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KUB 40.1 (tlh:KUB 40.1)

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DesignationKUB 40.1
IDtlh:KUB 40.1
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 203

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.!
1′[ ]x x[
2′⸢ŠÀ⸣-za GAM? x[And he ...(very low confidence: a guess)
3′{m}šar-pa-{D}KAL-aš [Šarpa-Šamaš(lower confidence: line is broken)
4′ḫa-at-ra-wa-an-[zithey libate.(low confidence: few signs survive)
5′ki-nu-un-ma-kán [In Kinuma ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′pé-ra-an ḫu-u-[ -t]u? ku-it?-[k]i? x[before ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
7′{m}ul-me-{D}LUG[AL-ma ] ⸢ar-ḫa ar?⸣-[ḫ]a?-[ḫ]a?-[Ulme-Šarruma ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8′i-ia-at-ta-r[i ]x GIM-an [... like ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9′na-aš GIM-an [ ] na-aš-za kat-t[a... like ... ... below ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
10′pé-ra-an UGU x[ EGIR-p]a KUR {URU}a-⸢ma⸣-da-[Afterwards, the land of Amada(lower confidence: line is broken)
11′ma-a-an-ma [ ]x-x[ U]GU-at-mu INIM [Who ... against me?(lower confidence: line is broken)
12′UL ka-ru-ú [ -w]a-an ka-ru-ú [... not ... ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
13′nu ša-ka₄-aḫ-ḫi x[ -a]n {D}UTU-ŠI EN-[IAAnd the ša-kaḫi-vessel ... for the Sun-deity, my lord
14′Ú-UL ku-it-ki x[ ] kat-ta-an Ú-U[L... not ... ... below ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15′pa-ra-a UL k[u?-it?-ki? ] i-ia-ni-ia-zi [He does not go to a place, he goes to ...
16′ku-it a-aš-x[ ]instead of ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
17′{m}ar-ḫu-⸢e⸣-ma ku-wa-p[í ka]-⸢a!⸣-aš-ma KASKAL-ši ka-ru-⸢ú⸣ [Aḫūma, the kupi-priestess, and the road to Karû ...
18′ḫa-an-da-an-za e-eš-t[a KA]RAŠ-ŠI ku-it INA {URU}[And he goes up to the gate of the city ...
19′ka-ru-ú e-eš-ta E[GIR?-a]n?-ta INA{URU}pí-i-da!-aš-[šaThe karû-offering is in the courtyard of the city of Pidaša.
20′ku-u-un INIM-an UGULA!{MEŠ} {D}[UTU-Š]I uš-kán-du ni-ni-in-x[And he speaks, and the overseers of the Sun-deity ...
21′LÚ{MEŠ} {URU}?pa?-x[ ] A{MEŠ}-uš [ ] e-še-erThe men of Pa... ... the water ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
22′[ ]-a-it? [ ]x x[ ] nu-wa ar-[... ... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
23′[ ]x-ga-an-[z]i IGI{ḪI.A}-za uš-k[án-zi]... they set their eyes ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
24′[ ]x x ma-a!-an-na-aš ar-ḫa [e]-eš-ta... he ... again ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
25′[ -r]i-⸢i⸣ [ ] ⸢SIG₅⸣-an-za ki-ša-at... he takes ... the good one, the one who
26′[ ] xx x[ ]-a-an [ ]x-ḫi-iš-ke-et... and ...(very low confidence: a guess)
27′[ ] x[ {D}UTU-Š]I EN-IA TAL-SÀ... Šamaš, my lord, ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
28′[ ] TA? [ ]x {D}UTU-ŠI Ú-UL-a[t?]... the Sun-deity does not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
29′[ ] na-at ⸢a?-ši?⸣ {D}UTU-ŠI EN-IA Ú-U[L] ⸢I?⸣-D[I?]... and to the Sun-deity, my lord, ...
30′[ ]x-x nu-kán ma-a-an [ ] ⸢A-NA⸣{D}⸢UTU⸣-ŠI... and when ... to the Sun-deity(lower confidence: line is broken)
31′[ ]x-ti-ia-wa-⸢ar⸣ Ù TI {D}UTU-ŠI I-[NA?]ZI-ni... and the life of the Sun-deity in ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
32′[ {m}šar-pa]-{D}KAL-an IŠ-TU [ ]x-x SIG₅... Šarpa-Šamaš, from ... good ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
33′[ ]x nu {D}UTU-ŠI E[N-IA -a]n-da KAR!?-at!... and the Sun-deity ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
34′[ ] le-e kat-ta x-x-x-ti... the leek below ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
Rs.!
1[ A-NA]{D}UTU-ŠI EN-IA Ú-UL mar-ri ar-ku-wa-a[r ]... to the Sun-deity, my lord, ... not ... ...
2[ ]x x A-[N]A{D}UTU-ŠI EN-[I]A? UL mar-ri [... to Šamaš, my lord, is not present ...
3[ e-eš-ša]-aḫ-ḫ[i ] Ú-UL mar-ri ḫa-at-re-eš-ke-mi... he does not bow down, he prostrates himself.
4[ ]-wa-ḫi-iš-ke-mi me-ek-ki-kán te-eḫ-ḫu-un me-ek-ki... he screams, and he shouts.(lower confidence: line is broken)
5[ ] me-ek-ki-mu na-ak-ke-e-eš-ta... he eats, and he drinks.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6[ ] ⸢a⸣-ra-a-an {D}UTU-ŠI-za-kán EN-IA za-at?-ḫi?... to the Sun-deity, my lord, ...
7[ kiš-šu-w]a?-an-mu ZI-ni a-ra-an kiš-šu-an-mu 𒑱ú-wa-al-la?... on the right side, on the left side ...
8[ ] kiš-šu-wa-an ḫa-at-re-eš-kán-zi Ú-UL-[a]t? ÚŠ-tar... they are seated, but they do not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9[ ] INIM-an 𒑱pa-a-x-ḫa-aḫ-ḫa GÉŠPU-za-an x-an... he speaks, and the ... of the potter ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
10[ ] {D}UTU-ŠI ka-ru-ú I-DE... the Sun-deity ... he pours a libation ...
11[ ] ḫu-u-un-ḫu-e-eš-ni kat-ta-an-da ú-wa-nu-un... he pours a libation ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
12[ ]x ma-a-an na-an nam-ma IGI{ḪI.A}-za u-uḫ-ḫi... when ... and the eyes ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
13[ ki-i]š-ḫa-ḫa-ri nu-kán GIM-an ke-e-ez-za x-x... and like ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
14[ n]a-at-ši ú-ke-el DU₁₁-aḫ-ḫi... he holds, he speaks ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
15[{D}]UTU-ŠI-ma EN-IA [ku-it-m]a-an ke-e-ez-za ZAG-za nu-un-tar-aš a-u-wa-an ⸢ar-ḫa⸣... the Sun-deity, my lord, ... and he ... on the right and the left ...
16[da?]-a-i 𒑱pár-za-aš-š[a ku?]-⸢e?⸣-ka₄ 𒑱da-a-ia-al-la me-ḫur-ri{ḪI.A} ar-ta-ri-i[a?]... he places a stela, and he puts it on the feet.
17INIM{MEŠ}-ma me-ek-k[i ]x-na-an-da na-at-mu-kán RI-za AŠ-PUR-zi ULHe speaks, and he ... ... and they do not ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18[a]m-mu-uk-ma ke-e-da-ni KASKAL-ši GIM-an GIM-an na-ak-ke-e-eš-ke-et... and when he goes on his journey, as if he had done it,
19GIM-an-za GIM?-an ki-iš-ḫa-ḫa-at ta-pár-ri-ia-an-[ká]n UL ku-e-da-ni-ki pé-diLike a reed, like the kišḫaḫa-vessel, it is not yours.
20wa-aš-da-nu-nu-[u]n DINGIR{MEŠ} {D}UTU-ŠI-mu a-u-wa-an a[r-nu?-er... the gods, the Sun-deity ... he libates ...
21[t]a-pár-ri-ia-an-ma a-pu-un-pát DAB-un {D}UTU-ŠI-za [EN-I]A ku-in ma-a-la-a-ši... he pours, and he takes the libation vessel. The Sun-deity, my lord, ...
22ka-a-aš-ma MU{KAM}-za pár-ku-wa-ia-pát tar-na-an-za ke-e-da-ni MU{KAM}-tiAnd he breaks the year, and he sets the year again.
23na-ak-ki-ia-tar Ú-UL nam-ma ku-iš-ki e-eš-ziNakkiyatar does not, and he takes it.
24nu-mu-za am-me-el LÚ{MEŠ} a-ru-uš le-e nam-ma pa-ra-a ka-ni-iš-šu-wa-an-ziAnd he, the lord of the men, bows down, and they bow down.
25mar-kiš-ke-wa-an-zi-ia-mu-za ma-a-la-wa-an-zi RI-za le-e ḫa-at!-ra!-an-ziThey libate to Markiškewanziyamuza; they take the lee and the ḫatrāzi-vessels.
26a-u-wa-an UGU-mu-za le-e dam-m[e-u]m-ma-an wa-tar-na-ḫe-eš-kán-zi da-a-l[i-i]a-〈an〉-du-m[uhe pours a libation over it, and the libations of the wandaḫeška-offerings ...
27nu-kán GIM-an ta-[p]ár-ri-ia-an A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI EGIR-an-da ú-da-aḫ-ḫiAnd he brings it back to the Sun-deity behind him.
28{D}UTU {URU}PÚ-na-ma A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI EN-IA še-er SIG₅-in KIN-zi [Šamaš of Pūnama calls out to the Sun-deity, my lord, favorably.
29wa-aš-da-nu-wa-an-wa UL ku-it-ki m[a]-a-an ki-i TUP-PU PAB-an-d[u]It is not yours. If it is in accordance with the tablet,
30nu GIM-an {D}UTU-ŠI EN-IA x-da-[ ](-)ma-a-ia-mi nu-mu-za ke-e-da-niAnd like the Sun-deity, my lord, ... ... and he himself ...
31ke-e-ez-za tup-pí-az-za kat-ta [p]u-nu-uš-ša-an-duAnd he places it below the tablet.(lower confidence: line is broken)
32ku-u-uš ku-e-eš ke-e-el ZAG{MEŠ}-aš BE-L[U{ḪI].A} {m}ḫa-aš-du-DINGIR-LIM {m}ta-ru-piš-ni-išAnd he, the lords, Ḫašdu-ili, Tarupiši,
33{m.D}AMAR.UTU-{D}KAL {LÚ}a-an-tu-GAL nu A-NATI {D}UTU-ŠI še-er me-ek-ki PAB-an-d[a?-ru]Marduk-Šamaš, the great chanter, and the gods of the Sun-deity, the ... of the bodyguards.
34{m}ta-ru-up-[p]iš-ni-in-ma-mu-kán {D}UTU-ŠI [E]N-IA GIM-an a-ša-an-da pa-ra-a [ ]Taruppišnin-māmu, the Sun-deity, ... like ...
35GIM-an-ma-aš a-ra-[a]š? nu QA-TAM-MA-pát KIN-[z]i? a-pé-e-ni-šu-wa-an-da ḫar-ziAs soon as he has poured, and likewise he libates, he pours a libation.
36{D}UTU-ŠI-du-za-kán GIM-an EGIR-pa e-[e]š-ša-tiŠamaš-šiduzakkan, like a reed ...
37A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI-ma EN-IA ŠA{m}ḫa-aš-du-DIN[GIR-L]IM ku-it ḫa-at-ra-a-miTo the Sun-deity, my lord, Ḫašdu-ilum, in place of the ḫatramu-vessel,
38{D}UTU {URU}PÚ-na [GAŠ]AN-IA uš-ke-du ma-a-an-at x [ ]x ku-e-da-ni-ki ARAD-I[A?Šamaš, in the city of Pana, the lady, ... ... your servant ...
39u-uḫ-ḫu-un kiš-šu-wa-an ḫa-an-da-an da-a[t-ti? ]-ka-ri-x[... he pours a libation, he libates ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
40ku-u-un ma-ši-ia-an UN-an [Š]A{D}UTU-Š[IAnd he places it before the Sun-deity.
41{D}UTU-ŠI-za EN-IA ú-uk ARAD-in U[LŠamaš, my lord, said: “I am a servant of ...
42ZI-an UL 𒑱ši-ú-wa-ri-er x[... he does not take ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
43[ ]-a-at-ta-ia-wa DÙ-zi p[a-... he goes ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
44[{D}UTU]-ŠI-ma-an-kán EN-IA pé-[Šamaš-šimanna, my lord, before
45[ ]x A-NA{D}UTU-ŠI ú-[... for the Sun-deity ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
46[ ] ku-it INIM DUMU.NI[TA... in accordance with the word of her son(lower confidence: line is broken)
47[ ] INIM DUMU.NI[TA... the word of her son(low confidence: few signs survive)
lk. Rd.
1[nam]-ma-pát [EG]IR-pa BAL-nu-nu-unAfterwards they libate.(lower confidence: line is broken)
2[ a]r-ḫa ar-nu-nu-un... he smote ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3[ ]-ta-ri na-an-kán {LÚ.MEŠ}DUB.〈SAR〉-za... and the scribes ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
4[ ]x-an-du na-aš-za le-e INA{URU}ú-uš-ša... he stands, and the writing board of Urušša ...
5[ ku]-u-un INIM-a[n A-NA]{D}UTU-ŠI UL mar-ri AŠ-PUR-unAnd he speaks to the Sun-deity: “It is not good, it is not bad.‭
6[ ka?]-r[u?]-ú? a-ú [ ]x [ ] SIG₅-in ku-iš DU₁₁-i na-an-k[án]... the karû-vessel ... ... is good, and he places it before him.
7[ ] KA? [ ]-wa-ti me-ek-ki GAL(-)ri(-)x... ... the great ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
8{D}UTU-〈ŠI〉-mu at?-[Šamaš-šimu ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
9UGU RA-[upon ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
10RA-IṢ-an [
11ku-it x [instead of ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
12ku-u-un [
13x [

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