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KBo 53.21 (tlh:KBo 53.21)

CTH 391

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DesignationKBo 53.21
IDtlh:KBo 53.21
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 391

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)
Vs. I
1′xx x […]
2′{D}za-ar-ni-z[a-aš {D}ta]r-pa-at-t[a- …]Zarnizaš, Tarpatta(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′nam-ma za-aḫ-ḫi-iš-ke-ši i-⸢it⸣-w[a …]Then he takes the zahḫiš-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′⸢nam-ma⸣ za-aḫ-ḫi-iš-ki nu-wa-aš-ma-aš ḪU[L-… ]And he libates, and he speaks ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′na-an-nihe did not give.
6′[nu-uš-š]a-an AN.NA te-pu {SÍG}iš-tág-ga-⸢i⸣ […]And he pours the lead into the tepu-vessel.
7′[na-a]t-ša-an A-NA BE-LU-TIM ku-u-un-[ni …]He places it before the king.(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′[nam-ma]-at-ša-ma-ša-at-kán ar-ḫa da-[a-i]... he places it behind ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′[A-NA P]ÉŠ.TUR da-a-i ar-ḫa-wa-aš-ma-aš-kán […]He places it into the small bowl. Then ...
10′[nu-wa]-⸢ra⸣-at-kán A-NA PÉŠ.TUR ne-eḫ-ḫu-u[n] […]And he brings it into the small bowl.
11′[PÉŠ].⸢TUR⸣-aš pár-ga-u-wa-aš ḪUR.SAG{MEŠ} ḫal-lu-wa-aš […]The small ... is broken; the mountains of Ḫalluwa ...
12′[da-lu]-ga-u-wa-aš KASKAL-aš pé-e-da-[ú]... he goes on the road.(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′[nu PÉ]Š.TUR ar-ḫa tar-na-an-zi {D}za-ar-n[i-za-aš …]And they take the small ... to Zarnizaš.(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′[…] zi-ik da-a a-da-an-na-ma-a[t-ta …]… he places it on the wall, and he gives it to me.
15′[pí-i-ú]-⸢e⸣-ni nu ku-up-tar ar-ḫa š[u-uḫ-ḫa-a-i]... and he pours a libation.(lower confidence: line is broken)
16′[nam-ma t]a-me-ta-ni pé-e-di {GIŠ}la-[ḫur-nu-uz-zi]Then he goes to the laḫurnuzzi-vessel.(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′[da-a-i] [1] ⸢NINDA⸣.GUR₄.RA pár-ši-ia 1 NINDA.GUR₄.R[A …]He breaks one loaf of bread, one loaf ...
18′[…] xx x[ …] ...
Rs. IV
1′x[ …] […]
2′ú-[ …] […]And ...(very low confidence: a guess)
3′a-aš-š[u …]And he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
4′na-aš-ta x[ …]And ...(very low confidence: a guess)
5′na-an A-NA […] […]He shall pay it in ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
6′A-NA NINDA.GUR₄.RA x […] […]for the loaf of bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′ke-e-ez-zi-ia x[ …]likewise ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′na-aš-ta ⸢{UZU}⸣GEŠTU ZAG-ni x[ …]And the right side of the ear ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′za-nu-an-zi na-at A-NA NINDA.GU[R₄.RA …] [nu]They give it, and it is for a loaf of bread.(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′⸢ZAG⸣-an {UZU}ZAG.UDU IZI-it […]he places the shoulder of the shoulder with fire.
11′[… {UZU}mu-uḫ-r]a-in {D}tar-pa-a[t-… ]... the flesh of Tarpat ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′[… d]a-a-i […]he takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)

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