Introductio CTH 573.22

The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Birgit Christiansen

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.22 (INTR 2025-08-07)

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CTH 573.22

Bird oracle fragment

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Sections

■ Short description

■ Texts

■ Literature from the Konkordanz

■ History of publication

■ Palaeography and handwriting

■ Overview of contents

Short description

This fragment contains portions of three paragraphs featuring bird oracles. The name of the augur is partially preserved in obv. 1´, at the end of an oracle report, though the visible traces are insufficient to propose a definitive reading.

Texts

Manuscript A

KBo 41.182

265/i

Bk. D

Literature from the Konkordanz

Y. Sakuma, Diss., 2009: II 468f.

History of publication

Handcopy: H. Otten (KBo 41, Otten H. – Rüster C. 1999a).

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 468-469.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: ḪA(?), TAR. But IT with broken central horizontal.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1	§1´. Oracle (continuation)
Section 2ID=2	§2´. Oracle: concerning ‘the deity’
Section 3ID=3	§3´. Oracle: ‘If the birds …’

Editio ultima: 2025-08-07