with him. |
| 40 | nu-za tar-ša-an-zi-pí pé-ra-an | And before ... |
| 41 | A-ŠAR-ŠU-NU ap-pa-an-zi | They pour their water. |
| 42 | nu {LÚ.MEŠ}ḫal-li-ia-ri-e-eš {LÚ.MEŠ}ALAM.ZU₉ | And the cult singers, the chanters, |
| 43 | {LÚ}pal-wa-tal-la-aš {LÚ}ki-i-ta-aš-ša! | The chanter, the kiitta-priest |
| 44 | IT-TIGIŠ.{D}INANNA{ḪI.A}-pát i-ia-an-ta-ri | He places it before the chanters. |
| 45 | nu-za ⸢pa⸣-a-an-zi A-ŠAR-ŠU-NU ap-pa-an-zi | And they libate, and they take their fields.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 46 | {LÚ.MEŠ}[MUḪ]ALDIM TU₇˽ME-E˽UZU ti-ia-an-zi | The cooks libate from Gula-ēšu. |
| 47 | nu i-ku-na-an {UZU}Ì šar-ra-an-zi | And they libate oil. |
| 48 | LÚ˽[{G]IŠ}GIDRU A-NA{LÚ.MEŠ}Ú-BA-RUM EN {GIŠ}za-ḫur-ti-aš | The scepter-bearer to the cooks, the lord of the zaḫurtu-vessel |
| 49 | [t]u?-un-na-ak-ke-eš-na-aš {LÚ.MEŠ}DUGUD | ... the cooks ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 50 | [p]é-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-i tu-uš a-ša-a-ši | ... before the ḫuwa-vessel, he sits ... |
| Rs. VI | ||
| 1 | GIM-an-ma TU₇{ḪI.A} ták-ša-an šar-ra-at-ta-ri | As soon as the soup is ready, |
| 2 | nu GAL ME-ŠE-DI LUGAL-i mar-nu-wa-an | And the chief of the bodyguards, the king, ... |
| 3 | tar-kum-mi-ia-ez-zi a-še-eš-ni-wa mar-nu-wa-an | he libates, and he pours the marnuwa-beer. |
| 4 | ta a-še-eš-ni mar-nu-wa-an ti-ia-an-zi | And they take the marnuwa-vessel. |
| 5 | LUGAL-uš GADA-an ar-ḫa pé-eš-ši-ia-zi | The king takes the linen cloth away. |
| 6 | ta ma-a-an DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL ku-e-ez-zi | And when the palace servants come, |
| 7 | pár-aš-na-an ḫar-kán-zi na-at a-pé-ez-za | He breaks it, and he goes. |
| 8 | pé-eš-ši-ia-zi na-at DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL | he takes, and the palace servants |
| 9 | da-a-an-zi ma-a-an-ma {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI | they take, and the bodyguards |
| 10 | ku-e-ez-zi pár-aš-na-an ḫar-kán-zi | They go, and they libate. |
| 11 | na-at a-pé-ez-za pé-eš-ši-ia-zi | And he takes it out. |
| 12 | na-at {LÚ.MEŠ}ME-ŠE-DI da-an-zi | And the bodyguards take. |
| 13 | na-at A-NALÚ{MEŠ}˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR pí-an-zi | And they give it to the tablemen. |
| 14 | LUGAL-uš IGI{ḪI.A}-it i-ia-zi {LÚ.MEŠ}ŠU.I-kán | The king places the eyes; the cupbearers |
| 15 | da-ga-an-zi-pu-uš ša-an-ḫa-an-zi | They libate to Daganzipu. |
| 16 | ⸢GAL⸣ ME-ŠE-DI A-NADUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL | The chief of the bodyguards for the palace servants |
| 17 | me-iš-ša-a ḫal-za-a-i nu 2 DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL | He libates, and two palace servants |
| 18 | A-NALUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ME-E QA-TI | The king and the queen give a libation. |
| 19 | IŠ-TUḫu-up-pár KÙ.SI₂₂ pé-e-da-an-zi | They take the gold ... |
| 20 | GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL GADA-an EGIR-an-ša-me-et | The chief of the palace servants takes a linen cloth behind them. |
| 21 | pé-e ḫar-zi LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ŠU{MEŠ}-ŠU-NU | The king and the queen take their hands. |
| 22 | ar-ra-an-zi GAL DUMU{MEŠ}.É.GAL-ma | The chief of the palace servants |
| 23 | GADA-an pa-a-i ŠU{MEŠ}-ŠU-NU a-an-ša-an-zi | They take a linen cloth. They hold their hands. |
| 24 | na-at-kán pa-ra-a pa-a-an-zi | And they go out. |
| 25 | na-aš-ta pár-aš-na-u-wa-aš {LÚ}SAGI.A-aš | The cupbearer libates. |
| 26 | ú-ez-zi nu GAL {LÚ}SAGI.A | comes, and the chief cupbearer |
| 27 | Ù DUMU.É.GAL {LÚ}SAGI.A | and the palace official, the cupbearer |
| 28 | A-NALUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL a-ku-wa-an-na | The king and the queen drink. |
| 29 | mar-nu-wa-an pí-an-zi | They give the marnuwa-vessel. |
| 30 | LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ⸢TUŠ⸣-aš {D}ta-ú-ri-i a-ku-wa-an-⸢zi⸣ | The king and the queen drink from the seat of Tauri. |
| 31 | GIŠ.{D}INANNA ⸢GAL⸣? ḫa-az-zi-kán-zi | They sing the great lyre.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 32 | Ú-UL [SÌR-R]U NINDA.GUR₄.RA NU.GÁL | He does not sing; the loaf is not present. |
| Rs. VI | ... | |
| 33 | D[UB.2?]-PU Ú-UL QA-TI | The second tablet is not completed.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 34 | ⸢ŠA⸣EZEN₄ AN.DAḪ.ŠUM{SAR} | At the festival of the emmer(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 35 | {⸢D⸣}ZA-BA₄-BA₄ | Zababa(low confidence: few signs survive) |
| 36 | [A-NAGIŠ.ḪU]R-⸢kán⸣ ḫa-an-da-a-an | he places it on the table.(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| Rs. VI | ... | |
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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