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Indo-European Texts
Hittite
Carol Justus and Jonathan Slocum
Hymn to the Sun
KUB XVII 28: II, 56-61
We transliterate, transcribe, gloss, and translate lines 56-61 in the 2nd column of the Hittite tablet catalogued as KUB XVII 28, this section being a hymn to the sun god Istanu. For preliminary explanation, see notes about Hittite and the cuneiform script. Equal signs ('=') are used to transcribe enclitic boundaries; for glossing purposes, we treat these as if they were word boundaries. Text originally prepared by Carol Justus; edited by Jonathan Slocum.
Column II, lines 56-57:
DUTU-i a-as-su an-tu-uh-si SHÀ-ta us-ki-si Istanui assu antuhsi karta uskisi Sungod voc; well; man dat/loc; heart dir; see 2.sg. pres. it-dur. 'O Istanu, you see well into the heart of man,' tu-e-el-la-kan SHÀ-ta Ú-UL ku-is-ki a-us-zi tuell=a=kan karta natta kuiski auszi you gen; and (encl); ptc (encl); heart dir; not; someone nom; see 3.sg. pres. 'But no one sees into your heart.'
Column II, lines 58-59:
nu ku-is i-da-a-lu i-ya-at nu kuis idalu iyat ptc; who; evil; do 3.sg. pret. 'Whoever did evil,' nu se-ir zi-ik DUTU-us ar-ta-at nu ser zik Istanus artat ptc; above; you; Sungod nom; stood 3.sg. pret. 'you, Istanu, stood above;' ú-uk-za am-me-el uk=za ammel I nom; ptc (encl); of-me 'as for me,'
Column II, lines 60-61:
SIG5-an-da-an KASKAL-an i-ya-ah-ha-at assuwandan KASKAL-an iyahhat good acc; journey acc; go 1.sg. pret. m-p. 'I have gone on my good journey,' ku-is-sa-mu i-da-a-lu i-ya-at kuiss=a=mu idalu iyat who; also (encl); me (encl); evil; do 3.sg. pret. 'And whoever should do me evil,' na-an zi-ik us-ki n=an zik uski ptc; him (encl); you; see 2.sg. it-dur. imp. 'you, watch him!'
Key to gloss abbreviations:
| Abbrev. | Meaning | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | = | 1st (person) |
| 2. | = | 2nd (person) |
| 3. | = | 3rd (person) |
| acc. | = | accusative (case) |
| dat. | = | dative (case) |
| dir. | = | directive (case) |
| encl. | = | enclitic |
| gen. | = | genitive (case) |
| imp. | = | imperative (mood) |
| it-dur. | = | iterative-durative (action type) |
| loc. | = | locative (case) |
| m-p. | = | medio-passive (voice) |
| nom. | = | nominative (case) |
| pres. | = | present (tense) |
| pret. | = | preterite (tense) |
| ptc. | = | particle |
| sg. | = | singular (number) |
| voc. | = | vocative (case) |