Transcriptio CTH 573.68

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.68 (transcr. 2025-02-04; TRde 2025-08-11)

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CTH 573.68

Bird oracles by Luwanza

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1(obv. I, §1´) largely lost

2(obv. II, §2´) bird oracles

3(rev. III, §3´) bird oracle by Luwanza, with reference to ‘His Majesty’

4(rev. III, §4´) lost

Abschnitt 1ID=1: (obv. I, §1´) largely lost
1ID=1	--	[… …]…	[…] …
2ID=2	--	[… …]‑za=kan	[…] …
3ID=3	--	[… …]‑ḫaza	[…] …
4ID=4	--	[…]	[…]
5ID=5	--	[… …‑u]mmanzi	[…] they […]
6ID=6	--	[… …]‑edai	[…] …
7ID=7	--	[… m]ān=ma=a(n)=šši(?)\|m]ān=ma=šši(?)wie:CNJ=CNJctr=PPRO.3SG.C.ACC=PPRO.3SG.D/L; wie:CNJ=CNJctr=PPRO.3SG.D/L	[…] but if […] him
8ID=8	--	[… …]‑ašši	[…] …
9ID=9	--	[… …]…‑yaš=za	[…] …
10ID=10	--	[… …]…	[…] …
obv. I breaks off
Abschnitt 2ID=2: (obv. II, §2´) bird oracles
11ID=11	--	[n]=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk […]	And it […]
12ID=12	--	[š]ulupi[š(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C …]	A šulupi- bird […]
13ID=13	--	[…] uetkommen:3SG.PST […]	[A … bird] came […]
14ID=14	--	EGIRhinter:POSP KASKA[L?‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM) …]	Behind the roa[d: …]
15ID=15	--	na‑[… …]	and […]
obv. II breaks off
Abschnitt 3ID=3: (rev. III, §3´) bird oracle by Luwanza, with reference to ‘His Majesty’
16ID=16	--	[… …‑i]š ku‑[… …]	[…] … […]
17ID=17	--	DUTU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN ŠA DINGIR‑LI[MGott:GEN.SG …]	His Majesty, […] of the deity […]
18ID=18	--	[…] andahinein-:PREV Ú‑ULnicht:NEG KA[R?‑zi]finden:3SG.PRS	[… does] not find/meet […]
19ID=19	--	[…]	[Let the birds …]
20ID=20	--	2zwei:QUANcar TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) GUN‑[… …]	[We saw] two eagles GUN-[li- …]
21ID=21	--	1‑aš=z(a)ein:QUANcar.NOM.SG.C=REFL EGIR‑pawieder:PREV ME‑ašnehmen:3SG.PST	One turned back,
22ID=22	--	n=[a‑… …]	an[d it …]
23ID=23	--	n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte:PREV arḫaweg-:PREV p[ait]gehen:3SG.PST	and it fl[ew] away in the middle.
24ID=24	--	[…] paitgehen:3SG.PST	[The other, instead] flew […].
25ID=25	--	TI₈MUŠEN‑ma‑[… …]	An eagle [and a kaltarši- bird …]1
26ID=26	--	kaltaršiš=z(a)=kan(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C=REFL=OBPk […]	the kaltarši- bird [perched …]
27ID=27	--	KA×U=ma=z(a)=kanMund:ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJctr=REFL=OBPk pa[nvon jener Seite:ADV(ABBR) nāiš](sich) drehen:3SG.PST	[but it turned] its beak diagonal[ly].
28ID=28	--	[…]	[Then, it took flight …]
29ID=29	--	n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM panvon jener Seite:ADV(ABBR) tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pa[it]gehen:3SG.PST	and it fl[ew] tar(uya)li- diagonally.
30ID=30	--	[…] EGIRwieder:ADV GAMunten:ADV kušungünstig:ABL(ABBR) u[et]kommen:3SG.PST	[The eagle …] came in the back down from the unfavorable side
31ID=31	--	[…]	[and it flew …]
32ID=32	--	tamain=maanderer:INDoth.ACC.SG.C=CNJctr T[I₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) …]	[We saw] a second ea[gle …]
33ID=33	--	n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk peanvor:ADV(ABBR) a[rḫaweg-:PREV …]	and it flew a[way] in front.
34ID=34	--	[…]	[Behind the road]:2
35ID=35	--	ḫarranieš=kan(Orakelvogel):LUW\|\|HITT.NOM.SG.C=OBPk …[… …]	a ḫarrani- bird [came …]
36ID=36	--	n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte:PREV arḫ[aweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST …]	and it [flew] away in the middle.
37ID=37	--	UM‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV mluwa[nza]Luwanza:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM)	Thus (says) Luwa[nza]:
38ID=38	--	[…]	[“…”]
Abschnitt 4ID=4: (rev. III, §4´) lost
39ID=39	--	… …‑aḫšu‑R[I? …]	… […
40ID=40	--	[… …]… …[… …]	[…] … […
rev. III breaks off

According to Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 138, 693 we can restore: “[came in front from the unfavorable side]”. This restoration is likely, based on the information of the movement of the eagle, in obv. 11´ (‘rule’ of quadrant change).

Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 137.

Editio ultima: Textus 2025-02-04; Traductionis 2025-08-11

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