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KUB 39.57 (tlh:KUB 39.57)

CTH 449

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DesignationKUB 39.57
IDtlh:KUB 39.57
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 449

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 […]
2′[… ]x ar-x[ … ]-i-ia x[ …]
3′[…] xxx-az GI-az ⸢GAL⸣ BABBAR {MUNUS}ŠU.GI ÍD-az ⸢UGU KUR?⸣... the ..., the reed-bed, the large white one, the old woman, the water over the land ...
4′[… ]x-az da-a-i ZI{ḪI.A} A.BÁR an-da ú-i-šu-ri-an-te-eš... he places the flour of the scribe, and they libate.
5′[…] xx {UZU}GABA A.BÁR {UZU}UBUR ge-nu-wa A.BÁR IGI{ḪI.A} A.⸢BÁR⸣ ŠU{MEŠ} A.BÁR... the breast-bone, the scribe, the heart-bone and the intestines, [the scribe], the eyes, the hands, the [scribe]
6′[ … 1 GU₄].MAḪ GE₆ 1 še-e-na-aš SAG.DU-kán {UZU}GABA {UZU}UBUR ge-nu-wa ZI-TUM... one black ox, one šēna-vessel, the head, the breast, the stomach, the hearth, the meal ...
7′[… ]x ŠU.U A-NA GIDIM IGI-an-da DAB-an-zi EN SISKUR-kán INIM-an an-da me-ma-⸢i⸣... they take the hand to the ghost. The lord of your sacrifice speaks: he speaks:
8′[ … Z]I-TUM ú-i-šu-ri-an-ta-an ar-ḫa la-a-an-zi ZI{ḪI.A}-kán IGI{ḪI.A} {UZU}GABA... they bring the meal, and they take it away. The meal, the eyes, and the breast
9′[ … {UZ]U}UBUR ge-nu-wa A-NA GIDIM ar-ḫa SUD-an-zi A-az ar-ḫa u-un-ḫa-a[n-zi ]Afterwards, they pound the heart of a goose for a ghost, and they sprinkle it with water.
10′[…] ⸢A⸣-NA GU₄.MAḪ še-e-ni še-er la-a-ḫu-u-wa-an-zi EN SISKUR-za-kán GU₄.MAḪ še-e-na-an-naAfterwards, they bring the ox into the hearth, and the lord of your sacrifice, the bull into the hearts.
11′[ … ]x e-ep-zi me-mi-an-kán an-da me-ma-i GU₄.MAḪ še-e-na-an-na ar-ḫa... he takes ... and speaks: “The ox is in the šēnana-vessel ...
12′[ n]e?-an-zi a-pé-e-ma-kán EGIR-pa IŠ-TU Ì LÀL šu-un-na-an-zi... they drink, and afterwards they pour oil from the bottom ...
13′[n]a-at A-NA {D}UTU AN-E EGIR-pa ma-ni-ia-aḫ-ḫa-an-ziAnd they go back to the Sun-deity of heaven.
14′[… ]x GU₄ [… ]x še-e-na-an SAG.DU {UZU}UBUR {UZU}GABA ge-nu-⸢wa⸣ Š[U …]... an ox ... ... the head of the heart, the breast, and the hand ...
15′[…] ⸢A⸣-NA {D}EREŠ.KI.GAL {D}al-la-a-ni {D}le-e[l-w]a-[ni …]... to Ereškigal, Allani, and Lulwani ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
16′[… ]x-aš ar-ḫa SUD-an-zi x[ …]... they pound it back ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′[… l]a-a-ḫu-u-wa-an-z[i ] [ …]they libate ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
18′[… -z]i ⸢na-an⸣(-)[ …] ...... once ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
Rs. IV
1′[…] x […] xx […] x ⸢ḫur-la⸣-x […]... [... ...] ... ḫurla-...(low confidence: few signs survive)
2′⸢1⸣ GU₄.M[AḪ 1 ALA]M GIŠ A-NA {D}⸢KAL⸣ DINGIR⸢{MEŠ}˽LÚ{MEŠ} x{MEŠ} {URU}⸣[ …]One bull, one tree, for the Great One, the gods, the ... of the city
3′1 GU₄.MAḪ 1 ALAM GIŠ A-NA {D}10 {URU}za-zi-ša ⸢DINGIR{MEŠ(?)}˽LÚ{MEŠ}⸣1 bull, 1 wooden figurine for the Storm-god of Zaziša, the men,
4′ḪUR.SAG{MEŠ} ÍD{MEŠ} KUR {URU}za-zi-šaThe mountains, the rivers of the land of Zaziša
5′⸢1 GU₄⸣.MAḪ 1 ALAM GIŠ A-NA {D}AMAR.UTU DINGIR{MEŠ}˽LÚ⸢{MEŠ}⸣ xxxxxxOne ox, one wooden figurine for Marduk, the gods, the ...
6′[1 G]U₄.MAḪ 1 ALAM GIŠ A-NA {D}LIŠ {URU}ša-pa-ra-aš-⸢ša!?-na⸣[1] ewe, 1 wooden figurine for the Lady of Šaparašna.
7′[1 GU₄].MAḪ 1 ALAM GIŠ 1 LÚ DINGIR{MEŠ} xx xx ...1 ox, 1 wooden statue, 1 man of the gods ...

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