The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Birgit Christiansen

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.110 (INTR 2025-08-12)


CTH 573.110

Bird oracle fragment

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Short description

There is little to be said about this small fragment of a bird oracle from Šamuḫa/Kayalıpınar. The terminology and formulary correspond to the typical standardized descriptions of bird observations. It remains unclear whether the oracle reports in this tablet ended with an augural response, as would usually be expected, since the final part of the last line is missing in all the relevant paragraphs (kola 7, 10, 14).

Texts

Manuscript ADAAM 1.9Kp 05/50Kayalıpınar

Literature from the Konkordanz

  • E. Rieken, MDOG 138, 2006: 227
  • E. Rieken, StudAs 5, 2009: 129 (mit Autographie S. 141; Photo Plate XVI)

History of publication

Handcopy: E. Rieken (DAAM 1, Rieken E. 2019a).

Edition: E. Rieken, apud Müller-Karpe A. et al. 2006b, 227; Rieken E. 2009a, 129 (with handcopy, p. 141, photo Plate XVI).

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.), according to HPM Konkordanz. Too small for a palaeographic analysis.

Overview of contents

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Section 3ID=3§3´
Editio ultima: 2025-08-12