Muisi l i II` s Piayei to Tel i pi nu (CTH 377)

AlexeiKassian(Moscow)-IlyaYakubovich(Chicago)

1. 1. Ceneial Remaiks.
Telipinu, a Hittite deity of Hattic oiigin, is much bettei known fiom a naiiation
poitiayinghimasadisappeaiinggod,thanfiompeisonalpiayeisaddiessedtohim.
ThemythofTelipinu(CTH324)isattestedinthieemainveisionsandmoiethan
tencopies,whilethepiayeiofTelipinumadeonbehalfofMuisiliII(CTH377)is
knownonlyfiom thieecopies.Theonlyotheipotentialpiayeito Telipinuknown
tousisthefiagmentKUB36.45//KUB58.48(CTH627,KI.IAM)containingthe
entieatiestoTelipinuembeddedinaiitual.
The pieseived pait of CTH 377 can be divided into thiee main sections. The
beginning of the piayei contains a foimulaic evocation (mugaai ; I 1-17) and
hymn(alliatai ;I18-II22)addiessedtoTelipinu,whichstiesshisintimatecon-
nectionwithatti-land.Afteialacunaofsometenlines,anolessfoimulaicsetof
entieaties to the deity aimingat secuiing his positive involvement in the affaiis of
the land of atti, concludes the piayei (aikuai ; III x+1 - IV 18). As usual, the
entieaties aie dealing with thiee main issues, the physical and spiiitual health of
thekingandhissub|ects,thesub|ugationofenemies,andthepiospeiityoftheland.
OnedoesnotnecessaiilyneedtointeipietthistiiadinDumezilianteimsbecause
it tianscends the Indo-Euiopean cultuial aiea, and peihaps iepiesents a pan-
cultuial concept. When King David oiganized a census in Isiael and Judea, the
Hebiew Cod offeied him a choice of seven yeais of famine, thiee months of mil-
itaiy defeats, oi thiee days of pestilence as a punishment foi this act of hybiis (2
Samuel:24).Theindividualfoimulaeusedinouitextcan,ofcouise,ieflecteithei
theIndo-EuiopeancultuialheiitageoiNeaiEasteininfluence
1
.

WeaiegiatefultoD.Campbel(Chicago),Th.vandenHout(Chicago),A.Sidel`tsev(Moscow),
and I.Singei (Jeiusalem), who took pains to iead the fiist diafts of this papei and made valu-
able comments. In addition, we would like to acknowledge the contiibution of the Chicago
HittiteDictionaiyPio|ect,sponsoiedbythe NationalEndowmentfoithe Humanities,thefiles
ofwhichhavebeenusedinthepiesentieseaich.Thefinaliesponsibilityiemains,ofcouise,oui
own.
1 Foi the iecent compaiison of CTH 377 with the poetic texts belonging to the Cieek and the
NeaiEasteintiaditions,seeM.Bachvaiova,Diss.[2002j:129-172.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 424
We can only guessabout the content of the missing pait of the text, but com-
plaintsaboutscouigesthatbefellthelandofattiandattemptsatself-|ustification
aie among the possible topics that can be suggested on the basis of the othei
piayeis.Themainpaitofthepieseivedtext,howevei,doesnotbeaianytiacesof
peisonal involvement on the pait of the king. It is only fiom the pieamble to the
piayeithatwegetinfoimationabouttheioyalcommissiontoieciteitdailyinfiont
of the deity, and leain that Telipinu was one of the peisonal deities of MuisiliII
andhisfamily.
Thetextthat hasthegieatestnumbeiofsimilaiitieswithouis isthepiayeiof
MuisiliIItotheSun-goddessofAiinna(CTH376
2
),whichalsobeginswithahymn
andendswithfoimulaicentieaties.Theinitialpaitsofthehymnsaiealmostiden-
tical in both cases, and the final invocations also exhibit stiiking paiallelism. The
hymn to the Sun-goddess is, howevei, much longei. Even if we assume that the
hymn to Telipinu continued thioughout the lacuna, it will not match its moie fa-
mouscounteipait.Suchassumptionis,inanyevent,unlikely,sinceaccoidingtothe
|ustobseivationofCteibock(JAOS78[1958j:247)themiddlepaitofthehymn
to the Sun-goddess of Aiinna iepeats almost veibatim the Hittite Hymn to the
Sun-godofMesopotamianinspiiation(belongingtoCTH372).Thetiansfeiofep-
ithets fiom the Babylonian Sun-god to the Sun-goddess of Hattic oiigin, who, in
addition, had the same name Istanu- in Hittite, is quite natuial, but one would
haidly expect a similai tiansfei in the case of Telipinu. In all piobability, the
alliataiofCTH376wascompiledoftwoheteiogeneoussouices:hymntoadis-
appeaiing deity, and hymn to a solai deity. Only the fiist souice is ieflected in
CTH377.
Thefoimulaicchaiacteiofouipiayeisomewhatcomplicatesitsdating.Theie
isnodiiectindicationinthetextthatthecommissioneiofCTH377wasMuisili
II,iatheithanhisgiandson,MuisiliIII.The13
th
centuiyductusofKUB24.1and
24.2(cf.below)isalsocompatiblewithbothoptions.Seveialfacts,howevei,speak
in favoi of the fiist hypothesis. Fiist of all is the above-mentioned similaiity with
CTH376,apiayeithatdwellsonthetopicoftheplagueand,theiefoie,canbecei-
tainly attiibuted to Muisili II. Second, the piayei to Telipinu makes a iecuiient
iefeiencetothequeenandthepiinces.SinceMuisiliIIIwasdethionedatayoung
age by his uncle attusili III, we may doubt that he had an official piincipal wife
duiinghisshoitieign.ItishisstepmotheiTanuepa,whosenameappeaisnextto
hisnameonioyalseals(Biyce,KgHitt
2
[2005j:244withendnote63).

2 Foi the aiiangement of CTH 376 fiagments see now Kosak, Konkoidanz. The main Ex. A is
KUB 24.3 + KUB 31.144 + 544/u + 401/u + 1947/u + 107/w (the last thiee unpublished fiag-
ments iemain unavailable to us). MS KUB 24.4 + KUB 30.12, tiaditionally assigned as Ex. C,
iepiesentsaMHpiototypeofMuisiliII`spiayeitotheSun-goddessofAiinna.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 425
Should oui conclusions be coiiect, two deities, Telipinu and the Sun-goddess
ofAiinna,en|oyedthestatusofpeisonalgods(DINCIRSAC.DU)ofMuisili
II and his immediate family. Of the two deities, the Sun-goddess appeais to have
en|oyedmoieattentiononthepaitoftheking,sinceMuisiliII`sdevotiontoheiis
foiegiounded in his Annals. The situation is fuithei complicated by the fact that
MuisiliisdesignatedasbelovedofthePoweifulStoim-Codintwoindependent
souices(Singei,Muw.Pi.:153withfn.338).Appaiently,MuisiliIIwasiatheipio-
miscuousinhisielationshipswithdivinepations,anddidnotshyawayfiomchang-
inghisdeclaiedallegianceastheoccasioniequiied.
ThementionofthequeenandpiincesinouitextledO.Caiiuba(StMed4:12)
tothinkthatitsdateissomewhatlateithanthatofCTH376,wheiethefoimulaic
blessingsaieconfinedtothekingandthelandofatti.Thisaigument,howevei,is
ielevant only foi the final edition of both piayeis, since it is possible to show that
both CTH 376 and CTH 377 aie based on compositions of the Middle Hittite
Peiiod. The Middle Sciipt paiallel veision KUB 24.4 + KUB 30.12, eiioneously
assigned as 376.C in CTH, iepiesents in fact a diiect piototype of Muisili II`s
piayeitotheSun-goddessofAiinna.Inaddition,bothCTH376andCTH377dis-
play a numbei of linguistic aichaisms that cannot be accounted foi fiom within
Neo-Hittite(seeouicommentsonCTH377belowandO.Caiiuba,ZDMCSuppl.
1[1969j:240foiCTH376).

1. 2. Pii maiy and secondaiy souices.

AccoidingtoKosak,Konkoidanz,CTH337includes:

A.KUB24.1+1122/v+217/w
B.KUB24.2(=AVs.I1-II2,Rs.III16`-IV18)
C.Bo8072(=ARs.III2`-13`).

The thiee copies of the piayei to Telipinu weie found in the excavations of
H.WinckleiandTh.MakiidiBey(1905/6-1912)andassignedmuseumnumbeisBo
2415, Bo 2082, and Bo 8072. In 1930 the fiist two pieces weie published in au-
togiaphybyA.WaltheiasKUB24.1andKUB24.2iespectively,whilethelastone,
iepiesentingaduplicateofKUB24.1III2`-13`,iemainsunpublishedinautogiaphy
uptonow
3
.
Twosmallfiagments|oiningBo2415(uppeileftcoinei,Vs.I1-7)weiefound
in 1963 and1964 in theexcavations of K. Bittel and assigned numbeis 1122/v and

3 We aie giateful to H. Klengel and J. Maizahn who have kindly piovided us with a copy of the
photogiaphofthefiagmentBo8072inthecollectionoftheVoideiasiatischeMuseum.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 426
217/w.Bothfiagmentsiemainheietofoieunpublishedinautogiaphy,butH.Otten
andCh.Rsteipiesentedthetiansliteiationoftheielevantpaitofthe|oininZA
62[1972j:232(Ni.15).Theexcavationiecoidsindicatethatfiagments1122/vand
217/wweiefoundinagaibagepilemadebytheoiiginalexcavatoisofTempleIin
attusa. Thus, in all piobability, Bo 2415 had also been found in Temple I. Un-
foitunately,wecannotsayanythingabouttheoiiginallocationofBo2082andBo
8072 since the finds of pie-Woild Wai I excavations in Boghazky usually lack
piovenanceiecoids.
ThepaleogiaphicanalysisofKUB24.1andKUB24.2wasundeitakenbyCh.
Rstei in StBoT 21. The ductus of both texts indicates that they weie wiitten no
eailiei than the 13
th
centuiy. At the same time, it is easy to obseive that the sign
shapes of KUB 24.1 aie moie consistently cuisive, wheieas KUB 24.2 contains
moie aichaic sign vaiiants (cf. especially SAC, IK, AI, II, A). The foim of the
QAsignattestedinKUB24.1usuallyoccuisinthetextswiittenduiingtheieignof
attusili III oi latei, even though theie is one exception (see Neu, StBoT 32: 3).
Paleogiaphic consideiations alone do not allow us to make a conclusion, as to
whetheiKUB24.2needstobeassignedtoaneailieidate,oiwassimplywiittenby
amoieaichaizingsciibe,sooneneedstotuintolinguisticdata.
The oithogiaphic and linguistic disciepancies between KUB 24.1 and KUB
24.2weieanalyzedbyCaiiuba,CSPintoie13,aswellasinStBoT21.Themateiial
that is potentially ielevant foi compaiative dating can be summaiized in the table
below.Foimsthatcannotbeusedaspositiveaigumentshavebeenshaded.

Ex.A(KUB24.1) Ex.B(KUB24.2)
1 I3 DINCIR
IIM
-is

Vs.3 DINCIR-us

2 I13
E
ka-ii-im-ni Vs.11
E
ka-ii-im-ni-it-ti
3 I20 da-as-sa-nu-a-an Vs.16 ta-as-nu-a-an
4 I20 nam-ma-ma-ta Vs.16 nam-ma-ma-at-ta
5 I23 dam-me-e-d[a-nij Vs.19

ta

[-me-j

-da-ni
6 II1 KU.BABBAR.CI
4
Vs.21 KU.CI
7 III12` mi-i-a-ta Rs.16`
(not
paiallel-
ed)
mi-a-a-tai
8 III21` ku-e-da-as-ma-az Rs.5` ku-i-e-es-ma-a[zj
9 IV7 ta-pa-sa-an Rs.10` ta-pa-as-s [a-anj
10 IV13 ANSE.KUR.RA-as Rs.15` ANSE-as
11 IV15 mi-e-es-du Rs.16` mi-e-es-sa-d[uj
12 IV16 se-e-es-sa-u-a-a[s Rs.17` si-jis-sa-a-as
Muisili II`s Piayei to Telipinu (CTH 377) 427
One can see that Ex. B contains a numbei of oldei vaiiants than its counteipait.
Aichaic moiphological foims, like sius god` in (1),
E
kaiimni=tiin youi temple` in
(2) aie especially cleai examples. Foi tasnuan (3), see Hoffnei, JNES 32/1 [1971j:
31b. On the oithogiaphic level, compaie the usage of a CVC sign in dam-me-e-
d[a-ni j (5). The syntactically coiiect foim kuis in (8) was misinteipieted as kue-
das in Ex. A, peihaps thiough ungiammatical case attiaction to the pieceding A-
NA DINCIR
MES
. Both copies show the secondaiy stem si/ess- thiive` instead of the
oiiginal sist-, but B pieseives the moie aichaic i-spelling (12). Foi the veibal foim
mi-e-es-sa-du vs. mi-e-es-du (11) see comm. on Ex. A IV 15
4
.
Ex. A matawith the aichaic loss of final -i vs. Ex. B mitai (7) iepiesents the
only instance wheie the foim of KUB 24.2 is demonstiably less aichaic, but the loci
aie non-paiallel and we don`t know what we might find in the coiiesponding
bioken pait of Ex. B.
In conclusion, KUB 24.1 appeais to have been wiitten at least seveial decades
latei than KUB 24.2, even though one cannot positively claim that the lattei is the
piotogiaph of the foimei.
As foi the geneial outlook of the tablets, one can see that the sciibe of Ex. B
was not veiy pioficient at his ait: the lines on both the obveise and the ieveise of
his tablet aie not hoiizontal and theii beginnings slide down little by little. As foi
the colophon, the sciibe did not manage to fit it on the tablet at all. Ex. A, in its
tuin, has a gieat numbei of eiasuies.
The fiist attempt to edit CTH 376 and 377 in tiansliteiation belongs to O.R.
Cuiney (AAA 27 [1940j), who deemed the piayeis to Telipinu and the Sun-
goddess of Aiinna to be almost identical and thus not woithy of being tieated sep-
aiately. Aftei H. Cteibock succeeded in showing the opposite (see above), the
need foi a sepaiate edition of CTH 377 became appaient. In 1971, Muisili II`s
piayei to Telipinu was ie-edited in Iebiun, Piieies: 180-191. Unfoitunately, this
publication can be iegaided only as a pieliminaiy one, in view of seveial eiiois and
omissions both in tiansliteiation and tianslation. The issues discussed in the com-
mentaiy to the piesent edition weie, almost without exception, ignoied by Iebiun,
and theii sheei numbei piovides an ample |ustification foi the piesent woik.
In addition to full editions, one must mention the English tianslation of the
piayei published in Singei, Piayeis (WAW 11): 54-56. Fai fiom being a com-
pilation of eailiei editions, Singei`s tianslation tacitly incoipoiates seveial oiiginal
4 Pace Caiiuba (CS Pintoie: 13) the vaiiant ANSE-as donkeys` in (10) is not necessaiily moie
aichaic than its counteipait ANSE.KUR.RA-as hoises`. Hoises aie mentioned as domestic ani-
mals alieady in the Old Hittite iituals (see Neu, StBoT 26: 225 foi theii attestations). The
vaiiant ANSE.KUR.RA-as is independently attested in CTH 376, KUB 24.3 III 17, and theie-
foie the vaiiant ANSE-as may be due to a simple sciibal omission. The unusual Sumeiogiam
KU.BABBAR.CI
4
in (6) likewise cannot be used as a decisive aigument foi the dating.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 428
iestoiationsandieinteipietations.Anotheipositivesideofthispieceisthat,unlike
Cuiney`s edition, it is wiitten in contempoiaiy English. We have chosen it as a
basisfoiouitianslation,andhaveattemptedtocommentonthosecaseswheieoui
undeistandingofthetextsubstantiallydeviatesfiomthatofItamaiSingei.

2. Texts
5

2. 1. Ex. A: KUB 24. 1 + 1122/ v + 217/ w.

Vs.I
1 [ki-i-jma-kan
6
[(UP-PIDUB.SARA-NADINCIR
II
)j
M
an-

da

[j
2 [(UD-atU)jD-atme-mi-is-ki-i [z-zinuDINC(IR
IAM
)j

-al-li-is-

ki

-i [(z-
zi )j

3 [(
d
Te-li-p)ji-nu-ussai-ku-usn[(a-ak-ki-is)jDINCIR
IIM
-is
7
zi-ik
4

u-i

-a-at-mu
m
Mui-si-DINCIR
IIM 8
I[(UCAI-ustu-)j

-elARAD-KA
5 MUNUS.IUCAI-as-satu-e-elCEME-KA[(u-i-)j

-[i jii-it-a
6
d
Te-li-pi-nu-unan-zi-elEN-NIDINCIR
IAM

7 SASAC.DU-NImu-ga-a-i

8 nu-za-kanma-

a-an

[(na-ak-ki-is)j
d
Te-li-pi-nu-usse-iine-pi-si
9 DINCIR
MES
-asis-tai-na

ma-a-ana

-i [(u-n)jina-as-maA-NA
UR.SAC
MES!9

10 a-a-an-na[(p)ja-a-an-za
10
na-as-

ma

-zaI-NAKUR
IU
KURza
!
-a-i-
a
11
pa-a-an-za

11 ki-nu-na-at-

ta

sa-ne-iz-zi-

is

a-ai-su-la-as
12
CIS
ERIN-an-za

-an-zakal-

li-is

-duna-as-taECIR-pa
13
E
ka-ii-im-nix
12
an-

dae

[-juxnu-ut-taka-a-sa

5 WeabstainfiomtheinteipietativetiansliteiationthatassignsthevaluesCeandeCtothesigns
CiandiCiespectivelyandbelievethatthechoicebetween/i/-/e/insuchcasesshouldbeleftto
linguists iathei than epigiaphists. Double stiike-thiough (x) maiks signs eiased by the sciibe.
Signswiittenoveieiasuieaiemaikedwith
6 B:[ki-i-kjan.
7 B:DINCIR-us.
8 B:
m
Mui-si-i-li.
9 BothA&BieadESsignheie.
10 Bincoiiect:TAS-a-an-za.
11 Text:A-a-i...(B:coiiects).
12 EiasedIT?Cf.B:
E
ka-ii-im-ni-it-ti.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 429
14 mu-ki-is-ki-mi
NINDA
ai-si-i [(t
DUC
is-pa-a)jn-du-zi-it
15 nu-us-sa-anpa-ia-aka-

la-a-an

[(-ka)jn-zae-esnu-ut-taku-i [(t)j
16 me-mi-is-ki-minu-muDINCIR
IUM
is-

ta

-ma-na-an
17 la-ga-a-anai-akna-atis-t[a-maj-as-ki

18 zi-ik-za
d
Te-li-pi-nu-usna[(-ak-ki-i )jsDINCIR
IIM
-

is

19 nu-ut-taDINCIR
IIM
-AUE
ME
[(
S
.DINCIR
MES
)j

-NAKUR
URU
A[T-
(TI-pat)j
13

20 da-as-sa-nu-a-an
14
nam-ma-ma-ta[dam-me-j

-da-ni
15
ut-n[i-(e)j
16

21 U-UIku-a-pi-ik-kie-e[(s-zi)nju-ut-taEZE[(N
4
I.A
)j
22 SISKUR
17
I-NAKUR
URU
AT-TI
18
p[(ai-k)ju-isu-up-pi
23 pi-is-kan-zinam-

ma

-ma-ta
19
dam-me-e-d[(a-ni )j
20

24 ut-ni-eU-UIku-[a-j

pi-ik-kipi

-i [(s-kan-zi)j

25 E
MES
.DINCIR
MES
-tapai-kuIS-T[UKU.B(ABBARKU.CIu-nu-a-an-ta)j
26 I-NAKUR
URU
A-AT-

TI

-p[ate-es-zinam-ma-ma-taj
27 ta-me-e-da-niK[UR-eU-U(Iku-a-pi-ik-k)ie-es-zi j
----------------------------
(theedge)

Vs.II
1 [CAIj
I.A
-taBI-IB-RI
I.A
KU.BABBARKU.BABBAR.CI
4
21
NA
4
[
I.A
j
2 [j

-NAKUR
URU
A-AT-TI-pate-es-zi

3 EZEN
4
I.A
-it-taEZEN
4
.ITUEZEN
4
I.

A
MU-asme-e-a-na-as
4 gi-im-ma-an-ta-asa-mi-is-a-an-da-as
5 ze-na-an-da-asa-u-li-usmu-ki-is-na-as-sa
6 EZEN
4
MES
I-NAKUR
URU
A-AT-TI-pate-es-zi x
7 nam-ma-ma-at-tata-me-e-da-niKURURUU-

UI

8 ku-a-pi-ik-kie-es-sa-an-zi

13 B:
URU
A-AT-TI-pat.
14 B:ta-as-nu-a-an.
15 Cf.I23.Bieads:

ta

[-me-j

-da-ni.
16 B:KUR-e.
17 B:SISKUR
I.A
.
18 B:
URU
A-AT-TI-pat.
19 B:

nam

-ma-ma-at-ta.
20 B:ta-me-e-da-ni.
21 Sic!ThesameinIV2.Cf.comm.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 430
9 n[uj

tu-elSA

d
Te-li-pi-nuDINCIR
MES
-tai

[-NAKUR
URU
A-AT-TI-
patj
10 n[a-ajk-k[i-a-a-ja-annu-ut-tak-kan
m
Mui-s [i-DINCIR
IIM
IUCAI-us
ARAD-KAj
11 [MUNUS.IUCAI-asCEME-KAj

UDUMU
MES
.IUCAI

A[RAD
MES
-
KAj
12 [I-NAKUR
URU
A-AT-TI-patna-a-a-an-te-esnutu-e-elj
13 [SA
d
Te-li-pji-nu[i-im-mu-usEZEN
4
I.A
SISjK[URj
14 [i-a-u-a-an-zjisa-ia-

[ti-it-ta-nu-us-kajn-z[i j
15 [nu-ut-taju-u-ma-ansu-up-p[ipai-ku-ipji-

is

-kan-zi
16 [nam-ma-as-sa-janE.DINCIR
IIM
-K[ABI-IB-RjI
I.A
-KA
17 [CAI
I.A
-KAjU-NU-TE
MES
-KAna-

a-sa-ia-za

ti-a-an-za
18 [na-at-zaEjCIR-pakap-pu-a-anA-NA

U-NU

-UT
19 [DINCIR
IIM
(?)ma-ni-i jn-ku-a-anU-UIku-is-ki

ti

-a-az-zi

20 [zi-ik-za
d
Te-lji-pi-nu-usna-

ak
!

-ki-isDINCIR
IIM
-is
21 [nu-ut-tak-kanSUM-ajnSUM
I.A
-asis-tai-na-as
22
na-

ak-ki

-i
22 [DINCIR
MES
-tai-ma-tak-kanj

DINCIR
MES
-asis-tai-nana-ak

-k[i-i j

(appioximatelyfivelinesmissing)

Rs.III
(appioximatelyfivelinesmissing)

x+1[.ca.8signsjDUMU
M
[
ES
.IUCAIARAD
MES
-KA?j
2`[(U)?A-NAKUR
URU
A-AT-TjIan-daas-

su-li

n[e-is-u-utj
3`[zi-ik-za(
d
Te-l)ji-pi-nu-ussai-ku-usDINCIR[
IIM
-is j
4`[IUCAIMUNUS.IUCAIUDUMU
ME
j
S
.IUCAITI-anai-aknu-

us-
ma-as

5`[mi-a-a-tai??ECIjR.U
4
-MI
23
a-ad-du-la-taiMU
KAM.I.A
CID.DA
6`[in-na-ia-u-a-taijpi-es-kinu-us-ma-as-kanA-NAZI-SU-NUan-da
7`[mi-u-mai(la-lu-u)jk-ki-ma-andu-us-ga-ia-da-an-na
8`[zi-ik-kij

9`[(nu-us-ma-)jas[DUMjU.NITA
ME.ES
DUMU.MUNUS
MES
a-as-su-usa-an-
za-su-uspi-es-ki
10`[nu-ujs-

ma

-asnu-u-untu-um-ma-an-ti-a-anpi-es-ki
11`

nu-us

-ma-asal-

ki

-a-as
CIS
CESTIN-asSACU
4
UDU

22 Peiseveiativesciibaleiioifoiis-tai-na.
23 C:ECIR.U
4
[-.PiobablythisadveibtakesanotheipositioninthesentenceinEx.C.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 431
12` DUMU.IU.U
19
.IU-axmi-i-a-tapi-es-ki
13` nu-us-ma-asIU-astai-u-u-i-li-inpa-ia-a

ne-a

[-an-ta-ja[nj
14`
d.CIS
TUKUI-inpi-es-kinu-us-ma-asKUR.KUR
IU
KUR
15` SA-PAIx-xCIR
MES
-SU-NU zi-ik-

ki

na-atin[-na-iaai-ga-nu?j

16` IS-TUKUR
URU
A-AT-TI-ma-kani-da-lu-unta[-pa-sa-anj
17` i-in-kanka-as-ta-anma-a-sa-an-naa[i-ada-a?j

18` nuKUR.KUR
I.A

IU
KURku-esu-ul-la-an-ta
19` ui-sal-la-an-taku-e-es-kantu-ukA-NA
d
Te-li-

pi

-nu
20` UA-NADINCIR
MES

URU
A-AT-TIUIna-a-a-an-te-es
21` ku-e-da-as-ma-az
24
su-me-en-za-anE
I.A
DINCIR
MES
-KU-NU
22` ai-aa-ai-nu-um-ma-an-zii-la-li-is-kan-zi
----------------------------
(theedge)

Rs.IV

1 ku-e-es-maBI-I [(B-RI
I.A
CAI
I.A
)U-NU-TE
MES
(KU.BABBAR)j
2 KU.BABBAR.CI
4
25
da-a[(n-nasa-an-i-is-kan-ziku-e-es )-ma-as-zaj
3
A.SA
A.CAR-KU-NU
CIS

KIRI
6

.[(CESTIN
CIS
MU.SAR
CIS
TIR)j
4 dan-na-at-ta-a-u-a-an-

zi

[sa-an-i-is-ka(n-zi )j

5 ku-i-e-es-ma-as-za
IU.MES
APIN.IA

IU

.M
[(
ES
NU.
CIS
KIRI
6
.CESTIN)j
6
IUIU.MES
NU.
CIS
MU.SARxMUNUS
MES

N
[(
A
4
ARA
5
da-an-nasa-an-i-is-kan-
zi )j

7 nui-da-lu-unta-pa-sa-an
26
[i-in-k(anka-a-as-ta-an-na)j
8 BURU
5
I.A
-axa-pi-e-da-as A-NA[(KUR.KUR)
I
(
U
KURpa-a-i )j

-NAIUCAI-maMUNUS.IUCAI.DUMU
MES
IU[(CAIUA-NA
KUR
URU
A-AT-TI )j
10 TI-taia-ad-du-la-tai
27
in-

na

[(-ia-a-taiMU
KAM
CID.DA)j
11 ECIR.U
4
-MIdu-us-ga-ia-at-ta-a[(n-nap)i-es-k(i )nua(l-ki-a-as )j
12
CIS
CESTIN-as
CIS
se
!
-e-sa-an-na-as
28
CU
4
[(
I.A
-asUDU
I.A
-asUZ
6
I.A
)-as j

24 Bcoiiectly:ku-i-e-es-ma-a[z.
25 Sic!ThesameinII1.Bieads:KU.BABBARKU.CI.Cf.comm.
26 B:ta-pa-as-s [a-an.
27 B:a-at-tu-la-tai.
28 Text:
CIS
KUR-e-sa-...;B:
CIS
se-e-sa-na-as.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 432
13 SA-asANSE.CIR.NUN.NA
I.A
-asANSE
!
.KUR.RA-as
29
g[(i-im-ia-as
u-u-it-ni-it)j
14 DUMU.IU.U
19
.IU-as-saSAECIR.U
4
-M[(Imi-a-a-taipi-es
30
-ki )j
15 numi-e-es-du
31
e-

e-mu-us-sa

u
?

[-a-an-du?j
16 nuse-e-es-sa-u-a-a[sIjM
I.A
-us
32
i- [(a-an-ta-i)uj
17 nuI-NAKUR
URU
AT-

TI

33
eiasuie)ma-a-use-e[s j-

du

34
[vacantj
18 nupa-a-an-ku-

us

35
a-pa-a-at
36
e-es-dual-za-a-

[j

19 DUB.I

PU

QA-TI
IU
DUB.SAR-zaCIM-an
20 A-NAIUCAIse-eiPA-NI
d
Te-li-pi-nu
21 UD
KAM
-ti-liai-ku-a-aie-es-sa-i

(fuitheiuninsciibed)

2. 1. 1. Tiansl ati on.

1(I1-2).[Thisjtablet thesciibeieadsoutdailyto thegodandpiaisesthe

god(saying):
2(I 3-7). You, Telipinu, aie a poweiful, honoied god. Muisili the king,
youi seivant, sent me, as well as youi maidseivant the queen. They sent
(mesaying):go,invokeTelipinu,ouiloid,ouipeisonalgod,(saying):
3(I8-10).Whethei(you),honoiableTelipinu,aieaboveinheavenamong
thegods,oiinthesea,oigone/goingtoioaminthemountains,oiyouaie
gone/goingtoanenemylandfoibattle[oi:Whethei(you),honoiableTe-
lipinu,aiegone/goingtoioamaboveinheavenamongthegods,oiinthe
sea, oi in the mountains, oi you aie gone/going to an enemy land foi
battlej.
4(I 11-17). Iet now the sweet odoi, the cedai (and) the oil summon you.
Come back into youi shiine! I am heieby invoking you by (means of of-
feiing) biead and libation
37
. Be pacified and keep youi eai inclined to
whatIamsayingtoyou,(my)god,andkeeplisteningtoit!

29 Text:CIR.KUR.RA-as;B:ANSE-as.
30 BRs.16`:-is-.
31 B:mi-e-es-sa-d[uj.
32 B:si-jis-sa-a-asu-u-a-du-us.
33 B:
UR
j
U

KU

.BABBAR
TI
.
34 B:si-is-du.
35 B:pa-an-ku[-usj
36 Bomitsaptduetothelackofspace.
37 Iiteially:Iaminvokingyoubybieadandlibation-vessel(s).
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 433
5(I18-24).You,Telipinuaieanhonoiedgod.Fuitheimoie,mygod,youi
templesaieconsideiedimpoitantonlyinthelandofatti,butnowheie
inanyotheilanddotheyexistfoiyou.Theypiovidefestivals(and)iituals
foiyouinapuieandholymanneionly
38
inthelandofatti,butnowheie
inanyotheilanddotheypiovide(them)foiyou.
6(I 25-27). Only in the land of atti aie theie lofty temples foi you, a-
doinedwithsilvei[andgold,butjnowheieinanyotheilanddotheyexist
foiyou.
7(II 1-2). Only in the land of atti aie theie [cupjs (and) ihyta of silvei,
gold(and)pieciousstone[sjfoiyou.
8(II 3-8). Only in the land of atti aie theie
39
festivals (such as) the
monthly festival, the annual festivals of wintei, spiing, fall, the auli-sac-
iificesandthefestivalsofinvocationfoiyou
40
,but innonowheieinany
otheiland(oi)citydotheypeifoim(them)foiyou.
9(II9-19).[Onlyinthelandofattijisyoui,Telipinu`s,divinityhonoied.
[ItisinthelandofattijthatMuis[ilitheking,youiseivant,thequeen,
youimaid-seivantandjthepiinces,youis[eivantsaieiespectfuljtoyou.
They set up youi, Telipinu`s, [ieplicas in oidei to peifoim festivalsj and
iituals. They piesent eveiything [to youj in a holy (and) [puiej mannei.
[Fuitheimoiej, iespect is established foi youi [cups, youi ihytaj, (and)
youi utensils (belonging to) youi temples. [They aiej (all) taken caie of.
Noneappioachestheutensils[ofthegod(?)j.
10 (II 20-22). [Youj, Telipinu, aie an honoied god. [Youi namej is hon-
oiedamongnamesand[youidivinityjishonoiedamonggods.

(appioximately 10-12 lines missing)

1` (III x+1`-8`). T[uinj with benevolence towaid [the king, youi seivant,
the queen youi maid-seivant(?)j, the piin[ces youi seivants(?)and the
landofatti(?)!...You,jTelipinu,aieamightygod,keepalivethe[king,
the queen and the piinjces, and give them [giowth(?)j foievei, health,
longevity[(and)vigoij![Putjintheiisoul[gentleness(?)j,iadiance,and
|oy!
2` (III 9`-15`). Cive them sons and daughteis, giandchildien (and) gieat-
giandchildien! Cive them (powei of) heaiing(?) and undeistand-

38 Aomitsonly.
39 Sciibaleiioifoitheeailieitheypeifoim;seecomm.
40 Peihaps a sciibal eiioi of an emendation foi the eailiei monthly festivals, the annual festivals
ofwintei,spiing,fall,of auli-saciifices, and ofinvocation(s)(oi:monthlyfestivals,festivalsof
thecouiseoftheyeai`,ofwintei,spiing,.);seecomm.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 434
ing(?)!
41
Cive them the giowth of giain, vines, cattle, sheep and man-
kind! Cive them a man`s(?) valiant, battle-ieadydivine(?) weapon! Put
beneaththeiifeettheenemylands,and[destioy(?)jthemii[ghtawayj!
3` (III16`-17`).Butfiomthelandofatti[takeawajyevilf[eveij,plague,
famineandlocusts!
4` (III 18` - IV 4). (As foi) the enemy lands, whichaieaiiogant (and) ie-
bellious(?), and whichevei (of the peoples of those lands) aie not ie-
spectful to you, Telipinu, and to the gods of atti, whichevei wish to
buin down youi(pl.) temples, whichevei seek to take (youi) ihyta, cups
[andutensilsjofsilvei(and)gold;whichevei[seejktolaywastetothem,
(namely)youi(pl.)fallowlands,vineyaids,gaidens(and)gioves,
5` (IV5-8).Whicheveiseektocaptuiethem,(namely)(youi)ploughmen,
vinediesseis, gaideneis (and) giinding women, to those lands give the
evilfevei,[plaguje,famineandlocusts!
6` (IV 9-18). But to the king, thequeen, the piinces and the land of atti
[givej life, health, vigoi, longevity foievei, and |oy! Cive foievei the
giowth of giain, vines, fiuit tiees(?), cattle, sheep, goats, pigs, mules,
hoises (B : donkeys), togethei with the beasts of the wildeiness, and
mankind! May (they/eveiything) giow! And may the iains [come(?)j!
May the winds of piospeiity pass ovei! May (eveiything) in the land of
attithiiveandpiospei!`Andthecongiegationciiesout:(So)beit!
7` (IV19-21).Onetablet,complete.Whenthesciibepiesentsdailyaplea
onbehalfofthekingbefoieTelipinu.

2. 1. 2. Commentaiy.

I 1-2 Since anda does not make sense as a postposition in the given context, it
mustbetakenasapieveib
42
.AccoidingtotheCHD,I-N:261b-262a,anda mema-
means to speak concuiiently with an action`. Oui passage, howevei, does not in-
dicate any specific action peifoimed by the sciibe. Peihaps this is an oblique
iefeiencetothedailyiitualsfoiTelipinuthathavetoaccompanythesciibalplea,
suchasoffeiingbieadandlibationmentionedinI14.
I 3 saiku- poweiful`isusedheieasanepithetofTelipinu,butcanalsomodify
othei deities such as Sun-god, Stoim-god, Kumaibi, and Istai (cf. Weitenbeig,

41 Tianslationunceitain,seethecommentaiyad locum.
42 The Old Hittite opposition between the postposition andan and the pieveib/adveib anda
iemains essentially intact in Neo-Hittite, as shown in D.M.Salisbuiy, Diss. [2005j: 18-32.
Theiefoie,theclaimthatandaiepiesentsapostpositioninouicaseisa piioiiunlikely.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 435
U-Stmme:134-135;CHD,S:268-269).InHieioglyphicIuwian,(DEUS)sa
5
+ia/i-
ku- is a peisonal name of a ceitain deity, whom Hawkins (Hawkins, CHII: 107)
identifies with Ea. It is inteiesting that the title saiku- seems to be delibeiately
omitted in the paiallel invocation to the Sun-goddess of Aiinna (Iebiun, Piieies:
158waspiobablyiightinnotiestoiingthiswoidinKUB36.80Vs.1foiieasonsof
spaceandsincesaiku-doesnototheiwiseoccuiinCTH376).
Ontheaichaicabsenceof-zainthissentencecontiastedwithitspiesenceinI
18zik=za
d
TelipinusnakkisDINCIR
IIM
-isseethecommentaiytoI8-10.
I 4-7 uiat=mu . IUCAI-us . MUNUS.IUCAI-as=<s>a . uii. This
example illustiates the tendency foi the piedicates pieceding theii sub|ects to a-
giee in numbei with the fiist of the cooidinated sub|ects, iathei than with the
whole gioup. Othei examples illustiating the same tendency (KBo 39.8 II 13 and
KUB17.10IV8)canbefoundinSidel`tsev,AnatolianIanguages[2002j:162.
t=a
d
Telipinun . mugi iepiesents a maiginal example of the so-called
phiaseological (seiialized) constiuction. Although the two seiialized piedicates
seemtobelongtooneclauseinouicase,theiitianslationbysepaiateveibalfoims
iswaiiantedbythegeneialsenseofthepassage.Foidifficultiesinvolvedindiaw-
ing a shaip boundaiy between veibal seiialization and cooidination in Hittite see
vandenHout,FSHoffnei:180-184(cf.especiallyexample12).
I 8-10 The paiagiaph nu=za=kan mn . sei nepisi . mn aiuni nasma
ANA UR.SAC
MES
aanna pnza nasma=za INA KUR
IU
KUR zaia
pnza is amenable to two diffeient syntactical inteipietations. It is impoitant that
thepaiallelpassageinthepiayeitotheSun-goddessofAiinna(KUB36.80I4ff.)
contains =za next to each conditional paiticle, i.e. nu=za=ka[n mnj . nepisi
mn=zaaiunimn=zaAN[AUR.SAC
MES
.jaannapnza.
Accoiding to Hoffnei`s Rule (JNES 28/4 [1969j: 225ff.), if the nominal
clause contains a fiist oi second peison sub|ect, it will contain =z(a) in the texts
postdating Old Hittite
43
. But the teim Old Hittite had anothei meaning in
1969 than in oui time; cf. ibid.: 229, wheie Hoffnei notes that this iule applies to
thetextscomposedafteiSuppiluliumaI,i.e.totheNeo-Hittitecoipus.Infact,this
iule is optional in Middle Hittite. Cf. the absence of =za, e.g., in the oiiginal
MiddleHittiteiitualsCTH443andCTH395.3(aseditedinKassian,Zipl.):KBo
15.10 +, I 32, KBo 20.34 Rs. 7`-8`; the numbei of similai MH examples can be
easilyincieased.

43 Hoffnei (loc. cit.) uses the teim nominal sentence, iathei than nominal clause in the def-
inition of his iule, but it is cleai fiom his following exposition that the ielevant compound
sentencesconsistingofseveial nominalclauses aieexpectedtofeatuiethe paiticle=zaineach
ofthem.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 436
IfoneassumesthatMuisiliII`spiayeis toTelipinuandtotheSun-goddessof
AiinnaieflecttheNeo-Hittitegiammaticalnoimonthispoint,oneshouldpiopose
diffeient analyses foi the two loci quoted above: whethei you aie in heaven
among the gods, oi you aie in the sea, oi you aie going to the mountains to
ioam...foithepiayeitotheSun-goddessofAiinnaandwhetheiyou aiegoing
toioamaboveinheaven,oiinthesea,oiinthemountains,oiyou aiegoingtoan
enemy land foi battle foi oui text. The geneial meaning of both passages would
iemain,ofcouise,thesame.
On the othei hand, it is cleai that both CTH 376 and CTH 377 pieseive a
numbei of MH giammatical aichaisms. With iespect to the discussed featuie, cf.
the occasional absence of the expected =za in the nominal clauses in oui text:
d
Telipinus saikus nakkis DINCIR
IIM
-is zik O Telipinu, a mighty (and) honoied
god aie you! (I3) and nu=ssan pai kalnkanza s Be pacified! (I15) vs.
zik=za
d
Telipinus nakkis DINCIR
IIM
-is You, Telipinu aie an honoied god
(I18). Thus one can suppose that the discussed passages fiom the piayeis to
TelipinuandtotheSun-goddessofAiinnahavethesameclausedivision.Thefoui-
clauseanalysisofouipassagefiomthepiayeitoTelipinu,acceptedalsobySingei
and CHD (I-N): 159a, implies that the paiallel locus in the piayei to the Sun-
goddessofAiinnaundeiwentiedactionalchangesatthetimewhenHoffnei`sIaw
wasfullygeneializedinHittite.
I 9 ANA UR.SAC.ES mountains` (dat.-loc. pl.) should be iead UR.
SAC
MES!
eventhoughthehaplogiaphicvaiiantwithouttheveiticalinthefinalsign
occuisinbothduplicates.Itislikelythattheomissionoftheveiticalwaspuielyac-
cidentalinthepiotogiaph,butthefactthatbothsciibeseventuallyaccepteditsug-
geststhatatleastoneofthemdidnothaveafullcommandofthedialectinwhich
the piayei to Telipinu had been oiiginally wiitten. Compaiefuithei the commen-
taiytoIV16.
I 10 Foi the tianslation of e- as to stiide, to tiavel, to undeitake a toui of
inspection,towalkaiound`seenal,antitassu:53.
I 11-12 sanezzisaisulas
CIS
ERIN-anzaI-anzathesweetodoi,thecedaiand
the oil`. The fact that the cooidinated, oiiginally neutei nouns use diffeient stiat-
egiesofeigativizationisiemaikable.Asamatteioffact,almostnoHittitenoun
in-ul(n.)hasaneigativefoimin-ulanza
44
.Itispossibletoaccountfoithisdis-
tiibutionifweassumethattheanimateby-foimofaisul(n.)odoi`wasfoimedby
analogy with fiee-standing genitives, such as taksulas (c.) ally` vs. taksul (n.)
tieaty`, astulas (c.) sinnei` vs. astul (n.) sin` etc. This explanation, howevei, is
possibleonlyundeitheassumptionthattheHittiteeigativein-anzawasadeii-

44 Excepta-as-su-la-an-zaKBo38.263+KBo38.134Rs.
?
17`Cioddek,AoF26[1999j:40/41.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 437
vational suffix of limited pioductivity, and so diffeient nominal classes could use
alteinativestiategiesofeigativization(paceCaiiett,Diss.:49-51).
WefollowSingeiintianslatingsanezzisaisulas
CIS
ERIN-anzaI-anzaliteially,
asthesweetodoi,thecedai(and)theoil.Itislikelythatweaieultimatelydeal-
ingheiewithsomesoitofhendiadys,cf.thetianslationsofCHD,S:176b:letthe
fiagiantodoi,(namely)thecedaiandoil.andHED,4:22letthesweetaioma
[ofj cedai oil . Oui tianslation, howevei, stiesses the fact that the hendiadys in
thiscaseiepiesentsafiguieofspeech,andnotagiammaticalphenomenon.Itisto
bedistinguishedfiomcaseattiactioninapossessiveconstiuction,acontact-diiven
featuie of Hittite giammai that is nevei tiiggeied by the nominative head noun
(Iuiaghi,ACI68/2[1993j:163-166).
I 12 This is the only attestation of the paiticle gioup n=asta in this text. It is
notewoithy,howevei,thatthesequencenu=kanisnotattestedinthePiayeitoTe-
lipinu even once, wheieas =kan occuis at least five times with othei constituents
(I1, 8, II 10, III 16`, 19`). This is compatible with the hypothesis that oui text be-
longstothesamelinguisticgioupastheFiistMilitaiyOath(pie-NH/NS),Indict-
ment of Madduatta (MH/MS), Telipinu Myth (pieNH) and othei compositions
withthesocalledihythmicdistiibutionofthepaiticles=astaand=kan(stage
IIaccoidingtoOettingei,StBoT22:67-70,whichischaiacteiisticofMiddleHit-
titecompositions)
45
.Thesamedistiibutioncanbeaiguedfoiwithmoiepeisuasion
in the case of Muisili II`s piayei to the Sun-goddess of Aiinna, wheie seven cases
ofn=astacontiastwithninecasesof=kanafteiotheielements|ustin KUB24.3
+ (cf. MS KUB 24.4: thiice n=asta and once -u)js=kan). The same is, howevei,
not tiue in the case of Muisili II`s second plague piayei, wheie the sequence
nu=kaniscommon(e.g.KUB14.11II28`,33`,34`;datedass|hinKosak,Kon-
koidanz).IntheannalsofMuisiliII,aseditedbyCoetze(MVAAeC38),theclitic
=astaoccuisonlyonce,whilethesequencenu=kanislikewisequitecommon.One
cannotaiguethatthedistiibutionof=astaand=kaninthetextscomposedatthe
timeofMuisiliIIwasskewedbylateicopyists,sincethesequencenu=kanoccuis
inthetextsVSNF12.7andKUB31.121+thatcanbedatedtothetimeofMuisili
IIonpaleogiaphicgioundsandweieappaientlynotcopiedinalateipeiiod,while
=asta does not occui in these texts at all. This distiibution piovides yet anothei
piece of evidence of the fact, that the foimulaic piayeis to the Sun-goddess of
AiinnaandtoTelipinuweienotcomposedatthetimeofMuisiliII.

45 ItshouldbenotedinpassingthatOettingei`swoidihythmic(ihythmisch)foithissecondaiy
distiibutionbetween=astaand=kanismisleading.Theie wouldbenoihythmicdiffeiencebe-
tweensequences,e.g., namma=(a)staand namma=kan(wheiethe enclitic|oinstoafoim end-
ing in a vowel), but in stage II we find namma=kan, not namma=(a)sta. Thus it is meiely
l exi cal distiibution:=astawithnu=,=kanwithotheiwoids.
Alexei Kassian - Ilya Yakubovich 438
I 13-14 Foi
E
kaiimmi/-mni shiine` (a moie geneial concept than E.DINCIR
temple`) cf. Hoffnei, JAOS120/1 [2000j: 72. HED, 4: 83 holds the contiaiy opin-
ion. Ex. B ieads
E
kaiimni=tti with the aichaic possessive clitic.
The latest discussion of Hitt. ksa can be found in Hoffnei and Melcheit, CS
Impaiati: 388. The authois iemaik that the meaning of this lexeme can often be
captuied by the English adveibs heieby` and heiewith`, indicating that the action
oi state expiessed by the piedicate coincides with the moment of speech oi wiit-
ing. In this case it seives exclusively stylistic puiposes, since the usage of the
English piesent continuous tense appeais to be sufficient to convey the same
meaning.
The inveited woid oidei of the type nu=tta ksa mukiskimi
NINDA
aisit
DUC
ispanduzit (OVO
indiiect
) is chaiacteiistic of foimulaic evocations and diiect
speech in Hittite texts
46
. Foi similai examples in MS data see in geneial Sidel`tsev,
Anatolian Ianguages [2002j: 137ff., and especially pp. 143-144 (1.2.1.1.2).
I 15-17 Cf. Hoffnei and Melcheit, CS Impaiati: 381, on the usage of the
aspectual maikei -sk- in this sentence.
I 19 The Akkadogiam U piesumably stands heie foi the connective enclitic
=a, tianslated as fuitheimoie`.The clitic =a noimally occuis in Wackeinagel po-
sition, but it is incompatible with the paiticle nu= and cannot occui aftei the voc-
ative, and so in oui case it is shifted to the position aftei the thiid stiessed woid.
Theo van den Hout (peis. comm.) suggests as an alteinative that the sequence
nu=ttaDINCIR
IIM
-Acan be taken as a shoit nominal clause: You aie my god,
followed by the next clause with the connective =a in the Wackeinagel position.
Unfoitunately, we aie not awaie of any othei examples wheie =ta to you` would
ieplace the ieflexive paiticle =za, as a linkei in a nominal clause oi elsewheie.
Boley, The Hittite Paiticle -z/-za: 198, claims that =ta can be substituted foi =za
once in a while, paiticulaily in impeiatives, but fails to piovide any examples in
suppoit of hei opinion.
I 20 namma= lit. fuitheimoie, in addition` duplicates the meaningof tamai-
othei`heie and in I 23, [26j, II 7 (cf. CHD, I-N: 390 sub 6d; also 95f. sub b8`). It is
left without tianslation in oui edition.
I 25 The neutei singulai foim paiku in E
MES
.DINCIR
MES
=ta paiku IST[U
KU.B(ABBAR KU.CI unuanta)j . szican be contiasted with the neutei pluial
foim paigaua in the coiiesponding passage fiom CTH 376.F, KUB 36.81 I 12`-
13` ... paigaua ISTU KU.BABBAR [(KU.CI) unuantaj . szi. The second
46 It should be stiessed that theie is no evidence to attiibute this syntactic pattein to foieign in-
fluence. In all piobability, we aie dealing with a cioss-linguistically common, but spoiadic dis-
location of metiically heavy constituents to the iight peiipheiy of the clause.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 439
passageobviouslycontainsanominalphiaseloftyandadoinedtemples`.Thefiist
passagepeimitstwointeipietations.
1. paiku can be iegaided as an unchaiacteiized nom.-acc. pl. n. Foi these
aichaicfoims,deiivedfiomad|ectivali-andu-stems,seePiins,Neut.Sg.:42ff.and
Watkins,CSKionassei:250ff.
47
.ThesciibeofKUB23.81ieplacedpaikuwiththe
pioductivefoimpaigaua.Thishypothesishelpstoaccountfoithediscussedpas-
sage without assuming any sciibal eiiois. Note, howevei, that the a-less foims of
nom.-acc.pl.n.aieiaie,andtheappeaianceofsuchafoimintheveiylatemanu-
sciiptKUB24.1isiatheiunexpected.
2.Ex.Apieseivesonlypaiku,whileEx.Bpieseivesonlyunuanta.Thusone
can suppose that Ex. B had foim paigaua (concuiiing with CTH 376), while the
sciibe of the latei Ex. A misundeistood the ad|ectives as piedicates and changed
the giammatical numbei to the singulai, i.e. paiku and [unuanj. Foi neutial
singulainominalpiedicatesaccompanyingneuteipluialsub|ectsseevandenHout,
AnatolischundIndogeimanisch[2001j:167ff.
48
.
II 1 KU.BABBARKU.BABBAR.CI
4
silvei(and)gold`-cf.thesame[(KU.
BABBAR)j KU.BABBAR.CI
4
in IV 1-2. In both cases in Ex. A, wheie gold is
meant, we find an unusual heteiogiam KU.BABBAR.CI
4
. Ex. B has the iegulai
KU.BABBAR KU.CI silvei (and) gold` in Vs. 21 (= lacuna in Ex. A) and Rs. 7`
(=AIV1-2).
It should be noted, that the sciibe of Ex. A uses the CI sign (similai to
HZI, No.30/A) with a phonetic value: gi-im-ma-an-ta-as (II4; accoiding to
A.Walthei`s KUB edition), but CI foi both occuiiences of KU.BABBAR.
CI
4
(accoiding to Walthei`s edition; CI
4
in IV 2 also checked against the photo-
giaphofBo2415Rs.availableintheMainzeiPhotoaichiv
49
).ThesciibeofEx.B
usesthestandaidsign (HZI,No.30/B)inallcases:Rs.15`gi-im-ia-asandin
both KU.CI-s (checked against the photogiaph of Bo2082 available in the Main-
zeiPhotoaichiv).Consequently,wewouldliketosuggestthefollowingchangesto
HZI:

47 Piins, Neut.Sg.: 42ff. and Watkins, CS Kionassei: 250f cite additional examples of un-
chaiacteiized neutei pluials. Unfoitunately, both authois occasionally confuse the genuine a-
lessfoims of nom.-acc. pl.n withnom. sg. n.piedicates usedwith pluialsub|ects.Thema|oiity
of the iemaining examples aie nominal iathei than ad|ectival foims, which aie not diiectly iel-
evanttoouidiscussion.
48 PaceCHD,P:161a,the piedicativeinteipietationofthefoimslofty` andadoined`isfoimally
veiy difficult. The tianslation Only in the land of atti aie youi temples high/lofty, adoined
with silvei and gold implies that szi is a copula, which makes one wondei why it was not
omitted. Oui tianslation implies that szi iepiesents an existential piedicate, which is not ex-
pectedtobe omitted. Yetthe possibilitythatthesciibe ofKUB24.1madethesamemistake as
theauthoisoftheCHDcannotbeexcluded.
49 ThephotogiaphsoftheotheipaitsofEx.Aaienotpublishedtheieyet.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 440
1. ThelogogiamKU.BABBAR.CI
4
foigold`shouldbeaddedtoHZI,No.69
(KUsign)andNo.234(CI
4
sign).
2. TheshapeHZI,No.30/7(CIsign)shouldbemovedintoNo.234(CI
4
).The
same is applicable to StBoT 40: 171 - CI
4
, notCI. Unfoitunately we do not
knowwheieelsethisshapeisattestedinHittitetexts.
ToouiknowledgethisNH(?)spellingKU.BABBAR.CI
4
foigold`isunpaialleled
in Hittite. It is not quoted in Akkadian syllabaiies eithei; cf. the iecent Boigei`s
Zeichenlexikon (AOAT 305), wheie only KU.CIand KU.KI aie listed (the lattei
inOAss.Kltepe).AsfoiSumeiian,alongsidethestandaidKU.CI,theieisalsoa
vaiiantku`udki (i.e.KU.BABBAR.KI)gold`inePSD,butitisnotpiovidedwith
anyiefeiences(wefailedtofindKU.BABBAR.KIinanySumeiiantextsavailable
to us). In any event, it is possible that this KU.BABBAR.KI is a designation of
white gold` coiiesponding to the post-Sumeiian BABBAR KU.CI, foi which see
Reitei,Metalle(AOAT249):53ff.
II 3-6 The diiect inteipietation of the discussed passage EZEN
4
I.A
-i=tta
EZEN
4
.ITU EZEN
4
.
I.A
MU-as manas gimmantas amisandas zenandas aulius
mukisnas=<s>aEZEN
4
MES
impliesthatweaiedealingheiewithfouicooidinated
nominative noun phiases, EZEN
4
.ITU monthly festival`, EZEN
4
I.A
MU-as
manas gimmantas amisandas zenandas annual festivals of wintei, spiing, and
autumn`, aulius a.-saciifices`, and mukisnas EZEN
4
MES
festivals of invocation`,
pieceded by the hypeionym EZEN
4
I.A
-i(=tta) festivals`. On the idiom MU-as
manas (with vai.), lit. of/in the couise of the yeai` see Rieken, HS 114/1 [2001j:
73-75.Ouitianslationassumesthatitalsofunctionsasahypeionymtogimmantas
amisandas zenandas (the seasonal festivals aie celebiated piecisely once pei
yeai),butthisisnotceitain.CompaietheMH/NSinstiuctionfoitemplepeisonnel
(CTH264),wheietheyeailyfestival(EZEN
4
MU
TI
)ismentionedsepaiatelyfiom
the seasonal festivals (Sel, Diiectif Metni: 26). Foi the thiee basic meanings of
auli-thioat;saciificialanimal;animalsaciifice`,eachofwhichiepiesentsanexten-
sionofthepiecedingone,seeKhne,ZA96[1986j:85-117.
Thisinteipietation,howevei,doesnotexplainwhyinvocationsaieiendeied
as mukisnas EZEN
4
MES
instead of the common mukissai matching the pieceding
nominativeauli-.Inaddition,theco-occuiienceoftheSumeiogiaphicwoidoidei
EZEN
4
I.A
. zenandas and the Hittite woid oidei mukisnas=<s>a EZEN
4
MES

withinthesamesentenceismildlyuncomfoiting.Onecanaiguethatthelastnoun
phiase deviates fiom the expected Sumeiogiaphic pattein in oidei to accommo-
datethepaiticle=( )ainthepiopeisyntacticposition,butthisclaimisweakened
bytheexamplesofstiandedcliticsinpaitlySumeiogiaphicexpiessions(Melcheit,
FSWatkins:488-489).
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 441
One can tiy to account foi these difficulties by making an emendation. The
paiallelCTH376.AKUB24.3+,I16`-18`ieadsEZEN
4
.ITjU
I.A50
MU-timanas
[(zenandas )
51
gimmantjas amesandas

aulius

m[ukisnas=<s>a EZjEN
4
MES
.
One could suppose that CTH 376 has MU-ti manas [EZEN
4
I.A
j coiiesponding
toEZEN
4
I.A
MU-asmanasinCTH377,butthelackofspaceinbothCTH376.A
&FspeaksagainsttheadditionalEZEN
4
I.A
.OnecanassumethatCTH376pie-
seives an oldei ieading in this case and emend EZEN
4
.ITU EZEN
4
I.A
to
EZEN
4
.ITU.<<EZEN
4
>>
I.A
monthly festivals` in oui text. Civen the numbei of
sciibaleiioisoccuiiinginKUB24.1(asopposedtoKUB24.3+),onemoiewould
notbesuipiising(foianotheieiioiinthediscussedsentence(szifoissanzi )see
below).Theieconstiuctedeailieiveisionofthislocuswouldthenieadasfollows:
EZEN
4
I.A
-i=tta EZEN
4
. ITU
I. A
MU-ti manas gimmantas amisandas
zenandasauliusmukisnas=<s>aEZEN
4
MES
ssanzi(Onlyinthelandofatti)do
they celebiate foi you the festivals (such as) monthly festivals, the annual festi-
vals/feasts of wintei, spiing, fall, of auli-saciifices, and of invocation(s).
Alteinatively,onecansuggestatianslation.festivals/feastsofthecouiseofthe
yeai`,ofwintei,spiing.,ifMU-asmanasEZEN
4
isadesignationofasepaiate
iitual,notidenticaltoseasonalfestivalsofwintei,spiingetc.
52
.
The main advantage of the pioposed ieconstiuction is the possibility of intei-
pieting the sequence MU-ti manas . mukisnas=<s>a as a chain of dependent
nounsgoveinedbythefinalEZEN
4
MES
.Undeithisinteipietation,wewindupwith
noimalHittitewoidoideithioughoutthesentence.Themaindifficultyofthisie-
constiuction is the necessity of dealing with the unusual case attiaction aulius .
EZEN
4
MES
festivals of saciifices` iepeated in both CTH 376 &377 instead of the
expected aulias . EZEN
4
MES
, which inteiiupts the chain of genitive dependent
nouns. The only close paiallel to such a phenomenon of which we aie awaie is
ANA KUR
URU
ATTI=kan anda al ki us
CIS
CESTIN-as CU
4
-as UDU-as
DUMU.NAM.<IU>.U
19
.IU-as miatai salittin mannittin annaien=<n>a uda
(MH/INSKBo2.9I22`-24`)Biingintothelandofattigiowthof ciops,vines,
cattle, sheep, (and) humans, s., m., and a. (CHD, I-N: 237b). On the whole, the
suggested emendation of oui passage iemains a distinct possibility, but not a
pioventheoiy.
Anotheipointtobenotedistheveibalfoime-es-zi,whichpiobablyoiiginated
as a peiseveiative sciibal eiioi foi the expected e-es-sa-an-zi they peifoim` (cf.

50 NotEZEjN
4
I.A
,checkedagainstphotoofBo2034,availableinMainzeiPhotoaichiv.
51 RestoiedafteiEx.FKUB36.81I17`.
52 Cf. alieady Cuiney`s tianslation: (theie aie foi you) the festivals of the saciificial animals
[aulius jandofthesupplication`(AAA27[1940j:19).
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 442
szi in the pievious paiagiaph I 25-27). The lattei foim appeais in the next sen-
tenceII8andinthepaiallelpassageCTH376KUB24.3+,I19`.
Puhvel`s tianslation of the discussed sentence: foi you they peifoim
(s<san>zi ) feasts in the land of atti - feast of the month, feasts of Newyeai,
saciificials (aulius ) of wintei, spiing, fall, and feasts of iitual (mukisnas
EZEN
4
MES
) (HED, 1-2: 230) iequiies coiioboiation thiough independent evi-
dence foi the seasonal chaiactei of the auli-offeiings. The agnostic tianslation of
aulius mukisnas as festivals of invoking the auli- (CHD, I-N: 231b) stumbles
against the fact that Hitt. mukessai invocation` can govein the genitive oi the
dative,butneveitheaccusative.
II 7 KURURUpiobablyoiiginatedasapeiseveiativesciibaleiioifoiKUR-
eland(dat.-loc.sg.),whichisattestedinthepaiallelinvocationKUB24.3+,I19`
inCTH376.
II 9-22 TheselinesaieiestoiedafteithepaiallelpassageinCTH376,KUB
24.3+,I21`-31`.
II 9 DINCIR
MES
-tai heie and [DINCIR
MES
-taij in II22 coiiespond to
DINCIR
IIM
-a-taiwithoutMESinKUB24.3+(CTH376)I21`,30`.Thesefoims
(phonologicallysiuniatai)aieusuallytianslatedasdivinity,godhood`(youidi-
vinity is honoied among gods). Theie is also the second, mateiial, meaning of
siuniatai - spiiit-holdei, divine image`
53
, which is piobably moie fiequent in
Hittite texts. This second meaning also fits the discussed passage (youi spiiit-
holdeis aie honoied among (the spiiit-holdeis of) gods), while siuniatai in the
meaninggodhood`isconsistentlypiovidedwiththecomplementIIMiatheithan
MESinalltheotheiHittitecontextsknowntous.
Ontheotheihand,thefoimsDINCIR
IIM
-taiandDINCIR
MES
-taialteinatein
the second meaning spiiit-holdei` without indicating giammatical numbei.
Compaie two passages fiom the same text KUB 5.1 III 19 DINCIR
IIM
-tai
KASKAI-anzi DINCIR
MES

URU
Sapinuaia udanzi They will dispatch spiiit-
holdeisandbiingallthegodstoSapinuavs.ibid.5.1III44DINCIR
MES
-tai=ma
pe-antiatnuapezzaNU.SIC
5
Thespiiitholdei(s)tookits/theiiplaceinfiont.Is
it foi this (ieason that it was) unfavoiable? We choose the tianslation divinity,
godhood`,sinceitseemstobemoieconsistentwiththegeneialcontextofthetwo
piayeis,butthetianslationspiiit-holdei,divineimage`isalsopossible.Thechoice
ofthecomplementMESiatheithanIIMinouicontextwaspeihapsinfluencedby
theattiactiontothefollowingDINCIR
MES 54
.

53 SeeCteibock,FSBittel[1983j:209ff.
54 In addition see fuithei examples of the ungiammatical usage of I.A and MES in Piins,
Neut.Sg.:12-13.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 443
II 13-14 Thispassageisieconstiuctedonthebasisofthepaiallelinvocation
totheSungoddessofAiinna,KUB24.3+,I23`-25`(CTH376).
CHD,S:227btianslatesKUB24.3+,I23`-25`(CTH376)nutuel.immus
SISKUR
I.A
EZEN
4
I.A
iauanzi sai tittanuskanzi as They finish woishipping
youi images, peifoiming/celebiating youi festivals and iituals. This tianslation is
unlikely foi two independent ieasons. Fiist, the act of woishipping the images is
not mentioned eailiei in CTH 376, and so the stiess on finishing these acts does
not appeai to be felicitous. Second, oui passage cannot be sepaiated fiom KUB
39.6 Rs. 16-17 nu=ssi immus mantes sai tittananzi they set up all the
figuiines foi him/hei (Kassian et al., Funeiaiy Ritual (AOAT 288): 617)
55
. It is
likelythatsaitittanu-iepiesentstheimmediatesyntacticheadofthediiectob|ect
immusinbothcontexts.
Singei,Piayeis:51,followingtheinteipietationofHED,3:315,tianslatesthe
discussed passage in CTH 376 as They peifoim fully substitute iites, iituals, and
festivals foi you. We cannot accept this tianslation because of the lack of com-
pelling evidence foi imma- meaning substitute iitual`. Besides the two contexts
cited in the pievious paiagiaph, HED backs thismeaning only by immus azzii
SIR
I.A
-a occuiiing in an uncleai syntactic context of an Istanuian iitual (CTH
771,KUB35.131+KUB25.37++,IV3).Puhveltianslatesthispassageassub-
stituteiites,ceiemonies,andsongs,buttheieaienodifficultieswithtianslatingit
meielyasfiguiines,ceiemonies,andsongs.
In addition to this, H.Connet (Atti II ICH (StMed 9): 149ff.) attempted to
show that imma- means substitute iite` in CTH 757 (
m
Zaipia
IU
AZU
URU
Kizzuatna; Staike, StBoT 30: 46ff.). In oui opinion, she fell shoit of pioving
hei point. The well pieseived tablet HT 1 contains the following passage: n=at
<<ANA>> EN E
TIM
ANA DINCIR
IIM
pai pzi namma=kan ki i mman
i anzi ANA
CI
A.DA.CUR=a=ssan piin di nu psi nu kissan memi , which
can be tianslated asfollows: The mastei of thehouse holds it (i.e. vaiious meat)
foithtothedeity.Thenhebites`.They make aiepl i caandheputshislip(s)to
thediinkingstiawandswallows.Hespeaksasfollows:...(Vs.I39`-42`).Although
thepuiposeoftheieplicaintheZaipiaiitualadmittedlyiemainsobscuiebecause
imma- is not mentioned any moie in the subsequent text, the hypothesis that
imman ianzi intioduces some sepaiate sub-iitual (i.e. imma-iitual) within the
mainpeifoimanceisnotlikelyeithei.Inthiscaseweshouldexpectimmanianzi
tobeplacedatthebeginningoiattheendofthepaiagiaphandnottobecasually
followedbyanotheiclausecontainingthe=( )apaiticle(
CI
A.DA.CUR=a=ssan).
Bycontiast,themaking(ia-)ofimma-ob|ect(s)isausualactioninvaiiousHittite
iituals. Compaie, foi example, the cleai passage fiom the Royal Funeiaiy Ritual:

55 Tianslationtheyfinish.`doesnotmakeanysenseinthecontextofthisfuneiaiyiitual.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 444
n=astaE-ii and[ajlaanzanas
MUSEN
imusianzi(KUB39.7II7-8)Theymake
figuiinesofl.-ducksinsidethehouse.ThepassagefiomtheTelipinumyth,quoted
by Connet, is likewise not compelling, since KUB 17.10 III 33 ieads i
?
[- and
nothingelse
56
.
Summing up, theie aie some contexts, wheie one can piopose the abstiact
meaningsubstituteiite`foiimma-withdiffeientdegieesofplausibility,butallof
these passages peimit also the conciete inteipietation ieplica, figuiine`. By con-
tiast, imma- meaning ieplica, (substitute) figuiine (- Iat. img)` is ieliably
attestedinmoiethantendiffeientcontexts.Inaddition,weaienotawaieofsub-
stitute iites foi Telipinu oi the Sun-goddess of Aiinna, noi would the puipose of
suchiitualsbeimmediatelycleai.Thuswehavetoie|ectthetianslationsubstitute
iite`foiimma-byOccam`sRazoiuntilnewunambiguousdatawillemeige.
Ouitianslationofthediscussedpassageimpliesthatthesupinefoimiauanzi
in oidei to peifoim` functioned as an ad|unct, iathei than a complement, of the
mainveibsaitittanu-.SuchasyntacticfunctionoftheHittitesupineisadmittedly
iaie,butnotwithoutpaiallels,foiwhichseeOse,Sup.:44-45.
The discussion above does not entail any position with iegaid to the meta-
phoiical tianslation to finish, complete` foi sai tittanu-, pioposed in the iecent
fascicle of the CHD. Each of the tianslations collected in CHD, S: 227bf. sub4|
must be |udged on its own meiit. We believe, howevei, that in oui passage sai
tittanu-isusedinitsliteialmeaningtoeiect,toputupon/in`,foiwhichseeCHD,
S:220sub1a53`.
II 15 paikui puie` in suppi paikui is iestoied aftei I 22 (paikui suppi ) and
CTH376.Suppipaikuicantheoieticallybead|ectivesheie(Eveiythingtheypie-
sent to you is holy (and) puie), but we piefei the adveibial inteipietation based
onthepaiallelismwithI22.
II 16-17 BIBRI and CAI
I.A
aie iestoied aftei II 1 and IV 1. The paiallel
passageKUB24.3+,I26`-27`(CTH376)ieadsnam-ma-sa-anE.DINCIR
IIM
-KA
A-NA KU.BABBAR KU.CI na-a-sa-ia-az ti-a-an-za. We piesume the omission
of ANA in oui text (i.e. E.DINCIR
IIM
-K[A <A-NA> BI-IB-RjI
I.A
-KA) due to
thelackofspaceinthelacuna.
II 19 The iestoiation of U-NU-UT [DINCIR
IIM
j the utensils of the god` is
con|ectuial.Cf.

-NU-UTDINCIR
MES
theutensilsofthegods`inthelatein-
ventoiylistVSNF12.116Vs.10`.
II 22 Foi the tianslation of DINCIR
MES
-tai (divinity, godhood` oi spiiit-
holdei,deity`simagine`)seecomm.toII9.

56 Cf. Hoffnei`s (Myths

2
: 17) tianslation: I have tieated the gods undei (the hawthoin) foi long
yeais[...j instead of Mazoyei`s (Telipinu: 78; following Connet) et aupies des dieux, les
[imma(?)jdel`Avenii|elesaice[ljebies.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 445
III x+1-2 We guaidedly iestoie these lines aftei II 10-12 (which aie in tuin
iestoied aftei CTH376) and aftei CTH 376 KUB 24.3 +, III 15`ff. //1229/u, 5`ff.
As an alteinative to n[eshutj (as in CTH 376), one can peihaps ventuie n[eanza
s joi(2`)n[eanzaj(3`)[e-eszi-ik-zaj.
III 3` RestoiedafteiI18.
III 5` -6` Tentatively iestoied aftei IV 10-11, wheie almost the same nouns
aie used in a diffeient oidei: TI-tai, addulatai, innaiaatai, MU
KAM
CID.DA
ECIR UMI, dusgaiatt-, followed by SA ECIR UMI mitai in the next sentence
(IV 14). The self-suggested iestoiation [isatai ECIjR UMI (cf. Singei`s life
foievei)maybelessplausiblesince:
a)Theideaoflife(uisa-)isalieadyexpiessedinthepiecedingsentence(III
4`):IUCAI.TI-anai
a
k;
b)Thesyllabicwiitingofthisstemisnotveiypiobableinviewoflogogiaphic
TI-an (one line above) and TI-tai (IV 10), while the iestoiation [TI-tai ECIjR
UMIisunlikelyfoiieasonsofspace.
Note, howevei, that the noun miatai is iepeatedseveial sentences below (III
12`)paiallelingSAECIRUMImitaiinasimilailocusIV11-14.
III 6` -8` The iestoiation ANA ZI-SUNU [miumai (lalu)jkkiman dusga-
iadan=<n>a was pioposed in CHD, I-N: 29a and accepted by Singei, since the
|uxtapositionmiumaigentleness`+ZI-aslalukima-biightnessofspiiit`isattested
in seveial othei Hittite texts (see CHD, I-N: 29a, 309), sometimes togethei with
dusgaiatt- |oy`. Cf. the paiallel CTH 376 KUB 24.3 + KUB 31.144 +, III 20`-22`
wheie one can iestoie nu-j

us

-si-kan [A-NA ZI-SjU a[n-da mi-u-mai la-lu-ujk-

ki-ma-an[du-us-ga-ia-ad-da-an-najzi-ik-ki.
III 10` Thestablecollocationn(t)-tummantia-,fiequentlyappeaiinginfoi-
mulaic lists of desiiable states, alteinates with n(t)- istamassuai in seveial con-
texts. In all likelihood ()tummantia- iepiesents the Iuwian equivalent of Hitt.
istamassuai(seeHEC,III:431ff.w.lit.).
Hitt. istamassuai has the liteial meaning heaiing`, as well as moie geneial
meanings attention` and peihapspeiception`
57
, but the additional meaning obe-
dience` is appaient in MH/MS KUB 15.34 II 24-25 ANSE.KUR.RA

[
I
j
.A
-as
ERIN
MES
-asalsuaiistamassuaiallegianceandobedienceofthecavaliyandin-
fantiy`(HED,1-2,41;Haas/Wilhelm,AOATS3:193).Sincethisphiaseoccuisin
one and the same text with the foimula nn istamassuai (KUB 15.34 II 10),
istamassuai was taken to mean obedience` also in the lattei context (Haas/Wil-

57 The last meaning is appaient in ICI

I.A
-as . istam[(asuai)j peiception of the eyes` (KUB
41.21I10`iestoied afteiVBoT132II11),butthesignICI eye`(HZI No.288)inthiscontext
may iepiesent a sciibal eiioi foi CESTU eai` (HZI No. 317), since both signs diffei only by
oneWinkelhaken.
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 446
helm, AOATS 3:191),and the same hypothetical meaning was eventually caiiied
oveitotheIuwoidtummantia-(e.g.,CHD,I-N:476a-b;Melcheit,TheIuwians:
20,w.fn.22).
Itseems,howevei,iatheioddfoiakingtopiaytogodstogianthimobedience.
Evenifonespeculatesthatobediencetothegodsiswhatismeantheie,itiemains
uncleaiwhythekingcannotachievethisstateonhisownfieewill.Neitheicanone
assumethattummantia-iefeistoobediencetotheking,sincethekingisexplicitly
attestedasthelogicalsub|ectoftummantia-inKBo2.9I20-21(CHD,I-N:476a).
Theiefoie, one would faie bettei sepaiating tummantia- and istamassuai oc-
cuiiing in the collocation with n- fiom istamassuai obedience` (KUB 15.34 II
24-25 is a single ieliable attestation of this meaning). It is necessaiy to look foi a
diffeient extension of the basic meaning heaiing` that bettei fits oui context and
ielatedpassages.Poweiofheaiingandpeiceptioniepiesentqualitiesthataiecei-
tainlydesiiablefoieveiyone,includingthekingandthemembeisoftheioyalfam-
ily, and we take them to iepiesent the appioximate denotation of the iiieveisible
binomialn(t)-tummantia-.
Thishypothesisfindsadegieeofsuppoitintheetymologicalanalysisofn(t)-.
OnecantiytoieanimatetheoldhypothesisofHaasandWilhelm(AOATS3:93),
connecting Hitt. n(t)- with Huii. nui-, the meaning of which has been defined
iathei piecisely in iecent yeais
58
. In Huiiian texts nu(i )- occuis in the phiase a-
az-zi-zi sal-u-li-e-es nu-u-a-al a-a-sa-si-li-e-es (KUB 29.8 ++, III 30-31 = ChS
I/1, Ni. 9), similaily a-zi-iz-[zji-pal sal-u-u-li-es nu-i-a
a
-al-la a-a-[sa-si-li-e-i js
(KUB 27.42 Rs. 12` = ChS I/1, Ni. 11), i.e. something like azzizi=v=a=lla
salh=ol=e=s nui=v=a=lla asas=il=e=s (Wegnei, Einfhiung: 96) May youi
peiception/eai heai/undeistand them (i.e. the woids), may youi nui heai/undei-
standthem`.Bothsal-andas (as )-coiiespond toHitt.istamass-toheai`in the
Huii.-Hitt. Bilingual (see e.g. Catsanicos, Amuiiu 1 [1996j: 267f.). azzizzi eai,
peiception`isawellknownAkk.loanwoid
59
,andsoHuii.nui-shouldmean(ana-
tomic)eai`oiinneieai,i.e.heaiing`heie(cf.Wegnei,ZA85:121-122).Asimilai
|uxtaposition nui + azzadii occuis in a biokenHitt. passage [Ij MUSEN u
u
-u-
ii-aIMUSENnu-u-i-aa-az[-za-ti-i-aj.ainuan[zi jtheybuin1biidof/foi
eye(and)1biidof/foinuiandazzadii (KUB45.79+KUB47.89=ChSI/9,
Ni.4Rs.31`-35`,iestoiedafteiibid.Rs.12`);itislikelythatthe teimazzadiiis
ieflectedtoazzizzi,eventhoughthedetailsofitsdeiivationiemainuncleai.

58 Melcheit (The Pioblem of Iuvian Influence on Hittite in Spiachkontakt und Spiachwandel

[2005j: 445-459) suggests that Hitt. n- was boiiowed fiom Iuvian on the giounds that KUB
8.69, 11` dat.-loc. sg. ndi shows uniquely Iuvian inflection. This aigument is not convincing
since e.g. Hitt. abi- saciificial pit`, an assuied Huiiian loanwoid, has the similai dat.-loc. sg.
bidi(HED1,100).
59 Akk.assu(OB+)(1)eai;(2)(facultyof)heaiing;(3)undeistanding`(CAD,:126-127).
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 447
We would like to suggest tentatively that the Hittites boiiowed the Huiiian
woid nui in its metaphoiic sense undeistanding, peiception`
60
. This would iep-
iesentthepiecisepaialleltotheboiiowingofAkk.[assueai;peiception`>Huii.
[azzizzi peiception`.Thusonecanhypothesizethatthetwomembeisofthecollo-
cation,n(t)- andistamassuai/()tummanti[a-aieioughlysynonymous,although
oiiginally they came fiom diffeient languages. Compaie, fuitheimoie, the similai
Huiiiancollocationmdi
61
[azzizziwisdomandpeiception`,whichfiequentlyoc-
cuisasapaitoflistsofdesiiablequalitiesintheincantationsoftheAZU-piiest
62
.
The intei|ection ()n, discussed in CHD, I-N: 466-467 togethei with the
noun n(t)-,mayhavethesameHuiiianoiigin,butitssynchionicmeaningislikely
tobediffeient.SinceitalteinateswithHitt.apt sduletitbeso`intheantitassu
iitual, one is fully |ustified in taking it as an expiession of compliance oi satis-
faction. This semantic development would iesemble that of istamassuai in its
metaphoiicalmeaningobedience`,mentionedabove.Moietothepoint,compaie
Classical Aiabic samu-, liteially heaiing` as a pait of the foimulaic expiession
saman wa-(atan obedience and compliance` utteied in ieply to a supeiioi`s oi-
deis(YesSii).
III 12` mi-i-[a-ta giowth`, with the loss of -i, is likely to iepiesent afoim in-
heiitedfiomtheMiddleHittitetextundeilyingthepiesentpiayei,aspeiNeu,FS
C.Neumann[1982j:214-215
63
.
III 14` The passage nu=smas IU-as tai[ilin pai ne[antan
d.CIS
TUKUI-in
peski piesents difficulties. The collocation pai ne[ant-
CIS
TUKUI battle-ieady
weapon` is well known and common in such kinds of Hittite texts, while the
|uxtapositiontai[uili- + pai ne[ant-
CIS
SUKURbattle-ieady,valiantspeai`isat-
tested in KUB 57.63 II 4-5 (see Aichi, FS Otten
2
: 18ff.; Staike, StBoT 23: 102;
CHD,P:354b-355a)
64
.ButthemodifieisIU-asandDINCIRappeaitobemutu-
allycontiadictoiy.
We would piefei the iendeiing
d.CIS
TUKUI, not DINCIR
CIS
TUKUI in the
modein system of tiansliteiation (pace Iebiun`s edition) foi syntactic ieasons.

60Notethatthephoneticdetailsofthisboiiowingiemainnotentiielycleai.OnecouldexpectHitt.
nui(t)-, since Hittite possesses a numbei of native -ui stems (kui-, dankui- etc.) and some
loans, like
(CIS/CI)
e/ii[ui- a type of basket`. On the othei hand the main pait of -ui stems (as
listedbyJinJie,RetiClos:35)endsin-Vui(i.e./-Vi/)oiin-kui/-[ui,whichcanphonologically
be iegaided as /-k

i/, /-g

i/ and /

i/). The iest of the stems, which can be theoietically intei-

pietedas/-Cu/oi/-Cui/,aieallveiyiaieandmaiginal.
61 =Hitt.[attadaiinHuii.-Hitt.Bilingual.
62 SeeChSI/16III34`,9III15,10II30`,10II41`,11Rev.4`,49II23.
63 Melcheit`s (CS Schwaitz [1988j: 215ff.) supposition that all i-less foims aie nom.-acc. pl. is
plausiblebutiequiiesadditionalevidence.
64 Cf. also twice the phonetic wiiting tai[uili
CIS
tuii in ssu [uisatai (mi[atai) tai[uili(n)
CIS
tii
piskidduKUB43.23Rs.15`-19`(MS)//KBo38.58(NS).
Alexei Kassian - Ilya Yakubovich 448
Since the dependent noun would noimally be placed aftei the head noun in a Su-
meiogiaphic expiession (
CIS
TUKUI DINCIR
IIM
vel. sim.). Even if the assump-
tion that DINCIR
CIS
TUKUI ieflects the undeilying Hittite woid oidei, the
position of the dependent noun befoie the head noun, but aftei the ad|ectives
modifying the head noun, iemains ungiammatical.
d.CIS
TUKUI-in deified weap-
on(?)` is the only occuiience of the deteiminative maiking divine names in fiont of
the Sumeiogiam
CIS
TUKUI accoiding to van Cessel, Onomasticon: 748.
A sepaiate question is the natuie of the solicited weapon. The most tiivial
thing would be to assume that it iepiesents a metaphoi foi a stiong aimy, but the
dependent noun IU-as of a man` appeais to be iedundant undei such an intei-
pietation. As an alteinative, one can considei the imaginative hypothesis of Riem-
schneidei (KZ 90 [1976j: 150), accoiding to which pai neant-
CIS
TUKUI is a
metaphoi foi membium viiile in statu eiecto`. The dependent noun IU-as ob-
viously squaies well with this hypothesis. The fact that not only the king and the
piinces, but also the queen emeige as potential iecipients of this divine weapon is
mildly uncomfoiting, but one can aigue that, aftei all, the queen had a vested
inteiest in hei husband`s solid eiection. On the othei hand, one can undeistand the
skepticism of those scholais who aie ieluctant to see the ioyal penis among the
thousand gods of Hatti. Foi the time being, we accept Singei`s agnostic tianslation,
which is veiy similai to Tischlei`s und gewhie ihnen die mchtige gezckte Waffe
eines Mannes (HEC, III: 169).
The paiallel locus in CTH 376 A (KUB 24.3 +) III 29`-30` is damaged: [. -jx-
tai tai-u-u-i [-. .jx pa-ia-an[e-a-an-ta-an .j.
III 15` We cannot follow Singei in his iestoiation of the last clause and [let
them destioyj them since no veib of destiuction begins with in-, to oui knowledge.
The adveib innaia iight away` seems to be the only possible ieconstiuction foi in[-,
even if this idea, pioposed alieady by Cuiney (AAA 27: 73), somehow did not find
its way to latei publications. The idea that this adveib is followed by a veib of de-
stiuction, such as aiganu-, is boin out by the geneial sense of the passage, even
though space consideiations speak in favoui of a shoitei 2 sg. impv. foim. Com-
paie the combination innaia aikanu- in KUB 54.1 I 36: innaia=ua=mu=kan
kuis aig[anjuii who have iuined me?` and ibid. II 48 (without -kan) innai
ai
a
kmi I am iuined`.
III 16` ta[pasanj is iestoied aftei IV 7.
III 17` We piefei to ieconstiuct a[ia dj take away!` heie, as opposed to
impv. pi in IV 8. CHD, I-N: 204a ieads a[iauia?j diive away!`; Singei follows
CHD.
III 18` Hitt. sule(ss )- is discussed by H. Ciaig Melcheit in FS Heizenbeig
[2005j: 90ff. Melcheit cogently aigues that the meaning of this veib is to become
Muisili II`s Piayei to Telipinu (CTH 377) 449
aiiogant` iathei than to quaiiel`, and so the paiticiple sullant- chaiacteiizes the
inimical lands as upstait and impious. Puhvel`s tianslation of sullantaaisallanta as
quaielling and at odds` (HED, 3: 186) is thus supeiseded. The choice between the
ieadings uisallanta and aisallanta, as well as the piecise meaning of this epithet,
iemains a mattei of con|ectuie.
III 18` -20` Cf. a similai sentence in Muisili II`s piayei to the Sun-goddess of
Aiinna KUB 24.3 + 544/u +, II 62` kuis DINCIR
MES
-nas I naanza (// MS
KUB 24.4 Rs. 10) He who is not iespectful to gods`, without the paiticle =kan. By
contiast, the paiticle =kan is consistently used with the veibal phiase to be ie-
spectful to the gods` in genuine Neo-Hittite texts (CHD, I-N: 340-341).
III 21` -IV 6. The lacunae - [U-NU-TE
MES
j (IV 1), ku-e-es [-ma-as-zaj (IV
2), [sa-an-i-is-kajn-zi (IV 4) - aie iestoied aftei CTH 376, KUB 24.3 +, III 2`-6`.
The foim ku-i-e-es-ma-as-za (IV 5 and iestoied in IV 2) is not a sciibal eiioi
foi ku-i-e-es-ma-za since we find the same foim in the paiallel passage of CTH
376, cf. (with division into clauses a-d):
KUB 24.1 III 21` - IV 6 (CTH 377) KUB 24.3 +, III x+1-8` (CTH 376)
a. ku-i-e-es-ma-az
65
. ainummanzi
ilaliskanzi
b. ku-e-es-ma. danna
saniskanzi
c. ku-e-es [-ma-as-zaj .
dannattauanzi[saniskajnzi
d. ku-i-e-es-ma-as-za. danna
saniskanzi;
a. [.j
il [alis jkan[zi j
b. [ku-ji-e-es-ma[ j . danna
s [ajniskanzi
c. ku-i-e-es-ma-as-za .
tannattauanzisaniskanzi
d. ku-i-e-es-ma-as-za. tanna
saniskanzi.
CHD, S: 167a analyzes ku-i-e-es-ma-as-za as kuis=ma=as=za, piesumably taking
=as as a pioleptic accusative pluial clitic anticipating the following diiect ob|ects.
This analysis is accepted in the piesent edition, even though the piagmatic function
of pioleptic clitic pionouns in Hittite iemains to be elucidated. This syntactic con-
stiuction is veiy iaie, and chaiacteiistic of diiect speech. Foi a list of its attesta-
tions in MS texts see now Kassian et al., Funeiaiy Ritual: 620ff.
A diffeient inteipietation was put foiwaid by Boley, The Hittite Paiticle -z/-za:
175, who pioposed the segmentation kuis=<s>mas=za, with the duplication of
the ieflexive maikeis. We know that fiom MH on, acc.-dat. pionouns =nas and
=smas began to ieplace the ieflective paiticle =z (a) with pluial sub|ects (ibid:
198). One noimally assumes, howevei, that in the histoiy of a manusciipt`s tians-
mission the innovative clitic could be appended on top of its aichaic equivalent, but
65 Reading aftei B. Ex. A has the incoiiect foim ku-e-da-as-ma-az, i.e. kuedas=ma=z (an un-
giammatical case attiaction to A-NA DINCIR
MES
in the pieceding sentence?).
AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 450
not vice veisa. In addition, Boley`s inteipietation implies that the contiastive
paiticle =ma is piesent only in the fiist clauses: kuis=ma=z . ainummanzi
ilaliskanzi and kus=ma . danna saniskanzi, while the next two ielative clauses
withsaniskanzilack=mafoinoobviousieason.
As foi the ielative pionoun kus, we assume that it has the same iefeient
thioughout the peiiod. The shift fiom neutei to common gendei emphasizes the
population of hostile lands, iathei than the lands themselves. In an alteinative a-
nalysis, Singei took kus as an indefinite pionoun, iefeiiing each time to a pai-
ticulailandoitoapaiticulaigioupofpeopleintheinimicallands(Someaienot
iespectful...otheiswishtobuindownyouitemples...etc.),piesumablyimplying
thatthecontiastbetweenthesegioupsisexpiessedbythe=mapaiticle.Whilethis
inteipietationisgiammaticallypossible,itisdifficulttobelievethatthepiayeilists
mutuallyexclusivegioupscommittedtospecificactsofsaciilege.
IV 7-8 The con|unction =a is eiioneously doubled in [(ka-as-ta-an-na)j, ie-
stoiedafteiEx.B,asopposedtoka-as-ta-aninIII17.ThepaiallelpassageinCTH
376,KUB24.3III9`-10`,ieadsi-in-kanga-as-ta-anwithout=a.
IV 13 NotethelackoftheexpectedI.AinSA-as.
IV 15 Note 3 sg. impv. mi-e-es-du vs. Ex. B mi-e-es-sa-du may they/eveiy-
thing giow`. Contia the communis opinio, the veibal foim mi-e-es-sa-du does not
needtobesecondaiy.Thestemmi(e)ssa-isattestedalieadyinMiddleHittite(MS
KBo17.105+,Rs.III34mi-is-sa-du,CTH433.3)andiatheiiepiesentsanoiiginal
issa-iteiative used simultaneously with sk-foims in Middle Hittite blessing foimu-
lae
66
, while the athematic stem mies- seems to iepiesent the iesult of contamina-
tionwithmies-tobemild`inthelatetexts
67
.
The tentative iestoiation mus=<s>a

[-a-an-duj and may the iains

come`, was pioposed by the late Piof.A.A.Koiolv in his diafts. Compaie the
paiallelpassageinCTH376,KUB24.3+,III38`-41`,wheieonecantiytoieadit
asfollows
68
:

38`[.sa-kju-a-an-du-us
69
[e
?
-e-mu-us j
39`

u
?

[-a-an-dju
?
nuse-is-du-a-a[svacantj
40`IM-an-te-esi-a-an-da-ium[a-a-uj
41`si-es-du.

66 On-ske-and-issa-veibsinMHblessingfoimulaeseenowSidel`tsev,MiddleHittite-ske-foims
inbenedictionsandcuises,Attidel6CongiessoInteinazionalediHittitologia[foithcomingj.
67 The analysis was pioposed by A. Sidel`tsev, peis. comm. (to be published in his foithcoming
papei).
68 Checked against the photo of Bo2034 available in Mainzei Photoaichiv, which fully confiims
theKUBedition.
69 RestoiedafteiKUB51.50III14`:sakuandusemussisdu[asIM
MES
-usj.
MuisiliII`sPiayeitoTelipinu(CTH377) 451
IV 16 The foims IM
I.A
-us winds` heie and mus iains` in the pieceding
line iepiesent Iate Hittite nominative pluials, which geneialized the eailiei ac-
cusativepluialending.ThesameholdsfoiEx.B.aduswinds`.Thecompaiison
withIM-an-te-eswinds`inCTH376showsthatweaiedealingwiththemodeini-
zationoftheoiiginaltextinbothAandB.
The same conclusion is likely in the case of se-e-es-sa-u-a-a[s(A) / si-jis-sa-
a-as(B)coiiespondingtogen.sestuasofpiospeiity`inCTH376(seethecomm.
to IV 15). We know that the lattei foim is iegulai because the infinitive sisduai
piospeiity` is independently attested in KUB 15.34 II 23. As foi the foims ss-
sauas/sissaas, they foimally belong to the paiadigm of sissa- to seal; to pitch a
tent`,butneitheiofthetwomeaningsmakessenseinthiscontext.Ratheithanfol-
lowingCuiney(AAA27:115)inexplainingthesefoimsasaneiioiofdictation,we
piefeitoassumethatthesciibeofthecommonpiototypeofAandBdidnotknow
thefullpaiadigmofsest-tobefiuitful,flouiish`andemendedthecoiiectfoim
sestuasbasedontheeiioneousmoiphologicalanalysisofsesduletitpiospei`in
thefollowingsentence,oisomeotheisoitofidiosynciaticlinguisticconsideiations.
Note that the vaiiant uad- is not likely to be a meie sciibal eiioi of omission
sinceitisalsoattestedinKUB28.4Vs.20bu-u-a-ta-as-sa-as-siECIR-an-datai-
na-ashesentwindsafteihim.Thispiobablyindicatesthespieadofnasalization
to the ioot vowel, i.e. the iespective foim could be pionounced (u)ad-, as pei
HE
2
, 31. Foi the discussion of appaient iiiegulaiities in the ieflection of
consonantclusteis nasal+stopseeCaitei,JAOS99/1[1979j:93-94andJoseph-
son&Stephens,JAOS101/4[1981j:367-370.
IV 17 nuINAKUR
URU
ATTImusesduleteveiythinginthelandofatti
giowandpiospei`isafoimulaicexpiessionthathaspaiallels,e.g.intheIlluanka
myth (KBo 3.7 I 5) utni=a mu sesdu let (eveiything) in the land giow and
piospei etc. (see the passagesquoted in Sidel`tsev, Middle Hittite -ske-foims in
benedictions and cuises, Atti del 6 Congiesso Inteinazionale di Hittitologia
[foithcomingj). On possible Indo-Euiopean paiallels to this foimula see Watkins,
Diagon:155.

2. 2. Ex. B: KUB 24. 2.

Vs. (=AVs.I1-II2).
1 [ki-i-(k)jan

UP-PIDUB

.SARA-NADINCIR
IIM
an-

da

UD-

atUD-
at

me-mi-

is

-k[(i-i )z-zi j
2 [nuDINCjIR
IAM
a-al-li-is-ki-iz-zi

AlexeiKassian-IlyaYakubovich 452
3

Te-li-pi-nu-ussai-ku-usna-ak-ki-isDINCIR-uszi-ik
4 u-i-a-at-mu
m
Mui-si-i-liIUCAI-ustu-e-elARAD-KAMUNUS.IUCAI-as-

sa

5 tu-e-elCEME-KAu-i-e-iii-it-a
d
Te-li-pi-nu-un
6 an-zi-elEN-NIDINCIR
IAM
SASAC.DU-NImu-ga-a-i

7 nu-za-kanma-a-anna-ak-ki-is
d
Te-li-pi-nu-usse-eine-pi-si
8 DINCIR
MES
-asis-tai-nama-a-ana-iu-nina-as-maA-NA

UR

.SAC
MES!70

9 a-a-an-napa
!
-a-an-za
71

na

-as-ma-zaI-NAKUR
IU
KURza-a-i-apa-a-
an-za

10 ki-nu-na-at-tasa-ne-iz-zi-isa-ai-su-la-as
CIS
ERIN-an-zaI-an-za
11 kal-li-is-duna-as-taECIR-pa
E
ka-ii-im-ni-it-tian-dae-[ju
12 nu-ut-taka-a-samu-ki-is-ki-mi
NINDA
ai-si-it
DUC
is-pa-an-du-zi-

it

13 nu-us-sa-anpa-ia-aka-la-a-an-kan-zae-esnu-ut-taku-it
14 me-mi-is-ki-minu-muDINCIR
IUM
is-ta-ma-na-anla-ga-a-anai-akna-at
i [(s-t)a-ma-(as-ki )j

15 zi-ik-za
d
Te-li-pi-nu-usna-ak-ki-isDINCIR
IIM
-isnu-ut-taDINCIR
IIM
- [(A)j
16 UE
MES
.DINCIR
MES
I-NAKUR
URU

-AT-TI-patta-as-nu-a-annam-
ma-ma-at-t[(a)j
17

ta

[-me-j

-da-niKUR-eU-UIku-a-pi-ik-kie-es-zi
18 [n(u-ut-taE)jZEN
4
I.A
SISKUR
I.A
I-NAKUR
URU
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