Transcriptio CTH 581.8

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 581.8 (transcr. 2023-09-28; TRde 2025-08-01)

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CTH 581.8

Series of oracular results from various techniques, including snake oracles

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´
1ID=1	--	[Dḫi]šḫurazaḪišḫura:DN.ABL kuitweil:CNJ MUŠSchlange:NOM.SG(UNM) ŠA SAG.DUKopf:GEN.SG ḫ[a‑… …]	Because through the deity [Ḫi]šḫura,1 the snake of the head [of …]:2
2ID=2	--	[m]ānwenn:CNJ DINGIRMEŠGott:NOM.PL(UNM) šekteniwissen:2PL.PRS	O gods, [i]f you know3
3ID=3	--	aši=našjener:DEM3.NOM.SG.C=PPRO.1PL.ACC; jener:DEM3.NOM.SG.C=PPRO.1PL.DAT UN‑ašMensch:NOM.SG.C GÙB‑la[ḫziungünstig werden:3SG.PRS …]	(that) that one person will make us unsuccess[ful4 …]:
4ID=4	--	IŠ‑TU LÚḪALOpferschauer:ABL MUNUSŠU.GI‑iaGreisin:ABL(UNM)=CNJadd SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST.MP	Through the diviner and the Old Woman it was confirmed (by oracle).
Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´
5ID=5	--	kīdieser:DEM1.NOM.SG.N kuitweil:CNJ NU.SIG₅‑taungünstig werden:3SG.PRS.MP	Concerning the fact that this was (determined) unfavorable:
6ID=6	--	nuCONNn mānwenn:CNJ DINGIRMEŠGott:NOM.PL(UNM) šekteniwissen:2PL.PRS	O gods, if you know
7ID=7	--	a[ši‑… …]	(that) tha[t one person …]
8ID=8	--	nu=nnaš=kanCONNn:=PPRO.1PL.ACC=OBPk apezer:DEM2/3.ABL arḫaweg-:PREV GÙB‑laḫziungünstig werden:3SG.PRS	and will make us unsuccessful for that (reason):5
9ID=9	--	nuCONNn IŠ‑T[Uaus:ABL …]	Through [… it was confirmed].
Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3´
10ID=10	--	kīdieser:DEM1.NOM.SG.N kuitweil:CNJ NU.SIG₅‑taungünstig werden:3SG.PRS.MP	Concerning the fact that this was (determined) unfavorable,
11ID=11	--	nu=nnašCONNn:=PPRO.1PL.ACC mānwenn:CNJ ašijener:DEM3.NOM.SG.C UN‑[…]	if that person [makes] us [unsuccessful …]
12ID=12	--	[…] UGUhinauf-:PREV waḫnuzziwenden:3SG.PRS	[…] swings […] above:
13ID=13	--	IŠ‑TU MUNUSŠU.GIGreisin:ABL SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST.MP	Through the Old Woman, it was confirmed.
Abschnitt 4ID=4: §4´
14ID=14	--	[m]ānn=a=aš=kanwenn:CNJ=CNJadd=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk ašijener:DEM3.NOM.SG.C UN‑ašMensch:NOM.SG.C apezer:DEM2/3.ABL ar[ḫaweg-:PREV …]	If for that (reason), that person makes us [unsuccessful …]
15ID=15	--	[Ḫ]UL‑luböse:NOM.SG.N Ú‑ULnicht:NEG kuitkiirgendein:INDFany.NOM.SG.N	[but(?)] there is no evil (making):6
16ID=16	--	IŠ‑TU LÚ[ḪALOpferschauer:ABL …]	Through the [diviner, it was confirmed].
Abschnitt 5ID=5: §5´
17ID=17	--	[… …‑a]nda UDUḪI.ASchaf:NOM.PL(UNM) GÙB?‑azlinke Seite:ABL; links:ADV eruenankommen:1PL.PST	[…] sheep came [i]n from the left,
18ID=18	--	en[i‑… … …]‑aḫaḫta	that one […]-ed.
19ID=19	--	nuCONNn mānwenn:CNJ kuitwelcher:REL.NOM.SG.N; welcher:REL.ACC.SG.N; weil:CNJ i[m‑… …]	and if […] which(ever) […]
20ID=20	--	[… …]‑an BAD‑anwenn:CNJ Ú‑ULnicht:NEG i‑[… …]	[…] and if not […]
Abschnitt 6ID=6: §6´
21ID=21	--	[… …]…‑iš‑[… …]	[…]
22ID=22	--	[… …]‑at […]	[…]
23ID=23	--	[…] z[i‑… …]	[…]
breaks off

Presumably abl. Ḫišḫuraz, rather than Ḫišḫura=za.

The sentence “the snake of the head of …” appears to be a standard sentence in snake oracles (cf. several examples in e.g. KBo 23.117, IBot 1.33, KBo 53.107+, KBo 63.68, KUB 49.1).

Or ‘approve’, ‘acknowledge’, ‘establish’.

Tentative; lit. “make unfavorable”.

Lit. “from that”.

Lit. “there is nothing evil (about that)”

Editio ultima: Textus 2023-09-28; Traductionis 2025-08-01

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