The third version of the day-tablets describing DAY 4 of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival includes two manuscripts that duplicate Version 1 and 2 in the passages referring to the king entering Taḫurpa. Other passages, however, are unique to this version, and their exact placement within the sequence of events is not entirely clear. They seem to describe the king’s entry into another city. In his discussion, Nakamura M. 2002a: 143f. hesitated as to whether this additional city was visited before or after Taḫurpa. However, the collation of ms. A in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara demonstrated that the tablet side previously identified as the obverse bears a Randleiste at its upper edge and must, therefore, be considered the reverse. Consequently, the passages in question must refer to the city visited prior to Taḫurpa, the most likely candidate being Ḫišurla.

• H. Roszkowska-Mutschler, DBH 16, 2005: 152

KBo 30.98 (still as 996/c) was mentioned with reference to DAY 4 by Popko M. 1986b: 222 n. 3. The two adjoining fragments were identified by Nakamura M. 2002a: 143f. The only previous edition of the texts is Nakamura M. 2002a: 141–170. KBo 45.110, a duplicate of KBo 30.110+ not included in Nakamura’s edition, was identified by Groddek D. 2004c: 355.

Although ms. B is only a small fragment, it seems to share the same text distribution and tablet layout as ms. A. If so, both mss. were originally three-column tablets.

Both mss. are written in the New Script.