Introductio CTH 626.Tg04.4

The fourth version of the day-tablets describing DAY 4 of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival consists solely of the newly identified manuscripts and appears to describe a great assembly in Taḫurpa. However, despite over 130 clauses preserved to varying degrees and the existence of four manuscripts, this identification must remain tentative until new joins are found that can confirm or refute the current proposal.

Texte

Exemplar A	A₁	KUB 10.54	Bo 119	Ḫattuša
	+ A₂	+ KUB 11.16	+ Bo 120	Ḫattuša
	+ A₃	+ Bo 3635	+ Bo 3635	Ḫattuša
	+ A₄	+ Bo 6839	+ Bo 6839	Ḫattuša
Exemplar B		KBo 57.194	827/v	T.I
Exemplar C	C₁	KBo 52.195	1329/u	T.I
	+ C₂	+ Bo 7016	+ Bo 7016	Ḫattuša
	+ C₃	+ Bo 6803	+ Bo 6803	Ḫattuša
	+ C₄	+ KBo 52.113	+ 916/u	T.I
Exemplar D	D₁	KBo 48.131	412/q	---
	+ D₂	+ UBT 78	+ Bo 8582	Ḫattuša

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=12	The king enters Taḫurpa.
Abschnitt 2ID=13	Great assembly in the ḫalentu- complex begins.
Abschnitt 3ID=14	Great assembly: palace attendant brings the royal insignia.
Abschnitt 4ID=15	Great assembly: hand washing rite.
Abschnitt 5ID=16	Great assembly: palace attendant puts aside his spear.
Abschnitt 6ID=19	Great assembly: table for the royal couple.
Abschnitt 7ID=20	Great assembly: bodyguards put aside their spears.
Abschnitt 8ID=21	Great assembly: offering for the spear of the Stag-god.
Abschnitt 9ID=24	Great assembly: fragmentary
Abschnitt 10ID=25	Great assembly: the king throws away the napkin after the meal.
Abschnitt 11ID=26	Great assembly: cleaning after the meal.
Abschnitt 12ID=27	Great assembly: second hand washing.
Abschnitt 13ID=28	Great assembly: god-drinking rite for Tauri(t).
Abschnitt 14ID=29	Great assembly: drinking rite for the Sun-goddess of Arinna and Mezzulla.
Abschnitt 15ID=30	Great assembly: two anointed priests of Arinna bring bread.
Abschnitt 16ID=31	Great assembly: breaking and separating bread.
Abschnitt 17ID=33	Great assembly: drinking rite for an unknown deity.
Abschnitt 18ID=34	Great assembly: sharing sweet bread.
Abschnitt 19ID=35	Great assembly: food for the anointed priests of Arinna.

History of publication

KUB 10.54 (without joins) was edited by Lebrun R. 1977c: 7f. and 10–17 and interpreted as belonging to the AN.DAḪ.ŠUM festival. After the join with KUB 11.16 was made, the text was assigned to CTH 592 (The Spring and Autumn Festival in Zippalanda; see Gonnet H. 1975-1976a).

KBo 57.194 was identified as duplicate of KUB 10.54+ by Lorenz (see the entry in the Konkordanz). KBo 48.131 was noted as a duplicate of KBo 52.195 in Groddek D. 2012b: 90f.

Tablet characteristics

As far as can be determined, all fragments belonging to this version derive from three-column tablets.

Palaeography and handwriting

All mss. are written in the New Script.

Editio ultima: 2025-12-10