Proclamation of Anitta of Kussar, tablet concordance KUB XXVI 71 - CTH 1

Transcription of the Anitta text, tablet concordance KUB XXVI 71 (inventory no. Bo 9058) (CTH 1.A, edited in StBoT 18, 1974), earliest genuinely historical text found at Boğazköy and oldest known text in the Hittite language. Its authorship is attributed to Anitta, son of Pithana and a king of Kussara (reigning in the 17th century BC) whose name appears on an inscription on a dagger found in Kültepe. Emmanuel Laroche translated this text as "Proclamation d'Anitta, roi de Kussara" and classifies this tablet in the category of historical texts prior to the imperial period (Catalogue des textes Hittites, No. 1).Paper (1 sheet