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KUB 8.21 (tlh:KUB 8.21)

CTH 534

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DesignationKUB 8.21
IDtlh:KUB 8.21
LanguageHittite
GenreCTH 534

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′[ ]x-x-an-x[
2′[ a]r-ḫa da-[an-na-te-eš-zi(?)]... they take ...(low confidence: few signs survive)
3′[ták-ku GIŠKIM-iš {D}30-aš] ḫa-an-te-ez-z[i ḫa-a-li]... he drinks from the scepter of the moon, he libates from ...
4′[an-da ki-š]a-ri nu ku-it-ma-an i[š-tar-ni-ia ḫa-a-li]And he places it on the ground, and he sets it up on the mountain.
5′[a-ri n]a-aš ša-ki-ia-u-wa-an-za {⸢D⸣}[30-aš {D}UTU-i]... and he libates to Sîn and Šamaš.(lower confidence: line is broken)
6′[me-n]a-aḫ-ḫa-an-da QA-TAM-MA ḫa-an-t[e-ez-zi a-ri(?)]... he takes, and likewise he goes out ...
7′[LUGAL]-uš a-ki KUR-e-kán ták-ša-an ḫar-ni-i[k-zi]The king, like your land, sets it up.
8′[ták-ku GIŠKIM-iš] {⸢D⸣}UTU-aš u-up-pu-u-wa-aš me-ḫu!-ni DÙ-ri [na-aš]... the scepter of the Sun-deity, the uuppuwa-vessel, the water of the river, ...
9′[ku-it-ma-an UD-ti i]š-tar-ni-ia a-ri na-aš EGIR-pa [SIG₅-ta-ri]Afterwards, on the day that he requests it, he pours a good libation.
10′[ŠALUGAL KUR {UR]U}AG-GA-TI-I GIŠKIM-išThe king of the land of Nabopolassar, the messenger,
11′[ták-ku GIŠKIM-iš {D}UTU-aš EGIR?]-az ḫu-wa-an-da-az DÙ-r[i]... he drinks the scepter of the Sun-deity. Afterwards, he performs the ḫuwanda-offering.
12′[na-aš tar-aš-me-ni ḫu-wa-an-t]i EGIR-pa SIG₅-ta-r[i ŠALUGAL]Then he libates a libation of ḫuwāntu-beer; afterwards, the king ...
13′[KUR {URU}AG-GA-TI Ù LUGAL KUR {UR]U}MAR.TU GIŠKIM-i[š]The king of the land of Agāti and the king [of the land] of Amurru with a spear
14′[ták-ku GIŠKIM-iš {D}UTU-aš GAL-az ḫu-wa-an-d]a-az DÙ-ri[He drinks] the scepter of the Sun-deity, the great one, the ḫuwanda-vessel.
15′[ I-NA{GIŠ}GU].ZA-za ku-i[š]... on your throne ...(lower confidence: line is broken)
16′[e-ša-ri na-aš ḫar-ni]-⸢ik⸣-z[i]... he pours a libation ...(lower confidence: line is broken)

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