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CTH 338

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DesignationKBo 53.3+
IDtlh:KBo 53.3+
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 338

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′[ ] x [
2′[ ] ⸢ka-a⸣-aš x[... there ...(very low confidence: a guess)
3′[ ]-an ku-u-un MÁŠ-x[... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
4′[ ]-an-ti ZAG-an {UZU}ZAG 3-Š[U?... on the right, the breast-bone three times ...
5′[ EGI]R-pa da-a-i na-an ti-ia-am?-[He places it on the throne, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′[ ]x-ga-an kat-ta da-a-i nu kiš-an [... he places on the ground, and under ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′⸢lu-li⸣-iš ar-ta-ri kat-ta-an-ma {LÚ}KÚR-aš [The luliš-priest goes down, and the cult actor ...
8′ša-ra-a-ma GIŠ-ru ḫa-za-aš-ta {LÚ}KÚR-aš-ša ku-i[š?(-)Then the weapon, the weapon of the enemy, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′ša-an-ḫi-iš-ke-ez-zi nu a-pa-a-aš-ša ḫa-za-aš-x[... and he ... the hearth ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′⸢EME⸣-aš EN-aš ku-wa-pí pa-a-ši *KASKAL*-ši ka-ri-pu-wa-⸢an⸣ [The tongue of the lord goes to the kawapu-vessel, the road to Karipuwan ...
10′UR.MAḪ tar-wa-u-wa-an-zi pa-a-i-mi a-li-li wa-ar-⸢šu-wa⸣-an-⸢zi pa-a-i-mi⸣ [They give the lions to drink; they give the alili-beer to drink.
11′DUMU.*U₁₉*.LU la-la-u-wa-an-zi pa-a-i-mi KASKAL-aš-za ka-ri-pu-wa-an-zi Ú-ULThe sons libate, but they do not go on the road.
12′me-*em*-ma-i UR.MAḪ-aš-za tar-wa-u-wa-an-zi UL me-em-ma-i a-li-la-aš-zaHe speaks: "The lion and the tarwānzi-birds do not speak; the city ...
13′wa-ar-šu-wa-an-zi Ú-UL me-em-ma-i {D}UTU-uš-za ḪUL-mu-uš EME{ḪI.A}They do not speak; the Sun-deity speaks evil of the tongues.
14′UL me-ma-ihe does not hear.
15′⸢al⸣-ta-an-ni-iš ar-ta an-da-na-aš-ta GIŠ-ru ar-ta GAM-an-ma UR.MAḪ ḫa-aš-ša-an-zaAfterwards, he places the wood on the left, and the lion stands in the hearth.
16′še-eš-zi DÀRA.MAŠ ú-e-da-an-za še-eš-zi al-ta-an-ni-iš ḫa-az-za-aš-taHe takes the šamaš-vessel, he takes it, and he places it on the chest.
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1an-da-kán GIŠ-ru *ḫa*-az-za-aš-ta UR.MAḪ-aš ḫa-a-ša-an ḫa-az-za-aš-taAnd he places the wood, the lion, and the wood.
2ú-it-ta-an-za DÀRA.MAŠ-aš ḫa-az-za-aš-ta ḪUL-u-wa-aš UḪ₇ EME ḫa-za-aš-taAnd he places it on the throne, the evil-doer, the saliva of the tongue.
3EME EN-aš ku-wa-pí pa-a-ši ḪUR.SAG-i a-ra-u-wa-an-zi pa-a-i-mi ḫa-a-ri-ia tup!-pa-an-naHe breaks the tongue of the lord. They go to the mountains. They break the tablet.
4pa-a-i-mi KASKAL-ši ka-ri-pu-wa-an-zi pa-a-i-mi ḪUR.SAG-aš-za a-ra-u-wa-an-ziThey go on their way, they go to the mountains.
5me-em-ma-i ḫa-ri-ia-aš-za tup-pa-a-an-na me-em-ma-i KASKAL-ša-aš-za ka-ri-pu-wa-an-ziHe speaks to the ḫariya-priestess, they speak to the tablet, they go on their way.
6me-em-ma-i ḪUL-u-wa-aš-ma-za UḪ₇-aš EME-aš ḪUL-u me-em-ma-iHe speaks: “The evil-doer, the sick one, the evil-dead one, he speaks:
7Ú.SAL-i {GIŠ}ši-ši-ia-am-ma ar-ta kat-ta-an-ma ta-aš-wa-an-za du-du-mi-ia-an-zaThe salves, the šiši-vessel, and behind it, and the tashwanza, the dudumiyanza,
8a-ša-an-zi ta-aš-wa-an-za a-uš-zi ⸢le⸣-e du-ud-du-mi-ia-an-za-ma iš-ta-ma-aš-ziThey go, and he goes, and they stand.(lower confidence: line is broken)
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9le-e ik-ni-ia-an-za píd-da-i le-e UḪ₇{ḪI.A}-aš-⸢ša ud-da-na-an-te⸣-ešhe holds the levee, he pours the water of the ointment.
10EN SISKUR QA-TAM-MA le-e ú-wa-an-ziThe lord of the sacrifice sets the writing board in place.
11⸢Ú⸣.SAL-⸢i⸣ {GIŠ}ši-ši-ia-am-ma ar-ta GAM-⸢an⸣ [ ]x-⸢da⸣-aš-wa-an-⸢za⸣ ⸢du⸣-ud-d[u-And he places it on the throne, and he ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12[ -z]i ta-aš-wa-za a-uš-zi [ d]u-ud-du-mi-ia-an-za [... he goes to the side. ... the dudiyanza ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13[ -z]i le-e ik-ni-i[a- ]-⸢i⸣ in-na-⸢ru?⸣-[... he binds the leek ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14[ -r]a?-nu-wa-az [ ]-x šu-up-pa-[... ... the ...(very low confidence: a guess)
15[ ]x-i d[u- ] ⸢ki-i-ma?⸣ [... like ...(lower confidence: line is broken)

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Cite the original edition and translator. Page generated by Unread Atlas from the public corpus export of 2026-10-18.