Introductio CTH 573.62

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 573.62 (INTR 2025-08-08)

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CTH 573.62

Bird oracles by Zella and Zapalli

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Sections

■ Short description

■ Texts

■ History of publication

■ Tablet characteristics

■ Palaeography and handwriting

■ Overview of contents

Short description

This fragment contains poorly preserved portions of bird oracles, along with other paragraphs of different content, possibly related to the oracle inquiries. The two oracle inquiries preserve the names of the responsible augurs, Zella and Zapalli. Both names are attested in a few other oracle texts (for all attestations, see Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 713).

Texts

Manuscript A	A₁	IBoT 4.229	Bo 571	Ḫattuša
	+ A₂	+ KUB 49.35	+ Bo 5224	Ḫattuša
			+ Bo 5498	Ḫattuša

History of publication

Handcopy: M. Eren (IBoT 4, Eren M. – Hoffner H.A. 1988a), A. Archi (KUB 49, Archi A. 1979e).

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009a, II, 322-324 (obv. II 1´-9´, III 1´-3´/4).

Transliterations: (IBoT 4.229) Groddek D. 2007b, 168; (KUB 49.35) Tischler J. 2019a, 58-59.

Join Y. Sakuma (3.8.2003).

Tablet characteristics

The tablet presents several blank paragraphs, and in the reverse a large portion of the preserved tablet is likewise uninscribed.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: IT, ḪAR, LI.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1	obv. §1´ Bird oracle, augur Zella
Section 2ID=2	obv. §2´ Unclear content
Section 3ID=3	obv. §3´ Unclear content
Section 4ID=4	rev. §4´ Bird oracle, augur Zapalli
Section 5ID=5	rev. l. c. §5´ Unclear content

Editio ultima: 2025-08-08