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CTH 567
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| Designation | KBo 52.37+ |
|---|---|
| ID | tlh:KBo 52.37+ |
| Language | Hittite |
| Genre | CTH 567 |
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.
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| 1 | ⸢IŠ⸣-TU ... É.GAL-LIM-⸢mu⸣ ku-it ⸢kiš⸣-an ḫa-at-ra-a-⸢er⸣ ⸢{D⸣}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa-⸢kán⸣ | ... of the palace, he places it before Ištar of Nineveh. |
| 2 | ŠÀ É DINGIR-LIM ⸢TUKU.TUKU-ti SI×SÁ⸣-at nu LÚ{ME.EŠ} É DINGIR-LIM pu-nu-uš-šu-u-e-en ... UM-MA ŠU-NU-UM-MA | In the house of the god, he drinks the beer, and the priests of the temple stand before him. ... |
| 3 | BI-IB-RU KÙ.SI₂₂-wa-az zi-in-za-pu-*⸢uš⸣*-ši-aš-wa-az {LÚ}NAR ... da-a-i-ia-at | The singer takes the gold ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 4 | ⸢EGIR⸣-pa-ma-wa-ra-aš *na*-ú-i ... DÙ-an-za ... {TÚG}GÚ.È.A ḪUR-RI KÙ.SI₂₂-*wa* ku-e | Afterwards, he libates ... he goes ... the throne ... gold ... |
| 5 | DINGIR-LUM wa-aš-ša-an ḫar-zi nu-wa-ra-at ú-e-ez-pa-a-an-*ta* {GIŠ}ḫu-lu-ga-an-ni-eš-ša-wa | The god stands, and he breaks the ḫuluganni-vessel. |
| 6 | ar-ḫa du-wa-ar-na-an-za {KUŠ}NÍG.BÀR-wa IŠ-TUÉ.GAL-LIM pé-eš-ke-er | He places it on the throne, the robe, in the great room. |
| 7 | nu-wa-ra-at na-ú-i pí-*ia*-an EZEN₄ aš-ra-ḫi-ta-aš-ši-in-wa ku-wa-pí i-ia-an-zi | And he places it in the mouth of the festival of Ašraḫitašinwa. |
| 8 | nu-wa A-NADINGIR-LIM IŠ-TUÉ.GAL-LIM 1 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR SÍG SA₅ SÍG ZA.GÌN 1-NU-TUM {KUŠ}NÍG.BÀR{ḪI.A}-ia | And to the god, from the Great Palace, one shekel of silver, one red wool, one lapis-lazuli garment, |
| 9 | pé-eš-ker ki-nu-na-wa EZEN₄ aš-ra-ḫi-ta-aš-ši-in ... i-e-er KÙ.BABBAR-ma-wa SÍG SA₅ SÍG ZA.GÌN {KUŠ}NÍG.BÀR{ḪI.A}-ia | He places it before Kinuna. At the festival of Ašraḫita he takes the silver, the red wool, the lapis-lazuli wool, and the sandals. |
| 10 | Ú-UL pí-i-e-er {SÍG}šu-ri-ta-wa ú-e-ez-za-pa-an-ta ŠA {LÚ}ki-re-eš-te-na-ia-wa | He does not open the šurita-garment, he libates to the brewers. |
| 11 | EZEN₄ ḫal-zi-ia-wa-aš Ú-UL i-ia-an-za EZEN₄ A-IA-RI-ia-wa MU{KAM}-ti-li e-eš-še-er | He does not perform the festival of Ḫalziyawa; he performs the festival Aiariyawa in year tili. |
| 12 | ki-nu-na-wa-ra-aš kar-ša-an-za DINGIR-LUM-za ki-i-da-aš wa-aš-ku-wa-aš še-er TUKU.TUKU-u-wa-an-za | In Kinunawara, in Karšanza, the god, in Waiškuwa, above TUKU.TUKUWanza, |
| 13 | nu MUŠEN˽ḪUR-RI NU.SIG₅-du NU.SIG₅ | And a Ḫurri bird is not good, not good. |
| 14 | ma-a-an ki-i-pát nam-ma-ma ta-ma-i NU.GÁL ku-it-ki nu MUŠEN˽ḪUR-RI SIG₅-ru SIG₅ | “How is it that you are not good? And Ḫurri is good. |
| 15 | nu IGI-an-da IŠ-TUSU{MEŠ} pu-ra-am-mi-ma-za ER-u-en ma-a-an ku-u-uš-pát wa-aš-ku-uš | And before them, he libates a libation, saying: “When he drinks, when ... |
| 16 | nam-ma-ma ta-ma-i NU.GÁL ku-it-*ki* nu IGI-zi SU{MEŠ} SIG₅-ru EGIR-KU-ma NU.SIG₅-du | Then he speaks: “It is not good, it is faulty, and he sees (it): his body is good. Afterwards, he does not good. |
| 17 | IGI-zi SU{MEŠ} ni ši ta {GIŠ}TUKUL ZAG-aš ŠA{D}ḫé-pát GÙB-za RA-IṢ | He looks at his body, and he holds the weapon on his right, Ḫepat on your left. |
| 18 | zi GAR-ri 12 {ŠÀ}DIR SIG₅ EGIR SU{MEŠ} iš-ki-ša UGU IGI-zi zu-lu-ul-ki-iš wa-al-ki-iš NU.SIG₅ | he places it. Twelve good šūr-bowls, behind the body, they place on top of it. Zululki-drink, waalki-beer, not good. |
| 19 | IŠ-TUÉ.GAL-LIM-ma-mu ku-it INIM mar-ša-aš-tar-ra-aš ḫa-at-ra-a-er | Then the word of Maršaštarra ... |
| 20 | ⸢I⸣-NAÉ DINGIR-LIM {D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa-kán mar-ša-aš-tar-ri-iš ⸢SI×SÁ⸣-at | In the temple of the god, Ištar of Nineveh, he sings a lament. |
| 21 | nu LÚ{MEŠ} É DINGIR-LIM pu-nu-uš-šu-u-e-en UM-MA ŠU-NU-UM-MA UR.GI₇-wa-kán | And the men of the house of the god stand before him, and thus the dog ... |
| 22 | {É}ḫi-lam-ni UGU pa-it nu-wa-ra-aš am-ba-aš-ši-ia-aš kat-ta-an a-ar-aš | In the house of Ḫilamni, on the right side of the door, above the door ... |
| 23 | na-an-kán ŠÀ {É}ḫi-lam-ni-pát ku-e-en-né-er DINGIR-LUM-za a-pád-da-an še-er TUKU.TUKU-u-wa-⸢an-za⸣ | And in the house of Ḫilamnipa, he libates to the god, and he gives it to him. |
| 24 | nu MUŠEN˽ḪUR-RI NU.SIG₅-du NU.SIG₅ | And a Ḫurri bird is not good, not good. |
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| 25 | ma-a-an ... ki-i-pát KI.MIN nu MUŠEN˽ḪUR-RI SIG₅-ru NU.SI[G₅] | If ... ditto, and the bird is not good. |
| 26 | na-aš nam-ma pu-nu-uš-šu-u-e-en nu me-mi-er [ŠALÚ(?)] ⸢É DINGIR⸣-L[IM-wa-aš-ši(?)] 1 ... DUMU-RU BA.ÚŠ | And then he speaks: “The man of the temple of the gods, 1 ... the son is dead. |
| 27 | nu-wa-ra-aš-kán A-NAGIŠ.⸢NÁ *ku*⸣-e-⸢da-aš⸣ ⸢BA⸣.ÚŠ ... nu-wa-⸢ra⸣-at nam-ma ... | And he places it on the table. And the hearth ... And ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 28 | ⸢ar⸣-ḫa Ú-UL wa-ar-nu-ut ⸢nu-wa-ra-aš-kán⸣ a-pé-e-ta-aš-pát GIŠ.NÁ-aš še-eš-ke-eš-⸢ke-et⸣ | And he does not drink, and he places it on the bed. |
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| 29 | [nam-m]a-wa-ra-aš-kán ŠÀ ⸢É⸣ [DINGIR-LIM] i-ia-at-ta-at DAM-ŠU-ma-wa ḫu-u-⸢ma⸣-an-ti-⸢ia⸣ ... | And in the house of the god, he takes the wife, and he ... |
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| 30 | ⸢SISKUR⸣ e-eš-ša-⸢i⸣ nu-w[a-ra-aš-kán I]Š-TUSISKUR pé-e ḫar-zi nu-wa-ra-an | He places the sacrifice, and he places the offering before him. |
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| 31 | {LÚ}MU-TI-ŠU az-zi-ik-ke-e[z]-zi {LÚ}AZU-ia-wa-ra-aš ku-it nu-wa-ra-an-za-an | The cupbearer stands; the libation-priest places it before him. |
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| 32 | ma-a-an {LÚ}MAŠ.EN.GAG ku-iš ... ⸢A⸣-NADINGIR-LIM ši-pa-*an*-tu-u-an-zi ... ḫal-za-a-i | When the mašengu-priest ... to the god they libate ... he sings. |
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| 33 | nu-wa-kán IŠ-TUGAL 1-e-da-az ak-ku-uš-kán-zi nam-ma-wa-ra-aš-kán ŠÀ É DINGIR-LIM i-ia-ad-da-ri | And they bring it once to the king, and they pour it into the house of the god. |
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| 34 | DINGIR-LUM-za a-pád-da-an še-er TUKU.TUKU-u-wa-an-za nu MUŠEN˽ḪUR-RI NU.SIG₅-du NU.SIG₅ | The god libates, and the bird is not good, not good. |
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| 35 | ⸢ma⸣-a-an ki-i-pát KI.MIN ⸢nu⸣ MUŠEN˽ḪUR-RI SIG₅-ru NU.SIG₅ | Alternatively, the bird of Ḫurri is not good. |
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| 36 | IGI-an-da IŠ-TUSU{MEŠ} ER-u-en ma-a-⸢an⸣-za DINGIR-LUM ki-i-da-aš-pát wa-aš-ku-wa-aš še-er TUKU.TUKU-u-wa-an-za | Before the feet of a shepherd, where is the god, in the midst of the reed-beds, above? |
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| 37 | KI.MIN nu SU{MEŠ} SIG₅-ru ni ši ⸢ta⸣ ke GÙB-za RA-IṢ zi ⸢GAR⸣-[ri] ⸢12 {ŠÀ}⸣DIR SIG₅ | Ditto, and the well-being of the body ... ... when you stand, he places ... twelve good clouds ... |
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| 38 | ⸢IŠ-TU⸣É.GAL-LIM-*ma-mu* ku-it INIM EME ḫa-at-ra-a-er {*D*}[IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-w]a-kán | In the courtyard of the palace, the word of the tongue of the goddess Ištar of Nineveh |
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| 39 | ŠÀ É DINGIR-LIM A-NAEME še-er SI×SÁ-at nu ⸢LÚ⸣{MEŠ} É DINGIR-LIM p[u-nu-uš-šu-u-e-en nu me-mi-er] | From the temple of the god to the tongue, he speaks. And the men of the temple speak, and they speak. |
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| 40 | {[MU]NUS.MEŠ}*ka*-at-ru-uš-wa LÚ{MEŠ} É DINGIR-LIM-ia me-mi-iš-kán-z[i nu-wa-an-na-aš] | The katrušwa women, the men of the temple of my god, speak, and ... |
| 41 | NÍG.BA{ḪI.A} SIG₅-an-da pé-eš-ke-er ZÌ.DA ṢÍ-DÌ-TUM-[ia-wa-an-na-aš pé-eš-ke-er] | He places the good omens before the flour of the libation vessel. |
| 42 | ki-nu-un-ma-wa-an-na-aš Ú-UL ⸢pé⸣-eš-kán-zi DINGIR-LUM-⸢za⸣ [a-pád-da-an] | They do not libate in the kinunmawana; the god libates. |
| 43 | še-er TUKU.TUKU-u-wa-an-za *nu* *MUŠEN˽ḪUR*-RI NU.SIG₅-du NU.SIG₅ | If a Ḫurri-bird is not good, not good. |
| 44 | ma-a-an INIM EME-pát ... nam-ma-ma ta-ma-a-i NU.[GÁ]L ⸢ku⸣-[it-ki] | If the word of a tongue ... and he says: “It is not good, it is ... |
| 45 | an-da-*aš*-ša-*ma*-aš-kán Ú-UL ku-it-ki ša-an-ni-er nu SU{MEŠ} SI[G₅]-ru ⸢NU.SIG₅⸣ | And he does not eat, but he himself is good, he is not good. |
| 46 | IŠ-TUÉ.GAL-LIM-ma-mu ku-it INIM Ú-NU-UT ḫar-kán-ta-aš ŠA{D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa | From the Great Palace, the word of the ḫarkanta-vessel of Ištar of Nineveh |
| 47 | ḫa-at-ra-a-er {D}IŠTAR {URU}ni-nu-wa-kán ŠÀ É DINGIR-LIM ḫar-kán-ta-aš | And Ištar of Nineveh, from the temple of the god, ... |
| 48 | Ú-NU-TE{ḪI.A} še-er SI×SÁ-at nu LÚ{ME.EŠ} ⸢É⸣ DINGIR-LIM pu-⸢nu⸣-uš-šu-u-e-en nu me-mi-er | he places it on the feet, and the priests of the house of the god place it, and he speaks. |
| 49 | SI KÙ.SI₂₂-wa ŠA{D}bi-te-[i]n-ḫi-ni-bi ḫar-kán A-NABI-IB-RI a-ú-i-te-ia-aš-kán | He places a gold horn in the hand of Biti-inḫini, and he places it on the hearth. |
| 50 | IGI-ŠU ŠA{NA₄}ZA.GÌN EGIR-an NU.GÁL A-*NA*SIM{MUŠEN} KÙ.SI₂₂-ia-wa-⸢kán⸣ KA×U {NA₄}ZA.GÌN NU.GÁL | His eyes are of lapis lazuli. Afterwards, it is not suitable for the bird of gold. The mouth of the lapis-lazulium is suitable. |
| 51 | ŠA{GIŠ}TUKUL KÙ.SI₂₂-ia-wa-kán i-pu-ul-li IŠ-TU{NA₄}Z[A.GÌ]N ar-ḫa pí-ip-pa-[an] | He performs the ritual with the gold weapon, and he places it on the stone bowl. |
| 52 | xx AN.BAR IŠ-TUKÙ.SI₂₂ GAR.RA it-t[a-[ ](-)x-uš *ḫar-kán*-te-eš | ... of iron, he places it on the throne ...(lower confidence: line is broken) |
| 53 | [nu?] {TÚG?}E.ÍB GÍR? ZABAR GAL ZABAR x[ ]x ḫar-kán-te-eš x | And ... a large bronze scepter, a bronze ... the ḫarkantu-vessel ... |
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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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