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KUB 23.21 (tlh:KUB 23.21)

CTH 143

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DesignationKUB 23.21
IDtlh:KUB 23.21
Museum no.Bo 2919+Bo 2129
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 143

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′] ⸢ú⸣-[... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
2′-u]š?-ša ap-pa-an-d[u... they libate ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′-d]a?-a-an ú-e-te-nu-⸢un⸣ [... they bring ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
4′{URU}zu-u]n-na-ḫa-ra-anZunnaḫara(lower confidence: line is broken)
5′{URU]}a-da-ni-ia-an {GIŠ}ar-m[i-iz-ziHe sets the torch in Adaniya.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′{URU}ši-n]u-wa-an-da-an {URU}ḫi-ia-[Šinuwandan, Ḫia...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′] ú-e-te-nu-un ḫa-an〈〈an〉〉-te-e[z-zi-... they bring ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
8′{URU}z]u?-ul-li-it-ta-anZullittan(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′-z]a
10′] ÉRIN{MEŠ} ANŠE.KUR.RA{MEŠ} an-da... the troops and horses ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′ar]-nu-nu-un... he smote(low confidence: few signs survive)
12′LUGAL] GAL {URU}KÙ.BABBAR-ši at-ti-mi kat-t[a?The great king of Kulši, you are ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′at-ta-aš-mi-i]š {M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-ia-aš LUGAL GAL [And Tutḫaliya, the great king,(lower confidence: line is broken)
14′{M}ar-nu-wa-an-d]a-aš LUGAL GALAnu-wandaš, the great king
15′KUR {URU}ar]-za-u-wa ku-e-u-enYou go to the land of Arzawa.(lower confidence: line is broken)
16′KUR {URU}a]r-za-u-wa ku-in {M}ku-pa-an-ta-{D}[KAL-an?the land of Arzawa, Kupanta-Šarran
17′-a]n-da da-a-li-ia-u-enAnd he says: "Ayaliya!"(lower confidence: line is broken)
18′ku-u-ru]-ur IṢ-BAT KUR {URU}ar-du-uk-[ka₄?... the border of the land of Ardukka(lower confidence: line is broken)
19′]-x-an ... x [
20′...
21′]-x w[a-
22′]-gi-e-e[š(-)... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
23′]-ma-aš-ša-an KUR ⸢{URU}ma-a-ša KUR {URU}ar⸣-d[u-uk-ka₄]... and the land of Maša, the land [of] Arduk
24′I-NA]{ḪUR.SAG}ḫu-ul-lu-ši-wa-an-da pa-a-erHe goes to Ḫullušiwanda.(lower confidence: line is broken)
25′{ḪUR.SAG}ḫu-u]l-lu-ši-wa-an-da-aš-ma a-ru-ma me-ek-ki na-a[k-ki-i-išIn Ḫullušiwanda, he enters, and he prostrates himself.(lower confidence: line is broken)
26′nu-kán] at-ta-aš-mi-iš {M}tu-ut-ḫa-li-ia-aš LUGAL GALAnd you, Tutḫaliya, the great king,(lower confidence: line is broken)
27′ú-u]k-ka₄ {M}ar-nu-wa-an-da-aš LUGAL GAL EGIR-an-da pa-a-u-enAfterwards, he goes to Anu-wanda, the great king.
28′nu-un-n]a-aš DINGIR{MEŠ} pé-ra-an ḫu-u-wa-a-erAnd the gods, before him, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
29′nu ÉRIN{M]EŠ} {LÚ}KÚR ḫu-ul-lu-mé-en NAM.RA{MEŠ}-ma GU₄{ḪI.A} UDU{ḪI.A}And the troops of the enemy are destroyed, and the oxen and sheep
30′tu]-uz-zi-ia-an-za šar-wa-it... the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
31′{M}ku-pa]-an-ta-{D}KAL-aš-ma-kán LÚ {URU}ar-za-u-wa 1-aš ḫu-u-wa-išKupanta-Šamašma, the man of Arzawa, once ...
32′] na-an Ú-UL ú-e-mi-ia-u-en... he does not speak ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
rev.
1[DAM]-SÚ-ma-aš-ši DUMU{MEŠ}-ŠU-ia-p[át... and the sons ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
2[nu {M}t]u-ut-ḫa-li-ia-aš LUGAL GAL UR.SAG ú-[uk-ka₄ {M}ar-nu-wa-an-da]-ašAnd Tutḫaliya, the great king, the hero, and Arnuwanda
3[LUGAL GA]L šar-ku-uš pa-ra-a I-NA {ḪUR.SAG}x[ ]The great king, the šarku-offering, goes to the mountain of ...
4[KUR {URU}a]-aš-ša-ra-at-ta pa-a-u-en I-⸢NA⸣ [ ]He goes to the land of Aššarat.(lower confidence: line is broken)
5[x x KU]R {URU}a-aš-ša-ra-at-ta d[a- ]-e?-eš... of Aššaratta ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6[nu k]u-u-uš URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A} ku-e-u-e[n -e]nAnd he ... the cities ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7[ {URU}KÙ.BABB]AR-ši ú-wa-te-u-e[n ÉR]IN{MEŠ}-za... of the city of Kušu, the troops ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8[x xx x]-ia ne-i-e-x[... we ...(very low confidence: a guess)
9[x xx x] x I-NA {ḪUR.SAG}a[z-... in the foothills(lower confidence: line is broken)
10[ {M}i]l-ḫa-mu-u-wa-an-n[aIlḫamuwana(lower confidence: line is broken)
11-m]i-in-zu-u-na KU[RMinzuna, the goldsmith(lower confidence: line is broken)
12] x-la-tu-ur-ra i[š?-... he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
13a]n-da e-re-er nu-u[n-na-aš(?)... he brings it in, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14] x-ša za-aḫ-ḫi-ia ú-e-e[r... he brings ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
15] xx xx x [ ...
19′{M}tu-ut]-ḫa-li-ia-aš LUGAL GAL UR.[SAGTutḫaliya, the great king, warrior
20′[ {M}ar-nu-wa-an-d]a-aš LUGAL GAL tu-uz-zi-i[n[Arnuwa]nda, the great king, sits.
21′n]a-an A-NA{ÍD}wa-ar-ma-l[aand to Waarmala(lower confidence: line is broken)
22′]-a-an pu-nu-uš-ke-et ma-an-[... and he himself ...(very low confidence: a guess)
23′ú-u]k-ka₄ {M}ar-nu-wa-an-da-aš LUGAL GAL [... he calls out to Anu-wanda, the great king ...
24′k]u?-wa-aš-ke-nu-un a-ap-pa-an-n[a... the kuwaš-kēnu-vessel ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
25′Í]D-i pa-ra-a ú-et... he goes out, and ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
26′LUGA]L GAL ÍD-i pa-ra-an-da n[e-eḫ-ḫu-un(?)The great king pours a libation.
27′] x ze-eḫ-ḫu-un nu-mu DINGIR{MEŠ} [... the gods ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
28′] ŠA{LÚ}KÚR ḫu-ul-la-a-nu-[un(?)... the weapon of the enemy ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
29′nam-ma(?)-an-za-a]n EGIR-an IṢ-BAT nu {LÚ}KÚR [Afterwards, he libates, and the cupbearer ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
30′]{ḪI.A} ku-e-nu-un {KUR}kar-k[i-šathe ... of Karkiša(lower confidence: line is broken)
31′{KU]R}?ku-ru-pi {KUR}lu-u-ša [the kurupi weapon of the land of Luša
32′tu-uz-z]i-ia-an-za NAM.RA{MEŠ} [... the destinies ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
33′] URU{DIDLI.ḪI.A}-ma kat-ta-a[n... the cities ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
34′] {GIŠ}KIRI₆ {GIŠ}GEŠTIN-ma-kán x[... the garden, the wine ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
35′]-u-en... he(very low confidence: a guess)
36′]x ⸢I-NAKUR⸣ [... to the enemy ...(low confidence: few signs survive)

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