The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.3 (transcr. 2023-10-27; TRde 2025-08-04)


CTH 573.3

Bird oracle fragment mentioning the town Tanizila

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´

1ID=1 --

[…]

[…]

2ID=2 --

nu=kanCONNn=OBPk […]

and […]

3ID=3 --

[… …]… ḪUR.SAGBerg:NOM.SG(UNM);
Berg:ACC.SG(UNM);
Berg:GEN.SG(UNM);
Berg:D/L.SG(UNM);
Berg:ALL(UNM);
Berg:ABL(UNM)
āl‑[… …]

[…] mountain … […]

4ID=4 --

[… …]‑ziya ḪUŠ‑wen(?)sich fürchten:1PL.PST

[…] we feared … […]

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´

5ID=5 --

[… SI]G₅‑za(?)von der guten Seite:HITT.ABL

[…] from the [fav]orable side.

6ID=6 --

URUtanzil[aTanizila:GN.NOM.SG(UNM);
Tanizila:GN.ACC.SG(UNM);
Tanizila:GN.GEN.SG(UNM);
Tanizila:GN.D/L.SG(UNM);
Tanizila:GN.ALL(UNM);
Tanizila:GN.ABL(UNM)
…]

The town of Tan(i)zil[a1 …]

7ID=7 --

[…] paitgehen:3SG.PST

[A … bird] flew […]

8ID=8 --

nu=ššanCONNn=OBPs […]

and it […]

9ID=9 --

KA×U‑ŠU=ma=aš=kanMund:ACC.SG(UNM)_DEM2/3.GEN.SG=CNJctr=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk […]

Its beak (was) turned […]

10ID=10 --

[…]… urayannieš(Orakelvogel):HITT.NOM.PL.C;
(Orakelvogel):LUW||HITT.NOM.SG.C
[…]

An urayanni- bird […]

11ID=11 --

nu=kanCONNn=OBPk … […]

[…] and … […]

12ID=12 --

[… …]… …[… …]

[…] … […]

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The toponym is presumably to be equated with Tanizila; this is the only defective spelling, according to the repertoire of HiTop (A. Kryszeń, hethiter.net/: (2023-04-28)).
Editio ultima: Textus 2023-10-27; Traductionis 2025-08-04

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