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CTH 591

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Designation	KUB 20.78
ID	tlh:KUB 20.78
Language	Hittite
Genre	CTH 591

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.

Line	ATF	Machine English (draft)
Vs. II
1′	[ -z]i
2′	[ ]
3′	[ ]
4′	[ ]
Vs. II 5″	[ NINDA mi-it]-ga-i-mu-uš	... bread of mi-itga-i-muš
Vs. II 6″	[ ]
Vs. II 7″	[ ]
Vs. II 8″	[ pár-š]i-ia	he breaks(low confidence: few signs survive)
Vs. II 9″	[ ]
Vs. II 10″	[ -z]i
Vs. II 11″	[ ]
Vs. II 12″	[ ]
Vs. II 13″	[ -z]i
Vs. II 14″	[ ]
Vs. II 15″	[ ]
Vs. II 16″	[ -z]i
Vs. II 17″	[ -z]i
Vs. II 18″	[ ]
Vs. II 19″	[ {NINDA}tu-u-ḫ]u-ra-a-i(?)	... the tuhura-bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
Vs. III
1′	[ ] ⸢NINDA.GUR₄.RA⸣ pár-ši-[ia	... breaks the loaf ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2′	nam-ma-aš-kán pa-ra-a ⸢pé-e-da⸣-a[n-zi	Then they go out.(lower confidence: line is broken)
3′	GAL ME-ŠE-DI {NINDA}ta-pár-wa-šu-un	The chief of the bodyguards, the taparwašu-bread
4′	LUGAL-i tar-kum-mi-ia-ez-zi	The king goes to the tarkummiyezzi.
5′	{NINDA}ta-pár-wa-šu-uš-wa {D}10-aš {NINDA}ḫar-ši-iš	taparwašuša-bread for the Storm-god, ḫarši-bread
6′	⸢še⸣-er-wa-kán UDU.NÍTA-az 3-az	Afterwards, three sheep.(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′	{⸢UZU⸣}ÚR-az	slaughtered flesh(low confidence: few signs survive)
8′	pár-ša-na-u-wa-aš-kán	he breaks.
9′	{LÚ}SAGI.A-aš ú-ez-zi	The cupbearer comes.
10′	LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL ⸢TUŠ⸣-aš {D}KAL	The king and the queen, while seated, pray to the Storm-god.
11′	a-ku-wa-an-zi	they drink.
12′	GIŠ.{D}INANNA GAL {LÚ.ME.EŠ}ḫal-⸢li-ia⸣-ri-e-eš	The great lyre, the cult singers
13′	SÌR-RU {LÚ}ALAM.ZU₉ me-ma-⸢i⸣	The cult actor speaks.(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′	{LÚ}pal-wa-tal-la-aš pal-wa-ez-z[i]	The chanter chants.(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′	{LÚ}ki-i-ta-aš ḫal-za-a-i	The recitation priest sings.
16′	LÚ˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR 1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA EM-ṢA	The tableman takes one sour loaf of bread.
17′	a-aš-ka-za ú-da-i	he brings to you.
18′	LUGAL-i pa-a-i LUGAL-uš pár-ši-ia	The king takes it; the king breaks it.
19′	{LÚ}SAGI.A-kán LUGAL-i NINDA.GUR₄.RA e!-ep-zi	The cupbearer takes the loaf of bread for the king.
20′	na-an-kán pa-ra-a pé-e-da-i	And he goes out.
21′	{LÚ.ME.EŠ}ŠU!.GI {LÚ.ME.EŠ}Ú-BA-RUM	The goldsmiths, the cupbearers
22′	ša-ra-a ⸢ti⸣-an-zi	They take it out.(lower confidence: line is broken)
23′	ta-at UŠ-KE-EN-NU	They prostrate themselves.
24′	{LÚ}ZABAR.DAB-〈aš〉-ma-aš GEŠTIN	The bronze cupbearer pours wine.
25′	a-ku-wa-an-na pa-a-i	he takes.
26′	{NINDA}zi-ip-pu-la-aš-ši-in ti-an-zi	They set the zigpula-bread.
27′	pár-⸢ša-na⸣-u-⸢wa-aš⸣-kán	He breaks it.(low confidence: few signs survive)
28′	[{LÚ}SAGI.A-aš ú-ez]-⸢zi⸣	The cupbearer comes.(lower confidence: line is broken)
Rs. IV
1	{⸢LÚ⸣}ALAM.⸢ZU₉⸣ me-ma-i	The cult actor speaks.(lower confidence: line is broken)
2	{LÚ}pal-wa-tal-la-aš pal-wa-ez-z[i]	The chanter chants.(lower confidence: line is broken)
3	{LÚ}ki-i-ta-aš ḫal-za-a-i	The recitation priest sings.
4	{GIŠ}!BALAG.DI.GAL wa-al-ḫa-an-zi	They hold the balagdigal-drum.
5	iš-ka₄-ru-ḫi-kán GEŠTIN la-ḫu-wa-an [ ]	He pours wine on the altar ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6	ta {GIŠ}BANŠUR pé-ra-an ši-pa-a[n-ti]	And he libates before the table.(lower confidence: line is broken)
7	LÚ˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR! 1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA	the tableman, one loaf of bread
8	{NINDA}zi-ip-pu-la-aš-ša-az	the zigpula-bread
9	kat-ta-an ar-ḫa da-a-i	he places it behind.
10	na-an A-NA{LÚ}SAGI.A pa-a-i	He gives it to the cupbearer.
11	{LÚ}SAGI.A-ma-an	the cupbearer
12	LUGAL-〈i〉 pa-a-i LUGAL-uš pár-ši-ia	The king takes it; the king breaks it.
13	ta-an A-NA{LÚ}SAGI.A	and to the cupbearer
14	EGIR-pa pa-a-i {LÚ}SAGI.A-ma-an	Afterwards, the cupbearer
15	A-NALÚ˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR pa-a-i	He gives it to the tableman.
16	LÚ˽{GIŠ}BANŠUR-ma-an EGIR-pa	The table-man afterwards
17	{NINDA}zi-ip-pu-la-aš-ši kat-ta-an da-a-i	He places the zigpula-bread below.
18	LUGAL MUNUS.LUGAL e-ša-an-da	The king and the queen go out.
19	⸢GAL⸣ DUMU{ME.EŠ}.É.GAL LUGAL-i	the chief of the palace servants of the king
20	{GIŠ}kal-mu-uš pa-a-i	He takes the kalmû-vessel.
21	⸢GAL ME-ŠE-DI⸣ pé-⸢ra⸣-[an] ḫu-u-wa-a-i	The chief of the bodyguards comes before him.
22	[t]a {LÚ.ME.EŠ}ḫa-⸢li-ia⸣-mi-e-eš	And the cult singers(lower confidence: line is broken)
23	{NINDA}ta-pár-w[a-š]u-⸢un⸣ ḫa-aš-ši-i ta-pu-uš-za	The taparwašu-bread is poured into the hearth.
24	[i]š-ga-ra-an-[z]i {NINDA}ta-pár-wa-šu-uš-kán	... and the taparwaška-bread ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
25	[ ]x[ ]-a-i	... he takes(very low confidence: a guess)
26	[ t]i-an-zi	they set up.(low confidence: few signs survive)
27	[ ]x
28	[ ]x ti-an-zi	... they set(low confidence: few signs survive)
29	[ ]-kán UZU UDU	... meat of a sheep(low confidence: few signs survive)
30	[IŠ-TU{GIŠ}MA.SÁ.AB] ⸢ú⸣-da-an-zi	They bring the boat into the boat.
31	[ ]x-⸢ša?⸣
Rs. V
1′	[ ]x
2′	[ ] ⸢e⸣-ep-zi	... takes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′	[ ]x 1 {UZU}ÚR	... 1 rib(low confidence: few signs survive)
4′	[ ]
5′	[ ]
6′	[ ]
7′	[ ]x-ra-a
8′	[ ]
9′	[ ] {⸢GIŠ⸣}kal-mu-uš	... the kalmu-vessel ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
10′	[ -z]i
11′	[ ]
12′	[ ]
13′	[ -z]i

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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