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KUB 55.17 (tlh:KUB 55.17)

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DesignationKUB 55.17
IDtlh:KUB 55.17
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 712

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)
1′[GUB-aš 1-ŠU e]-⸢ku⸣-z[i 3 NINDA.GUR₄.RA pár-ši-ia {LÚ.ME.EŠ}NAR ḫur-ri SÌR-RU]He drinks once; he breaks three loaves of bread; the singers sing in Hurrian.
2′[EGIR-ŠU-m]a Ì-a[n iš-kán-zi LUGAL-uš le-e-li ḫa-a-aš-ša-ri]Afterwards, they pour oil; the king rises up.
3′[TUŠ-aš 1-ŠU e]-⸢ku-zi⸣ [3 NINDA.GUR₄.RA pár-ši-ia {LÚ.ME.EŠ}NAR ḫur-ri SÌR-RU]He drinks once while seated; he breaks three loaves of bread; the singers sing in Hurrian.
4′[EGIR-ŠU-ma L]UGAL-uš ⸢e⸣-[li pur-ni GUB-aš 1-ŠU e-ku-zi]Afterwards, the king drinks once in the purni-vessel.
5′[1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA] pár-ši-ia {⸢LÚ⸣.ME.[EŠ}NAR ḫur-ri SÌR-RU]He breaks one loaf of bread; the singers sing in Hurrian.
6′[EGIR-ŠU-ma LUGA]L-uš ḫa-a-ri mu-šu-n[i GUB-aš 1-ŠU e-ku-zi 1 NINDA.GUR₄.RA pár-ši-ia]Afterwards, the king drinks once in the ḫari-vessel, while standing, and breaks one loaf of bread.
7′[{LÚ.ME.EŠ}NAR ḫur]-⸢ri SÌR⸣-RU ta ap-pa-a-⸢i⸣ [nu LUGAL-uš UŠ-KE-EN]The Hurrian singers sing; and he ... and the king prostrates himself.
8′[nu LUGAL-uš I-N]A⸢É⸣ {D}IŠTAR LÍL an-na-al-l[a-aš {URU}ša-mu-u-ḫa pa-iz-zi]And the king goes to the house of the god Ištar, the lord of Šamuḫa.
9′[nu LUGAL-uš] DINGIR-LIM IŠ-TU{DUG}KU-KU-UB K[Ù.SI₂₂ GEŠTIN-it šu-u-wa-an]And the king, the god, pours a libation of wine from a bowl of gold.
10′[ši-pa-an-ti LU]GAL-uš UŠ-KE-EN nu-uš-ši ku-[wa-pí a-aš-šu na-aš a-pí-ia]... he libates; the king prostrates himself; and he bows down.
11′[še-eš-zi PA]-NI{D⸢}IŠTAR⸣ LÍL {URU}ša-mu-ḫa-ma {L[Ú}AZU e-ša {LÚ.ME.EŠ}NAR {LÚ.ME.EŠ}AZU-ia]He takes it before Ištar, the lord of Šamuḫama, the diviner, and the singers and my diviners
12′[iš-pa-an-d]a-an la-[ak-nu-wa-an-zi]They set it up.(lower confidence: line is broken)
13′[I-NAU]D 10{KAM} ma-a-an ⸢lu⸣-uk-kat-ta LUGAL-uš [ ]In the evening, on the 10th day, when the king ...
14′[nu-za LUGAL-uš a]-ni-ia-at-ti da-a-i ⸢{TÚG}⸣lu-pa-⸢an⸣-[ni- ]And the king takes the lupani-garment.
15′[ ]x DINGIR-LIM-ma ku-e šu-up-pa ḫu-u-i-šu-w[a-za ]... the god, and he libates a libation ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
16′[ š]a-ra-a da-a-i na-at A-NA {LÚ.ME.EŠ}[ ]... he places, and to the soldiers ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
17′⸢na-at za⸣-nu-wa-an-zi LUGAL-uš-ša x[]And they libate, the king ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
18′⸢LUGAL⸣-uš-kán IŠ-TUÉ.DU₁₀.ÚS.SA p[a-ra-a ú-ez-zi]The king comes out from the window.
19′[ ]x {D}IŠTAR LÍL {URU}ša-mu!-ḫa pa-i[z?-zi? ]... the great Ištar of Šamuḫa goes ...
20′[ t]i-ia-zi na-an {LÚ}!⸢AZU⸣ ḫ[u?- ]... he goes, and the priest ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
21′[ ]-x-⸢ša⸣-az-zi-ia wa-⸢aḫ⸣-n[u- ]... they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
22′[ ]-x-ni xx x x[ ]
23′[ ]x[ ]

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