The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.34 (transcr. 2024-05-16; TRde 2024-11-12)


CTH 573.34

Bird oracle fragment with a reference to spoils and enemies

transcriptio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´

1ID=1 --

[… …]‑liš …[… …]

[A … bird … GUN-/tar(uya)]li-

2ID=2 --

[…] NAM.RABeute:NOM.SG(UNM);
Beute:ACC.SG(UNM)
[…]

[…] the spoil(s) […]

3ID=3 --

[… …‑u]š tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)

[A … bird …] tar(uya)li-.

4ID=4 --

pat[tarpalḫi‑(?) …]

A ‘wi[de-wing’ bird …]

5ID=5 --

[… G]UN‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)

[A … bird …] GUN-li-.

6ID=6 --

LÚKÚRFeind:NOM.SG(UNM);
Feind:NOM.PL(UNM)
[…]

The enemy […]

7ID=7 --

[… …]‑uš tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) UGUhinauf:ADV [ …]

[A … bird …]…1 tar(uya)li- [came] 〈in the back〉 up [from the favorable side].2

8ID=8 --

[… pun]uškeddufragen:3SG.IMP.IMPF …[… …]

[…] may he keep ask[ing …]

9ID=9 --

[… taru]ḫzimächtig sein:3SG.PRS

[… he will be pow]erful

10ID=10 --

ta‑…‑er‑[… …]

… […]

11ID=11 --

[… …]‑iš …[… … …]‑m[a …]

[…] … […]

12ID=12 --

[… …]‑ikti‑[… … …]‑za …[… …]

[…] … […]

13ID=13 --

[… …]‑erti‑… … …‑ikki […]

[…] … […]

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´

14ID=14 --

[… …]‑gadūš‑…

[…] …

15ID=15 --

n=aš=k[anCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk …]

and it […]

16ID=16 --

[… …]… taruḫzimächtig sein:3SG.PRS

[…] he will be powerful,

17ID=17 --

NAM.RAMEŠ‑a[zBeute:ABL …]

from the spoils […]

18ID=18 --

[… …]… …‑ušna GUN‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) […]

[…] … GUN-li […]

19ID=19 --

[… …‑i]nzi […]

[…] … […]

20ID=20 --

[… …]… LÚ[… …]

[…] … […]

21ID=21 --

[… ‑z]i […]

[…] … […]

22ID=22 --

[… …]… za[…]

[…] … […]

The tablet shows two vertical wedges before -uš, and no known bird names are compatible.
Tentative. The sentence is unusual, as the standard formula would be 〈EGIR〉 UGU SIG₅-za.
Editio ultima: Textus 2024-05-16; Traductionis 2024-11-12

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