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KUB 16.58 (tlh:KUB 16.58)

CTH 577

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DesignationKUB 16.58
IDtlh:KUB 16.58
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 577

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)
obv.
1[IŠ-TU{LÚ}IGI.MUŠ]EN ER-TUM QA-〈TAM〉-MA-pát nu MUŠEN{ḪI.A} SI×SÁ-an-d[u]The bird-watcher libates in the middle of the hearth, and the birds sing.
2[ ] tar-li₁₂-an NI-MUR na-aš-kán pé-an SIG₅-[za]... he pours a libation, and he places it before you.
3[ú-et na-aš] 2-an ar-ḫa pa-it TI₈{MUŠEN}-ma-ká[n]And two times before the bird ...
4[ SIG₅]-za ú-et nu-za GAM-an *ḫa-aš-ta*-pí-i[n]... good ... and he, together with the ḫaštapi-vessel
5[tar-li₁₂-an IK-Š]U-UD na-at an-da e-re-er... he pours a libation of Ikšu-drink, and he enters.
6[na-at-kán p]é?-an ar-ḫa pa-a-erAnd he goes behind.(lower confidence: line is broken)
7[EGIR KASKAL-NI a-l]i-li-iš-kán EGIR UGU SIG₅-[za]Afterwards, on your journey, aliliška, afterwards on your good path
8[ú-et na-aš-k]án pé-an ar-ḫa pa-itAnd he places it before the gate.(lower confidence: line is broken)
9[UM-MA {M}kur-ša(?)]-⸢{D}⸣KAL SI×SÁ-at-waThus Kurša-Šarruma, the horn-bearer,
10[IŠ-TU{LÚ}ḪAL ER]-TUM QA-TAM-MA-pát nu IGI-zi SU{MEŠ}The cult actor takes a seat opposite it, and they look at his body.
11[SIG₅-ru EGIR-ma NU].SIG₅-du 3-ŠU ar-ḫa Ú-ULIt is good, afterwards it is not good. It is not three times good.
12]
13]x{MEŠ}-ia... my ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
14]x-kán
rev.
1′[ ]x[
2′[ ] ⸢SI×SÁ⸣-ri... the horn ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′[ ]x ⸢ma-a⸣-an-ma-aš-ma-aš DINGIR{MEŠ}... all the gods(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′[QA-TAM-MA ma-la]-⸢a-an⸣ ḫar-te-ni a-ši-kán INIM ŠALikewise, as much as he takes, the word of
5′[a-pé-ez me-m]i-az la-it-ta-ri DINGIR-LUM-na-aš... he speaks: “It is a lament of the gods.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′[zi-la-ti-i]a A-NAINIM {M}ḫal-pa-LÚ {TÚG}še-ek-nu-unZilatiya, the enemy, Ḫalpa-šarri, the hem
7′[i-da-la]-u-wa!-an-ni Ú-UL nam-ma ku-it-ki [ ]... they speak to me, but it is not yours ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′[ ] nu KIN SIG₅-ru LUGAL-uš-za ZAG-tar... and it is a good day for the king.(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′[ŠADINGIR{MEŠ} m]i-nu-mar{ḪI.A} ME-aš na-aš DINGIR.MAḪ-ni pa-išThe gods, the Inūmar-gods, and the gods go.
10′[I-NAUD 2{KAM}] DINGIR-LUM-za DA.BI-an ZI-an TI-tar-ra ME-ašOn the second day, he speaks to your god: “Get up, go out, come out, and be at peace with me!
11′[DINGIR.MAḪ]-ni pa-iš I-NAUD 3{KAM} DINGIR-LUM-zaThe cult singer comes. On the third day, the god
12′[EGIR-an ar-ḫ]a kar-pí-in ME-aš nu-kán an-*da*Afterwards, he pours a libation of water, and then ...
13′[ ] SIG₅-u-i SIG₅... is good, is good(low confidence: few signs survive)

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