The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Birgit Christiansen (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Birgit Christiansen (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 580.50 (transcr. 2025-12-11; TRde 2026-03-11)


CTH 580.50

Oracle report on the wrath of a deity concerning goods transferred from the house of Armatarhunta to the house of Labarna and transgressions in the context of cultic festival

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: Reason for the oracle inquiry

blank line

1ID=1 --

[…] TI‑ešzileben:3SG.PRS blank line

[Either …] is alive

2ID=2 --

[n]ašmaoder:CNJ kāšdieser:DEM1.NOM.SG.C TI‑ešzileben:3SG.PRS blank line

or this one is alive.

3ID=3 --

[… …]‑aḫḫa=z[(a)=k]an kuitweil:CNJ TA MUKAMJahr:ABL_von:POSP GÍD.DAlang:ABL(UNM) TUKU.TUKU‑zaerzürnen:PTCP.NOM.SG.C ē[š‑… …]

Because […]… is/are angry since many years, […]

4ID=4 --

[… m.D30]‑D10(?)Armatarḫunta:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM) kuitweil:CNJ A‑NA ÉHaus:D/L.SG labarnaLabarna:PNm.GEN.SG(UNM);
(Königstitel):STF
andahinein-:PREV tarnanlassen:PTCP.NOM.SG.N

because [… of Arma]tarḫunta is left in the house of Labarna, […]

5ID=5 --

nu=kanCONNn=OBPk […] UN‑tarMenschheit:ACC.SG.N peanvor:PREV(ABBR) ḫalziyanzirufen:3PL.PRS

they read […] to the people.

6ID=6 --

n=at=šiCONNn=PPRO.3SG.N.NOM=PPRO.3SG.D/L;
CONNn=PPRO.3SG.N.ACC=PPRO.3SG.D/L;
CONNn=PPRO.3PL.N.NOM=PPRO.3SG.D/L;
CONNn=PPRO.3PL.N.ACC=PPRO.3SG.D/L;
CONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=PPRO.3SG.D/L
EGIR‑pawieder:ADV;
wieder:PREV
…[… …]

And it back to him/her … […]

7ID=7 --

[… …]… TA ÉHaus:ABL_von:POSP m.D30‑D10Armatarḫunta:PNm.GEN.SG(UNM) arḫaweg-:PREV danzinehmen:3PL.PRS

[And] they take away […] … from the house of Armatarḫunta

8ID=8 --

n=anCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.ACC [… …]‑anzi

and they […] him/her.

9ID=9 --

1ein:QUANcar EZEN₄kultisches Fest:NOM.SG(UNM) DI₁₂‑ŠIFrühjahr:GEN.SG(UNM) 1ein:QUANcar EZEN₄kultisches Fest:NOM.SG(UNM) zē[ni]Herbst:D/L.SG ē[šzisein:3SG.PRS …]

There i[s] one festival of spring (and ) one festival of autu[mn]. […]

10ID=10 --

[kui]tman=ma(?)während:CNJ=CNJctr URUDIDLI.ḪI.AStadt:ACC.PL(UNM) GU₄Rind:ACC.PL(UNM) UDUSchaf:ACC.PL(UNM) ÉRIN‑anTruppe:ACC.SG.C GIN‑z[i ]setzen:3SG.PRS

[Wh]en they/he provi[de(s)] towns, cattle, sheep (and) troops,

11ID=11 --

… […] apezzaer:DEM2/3.ABL andanhinein-:PREV neyaz[i](sich) drehen:3SG.PRS

he lets inside from that one/there […].

Abschnitt 2ID=2: KIN oracle

12ID=12 --

[…] …

[If …],

13ID=13 --

[…] …

[let the KIN oracle be favorable/unfavorable]

14ID=14 --

[… …]… ME‑ernehmen:3PL.PST

[…] took […]

15ID=15 --

nu=kanCONNn=OBPk ŠÀdarin:ADV SIG₅‑igut:D/L.SG

Into good.

16ID=16 --

2‑NUzwei-(?):QUANcar

Second:

17ID=17 --

pa=z(a)Volk:NOM.SG(ABBR)=REFL ZA[G‑tarRichtigkeit:ACC.SG.N …]

The assembly [took] rightness […].

18ID=18 --

… […]

[… to …].

19ID=19 --

3‑ŠÚ(?)drei:QUANcar

Third:

20ID=20 --

DINGIR=z(a)Gottheit:NOM.SG(UNM)=REFL dagesamt:ACC.SG(ABBR) […]

The deity took the whole [soul]

21ID=21 --

[…]

[and … to …].

22ID=22 --

[…]

[Favorable/Unfavorable].

Abschnitt 3ID=3: Bird oracle

23ID=23 --

[…] KI.MINdito:ADV

[Through the augurs] ditto:

24ID=24 --

nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) SI×SÁ‑duordnen:3PL.IMP

Let the birds confirm (it).

25ID=25 --

TI₈MUŠEN […Adler:NOM.SG(UNM) …]

An eagle [came …]

26ID=26 --

[… a]rḫaweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST

[and] it flew away […].

27ID=27 --

EGIRhinter:POSP KASKALWeg:D/L.SG(UNM)

Behind the road:

28ID=28 --

ḫarrani[…(Orakelvogel):HITT.STF …] 1

A ḫarrani- (bird) [… … …].

29ID=29 --

[… DINGIR‑LIM(?)Gott:NOM.SG(UNM);
Gott:ACC.SG(UNM);
Gott:GEN.SG(UNM);
Gott:D/L.SG(UNM);
Gott:ABL(UNM)
… …]… … …[… […]

[…] of the gods […] … […]

The kolon was probably followed by further kola, which recorded the bird's behavior and the oracle's outcome.
Editio ultima: Textus 2025-12-11; Traductionis 2026-03-11

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