Information about the Hittites

HBM #48 HBM #48

§1 Say to My Sun, our lord:
Thusly Mr. Mariya and Mr. Ḫapiri, your servants:

§2

What My Sun, my lord, commanded Mr. Ḫapiri and I in the following way: "Take the birds taken in on this journey."

§3 So they gathered together the birds for us in a satisfactory way.

§4 Neither a lion, a panther, a sarmiya-animal, or a kurala-animal were taken for us.

§5 Because you, My Sun, our lord, did not tell us from either the city of Tiwaliyaza or Palḫišna:

§6 My Sun, our lord, promptly write back to us on which road we will seek these birds.

§7 We do [not] know the kurala-animal. We will seek [it]. Shall we seek it [in] the forest? Write back to us!

§8 Behind the city of Palḫišna the fever is severe. There is a continual dying.

§9 For the sake of the prince I observed the birds-of-agitation^?, and the birds were favorable.

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	HBM #48 HBM #48 §1 Say to My Sun, our lord: Thusly Mr. Mariya and Mr. Ḫapiri, your servants: §2 What My Sun, my lord, commanded Mr. Ḫapiri and I in the following way: "Take the birds taken in on this journey." §3 So they gathered together the birds for us in a satisfactory way. §4 Neither a lion, a panther, a sarmiya-animal, or a kurala-animal were taken for us. §5 Because you, My Sun, our lord, did not tell us from either the city of Tiwaliyaza or Palḫišna: §6 My Sun, our lord, promptly write back to us on which road we will seek these birds. §7 We do [not] know the kurala-animal. We will seek [it]. Shall we seek it [in] the forest? Write back to us! §8 Behind the city of Palḫišna the fever is severe. There is a continual dying. §9 For the sake of the prince I observed the birds-of-agitation^?, and the birds were favorable.