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This website claims that it couldn't be translated because it was being treated like Greek linear A, when it is actually Hittite pictograms, which
would be read right to left, bottom to top, the exact reverse of Greek.
Can anybody comment on the accuracy of this?
1. In the royal house .... is a (young) prince who didn't yet come into power
. His specialty is the scull.
2. We, a group of subjects, start by marching through the woods.
3. We have got with us metal ( ? ), a barbed spear of metal, fire and some
idols of the god of the flat land which cannot yet take effect, because we are
still without the protection of a priest.
4. The prince with the sculls becomes the head of the group.
5. He brings with him fire, a "fork" [that gives him access to the god Shamash]
and a hammer.
6. We go on through the wood and now we have the protection of a priest.
7. He protects us indicating the best route by means of a horn and the flight of eagles.
The route leads to the south with a slight deviation to the west.
8. A woman is accompanying us, she brings with her a "fork" and a "saucer",
[both give her access to certain gods], and timber.
9. We need the god of the flat land to find flat land for timber (timber-work), for the
poultry and for cages. The protection of the priest is a help to us.
10. The route leads to the east, as the priest, protecting us, indicates by means of
a horn (horns) and the flight of eagles.
11. One group goes on through pasture-land (wet land).
12. They have timber, a hammer and sculls for a boat and cross the water. They go
upstream. The water is smooth, the priest animates the god of the flat land.
13. The route leads west, as the priest, protecting us, indicates by means of a
horn (horns) and the flight of eagles.
14. There is (wood for) a hammer and there is fish.
15. We have got with us metal ( ?) a barbed spear of metal, fire and some
idols of the god of the flat land which now take effect, because there
is the protection of the priest.
16. The route leads to the west, as the priest, protecting us, indicates by means of
a horn (horns) and the flight of eagles.
17. Our group (also) goes then through wetland (pasture-land).
18. We have timber, a hammer and sculls for a boat and cross the water. We go
upstream. The water is smooth, the priest animates the god of the flat land.
19. A boat is shipwrecked due to the god of the weather.
20. The prince from our royal house has survived, just as the hammer and the poultry,
we still have the protection of the priest.
21. There is land with a well and clay, we ramble through the neighborhood.
22. There is fire for a "fork" of clay [to get access to the god] and we are protected
by the priest.
23. By means of fire, a horn and the flight of eagles is indicated the direccion.
The route leads to the south with a slight deviation to the east.
24. [The first pictogram is illegible]. There is the timber (timber-work) of the woman
and the protection of the priest.
25. After a fight we take possession of a peninsula of this shape. It is flat.
26. There is protection thanks to an island, [it is Chios], the water is smooth.
27. There is fish and there is a well. We dismiss the priest as our protector.
28. We call upon the god of the starry sky and are guided by the constellation
Canis. This is its position. A few years pass by.
29. We are on an island. This is the position of Canis.
30. There is protection thanks to a well and there is a structure (pigeon-house).
31. There is (we need) timber and we go into the woods under protection
of the priest.
32(1). We are on an island.
33(2). We take the boat and go downstream. The water hammers at the boat. We
call upon the god of the starry sky and are guided by the constellation Canis.
34(3). We reach a piece of land. The water hammers at the land. There is fire thanks
to the woman and she pushes the priest aside.
35(4). There is land with timber due to the god of the weather. The god of the
vegetation is operating here, the land is very fertile (?).
36(5). The other group fights for the possession of land that isn't very
accessible. This is the position of Canis. Here some settle down.
37(6). There is a structure (pigeon-house), there is timber and (wood for)
a hammer. There is land.
38(7). We are on an island, there is land.
39(8). There is (wood for) fire and timber and land.
40(9). We take the boat and go upstream. The water hammers at the boat.
We call upon the god of the starry sky and the god of the flat land.
41(10). Our group fights for the possession of land that isn't very accessible.
We are not that strong. This is the position of Canis.
Here some settle down.
42(11). We are on an island. This is the position of Canis.
43(12). We go through a wood and after a fight we take possession of it.
This is the position of Canis.
44(13). The other group fights for the possession of land that isn't very accessible.
This is the position of Canis.
45(14). We go on through flat land that is very fertile (?), thanks to the priest.
46(15). There is fish due to the god of the weather. There is poultry and there is
fire thanks to the woman.
47(16). We go on through water abounding in fish. This is the position
of Canis.
48(17). There is timber and (wood for) cages and arrows.
49(18). There is flint to make fire. There are some structures ( pigeon-houses).
This is the position of Canis.
50(19). We go through the territory of the prince and take the boat. We go
upstream, the water is smooth.
51(20). There is a well in a place that isn't very accessible, the priest uses a horn.
52(21). There is fire at the well.. There is a structure (pigeon-house) and land.
53(22). The boat touches rocky ground. We use the barbed spear to make it float
again. We decide to settle down.
54(23). There is (we need) timber and we go into the wood. We reach a piece
of land with a cleft. [This is the cleft they call in the 20th century A.D.
the gorge of Samaria ].
55(24). There is fish due to the god of the weather, we go on through
the woods.
56(25). There is a piece of sandy soil. Take care, there is danger.
There is timber (and wood) for the hammer and for arrows.
57(26). There is protection thanks to the flint, there is a structure (pigeon-house)
and there is fish.
58(27). There is flat land to put ashore the boat (boats).
59(28). We have a male child, a hammer a spear and a priest.
60(29). There is (wood for) fire and (or on) the island, the water is smooth.
61(30). We are going to settle down on land with a well and we have the
the protection of the priest.