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CTH 555

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DesignationKBo 42.1+
IDtlh:KBo 42.1+
LanguageAkkadian
GenreCTH 555

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.

LineATFMachine English (draft)
{€1} obv. I
1′[ ]x URU{ḪI.A} x[... the fort
2′[ K]ÚR?-šuhis request(?)
3′[ ]x
4′[ ]
5′[ ma]š-kán dan-na-ni NU.GAR ina ŠÀ-šuYour strong hand is a nugig priestess in his hand
6′[ ]x NU šu-wa-a-at-tam ŠU-su i-kaš-šad... he will achieve his wish
7′[ KÚ]R(?) a-GAZ GIG-ṣú BA.ÚŠ... he will die of hunger. He will recover from illness.
8′[BAD 2 KÁ É.GA]L MAN-um ina maš-kán ZI.GA GENNA qù-umThe outer wall is 2. The palace gate of the king is at your disposal. Issued at the maškanû-festival.
9′[ ]x-ia i-DAB-ma KI LUGAL iš-ta-aq-qa-al... will seize my ... and will stand with the king.
10′[ ]x(-)x KUR-ia i-kal-mi... will devour my land.
11′[BAD 2 KÁ É.GAL MAN-um ina maš-ká]n(?) ZI.GA GAR NU GENNA... 2 gates of the palace of the king in the maškanu-vessel. Issued under the authority of the god Saturn.
12′[ ]x-⸢ma⸣ KI {LÚ}KÚR... with the šangû-priest
{€1} obv. II
1′B[AD?(a kind of container)
2′iṣ-x[Ištar
3′BAD 2 KÁ [É.GALA wall, 2 gates of the palace
4′sa-ri-x[Sāri-
5′BAD 2 KÁ É.[GALA wall, 2 gates of the palace
6′ša ŠÈ ŠÀ x[of ŠE
7′{LÚ}KÚR URU-x[the diviner of the city
{€1+2} obv. II 8′/obv.
1′BAD 2 K[Á É].GAL [The wall of the palace is 2 cubits.
{€1+2} obv. II 9′/obv.
2′SIG₅(-)[ ] É{ḪI.A} [Good for the temple
{€1+2} obv. II 10′/obv.
3′⸢ú⸣-[ ] i-re-e[q?-he will take
{€2} obv.
4′[BAD 2 KÁ] ⸢É⸣.GAL MAN-u[m2 gates of the palace of the king
5′[ ] LUGAL URU-x[king of the city
6′[BAD 2 KÁ] ⸢É⸣.GAL MAN-u[m2 gates of the palace of the king
7′[ -ḫ]a? LUGAL [of the king
8′[ ] UD?{MEŠ} x[days
9′[ ]x-x[
{€2} rev.
1[BAD ina KÁ] SUḪUR [ŠUB(If) ditto in the mouth: he will die.
2] ÍD-x[he will ...
3] EN BUR GIG [until the end of the illness.
4[BAD ina KÁ] É.GAL SUḪUR ŠUB-[ma(If) there is a hole in the gate of the palace: he will die.
5[ a-na] LUGAL ni-ši-šu NÍG.G[IG?To the king, his name is called
6[BAD ina K]Á É.GAL SUḪUR ŠUB-[ma(If) there is mud in the courtyard of the palace: he will die.
7[ ] ma-li {NA₄}KIŠIB [... seal of
8[i-re-e]q-qú(?) UD ŠÈ {GIŠ}[TUKUL(?)The day of the harvest, the weapon
9[ ] ÉRIN-ni pat-tam ⸢i?⸣-[bal-ka-at(?)]our troops are entrusted with the ebalkātu-plant
10[BAD ina KÁ] ⸢É⸣.GAL SUḪUR ŠUB-[ma(If) it is cloudy: in the gate of the E’ekallu, he will fall and die.
11[te-e-šu]-ú(?) ina KUR GAR-anwill take place in the land.
{€2+1} rev. 12/rev. III
1′⸢BAD ina KÁ É⸣.GAL SUḪUR Š[UB-maYou sprinkle ešadû-plant in the gate of the palace and
{€1} rev. III
2′SAG SUḪUR x[head, base of
3′BABBAR GIG {D}iš-ḫ[a-rawhite, sick, Ishtar
4′BE ina KÁ É.GAL SUḪUR Š[UB-maThere is a hole in the gate of the palace.
5′... RI.RI.GA ÉRIN-a [... my troops
6′BAD ina KÁ É.GAL SUḪUR [ŠUB-maA wall is located at the gate of the palace.
7′⸢INIM⸣ ni-is-sà-tim [Wording of a nissātu-prayer
8′BAD ina KÁ É.GAL S[UHURThe wall is located at the gate of the palace.
9′RI.RI.GA ÉRIN-a [RI.RI.GA (means) my troops.
10′BAD ina KÁ É.GA[LThe wall at the gate of the palace
11′BABBAR šal-gu i-z[a-nu-unwhite šalgu-stone
12′{D}IŠKUR KA-š[uAdad opened his mouth
13′ir-te-né-e[d-Irtened-
14′BAD ina KÁ ⸢É⸣.[GALThe city wall at the gate of the palace
15′in-na-d[i(-)he shall pay.
16′RI.R[I.GARI.RI.GA means
17′{D}IŠKUR x[Adad
18′BAD ina [the wall in
19′A.AN [rain
20′B[ADThe city wall
{€1} rev. IV
1′[ ] ⸢GIM?⸣ēru-plant
2′[ ]x-šu... his
3′[ ]
4′[ ] ⸢a-li⸣-it-ma ŠÀ-šu GIM“It is alītum and his hand is like
5′[ ]x-u-ti É.GAL IZI.IZI GAR... of the Palace of Fire is present.
6′[BAD ina KÁ É.GAL] ⸢SUḪUR⸣ ŠUB-ma UGU-iš ù GAM-iš(If) there is a mole on the gate of the palace: he will die.
7′[ ]x ⸢a⸣-ki-il₅ {D}IŠKUR RA.RA ḫu-ša-aḫ-ḫa... Ea-eki-il, Adad, raging, trembling
9′] ⸢{D}⸣10-LÚ pa-ni {M}a-nu-wa-an-zabefore Anuwanza
10′iš-ṭu]r(?)Ishṭur

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