The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.45 (transcr. 2024-11-29; TRde 2025-08-08)


CTH 573.45

Bird oracle for the safety of the King

transcriptio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. (§1) Oracle report

1ID=1 --

[… …]‑andan

[…] …

2ID=2 --

[… NI‑M]URsehen:1PL.PST

[We s]aw […]

3ID=3 --

[… DI]NGIR?MEŠ‑tarGöttlichkeit:ACC.SG.N SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST.MP

[… the ‘d]ivinity’, (it) was confirmed.

4ID=4 --

[…]

[…]

5ID=5 --

[n]=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.N.ACC=OBPk;
CONNn=PPRO.3PL.N.ACC=OBPk
KASKAL‑šiWeg:D/L.SG […]

[…] they/them […] on the road.

6ID=6 --

[mā]nwenn:CNJ A‑NA SAG.DUKopf:D/L.SG DUTU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:GEN.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN [Ú‑ULnicht:NEG kuitkiirgendein:INDFany.ACC.SG.N ḪUŠ]‑wenisich fürchten:1PL.PRS

[If] we [have nothing to fear] for the safety of My Sun

7ID=7 --

[nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) pe]ššiyanduwerfen:3PL.IMP

[let the birds ex]clude (it).

8ID=8 --

[… …]‑et

[A … bird ca]me/flew […].

obv. breaks off

Abschnitt 2ID=2: rev. (§2´) Oracle report (continued)

9ID=9 --

[… S]IG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL […]

[A … bird/birds came …] from the favorable side.

10ID=10 --

[… …]… tarlian(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) […]

[…] tar(uya)lian […].

11ID=11 --

[… …]‑kan peanvor:ADV(ABBR) arḫaweg:ADV […]

[and it flew] away in front.

12ID=12 --

[… …]… … uērkommen:3PL.PST

[… birds] came […]

13ID=13 --

[…]

[…]

14ID=14 --

[…]

[Thus (says) …]:

15ID=15 --

[ar]ḫa=waweg-:PREV=QUOT peššerwerfen:3PL.PST

“they [ex]cluded (it)”.

16ID=16 --

[…] …

[…]

Abschnitt 3ID=3: rev. (§3´) Additional bird flights

17ID=17 --

[… EGI]Rhinter:PREV UGUoben:ADV SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) […]

[A … bird came in the ba]ck up from the favorable side

18ID=18 --

[…] paitgehen:3SG.PST

[and] it flew […].

end of rev.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-11-29; Traductionis 2025-08-08

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