The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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CTH 573.58

Bird oracle fragment with atypical formulary

partitura

Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. §1´

1ID=1 --

[…]

[…]

1ID=1 A

obv. 1′ unreadable

2ID=2 --

[…]

[…]

2ID=2 A

obv. 2′ unreadable

3ID=3 --

[…]

[…]

3ID=3 A

obv. 3′ unreadable

4ID=4 --

[…]

[…]

4ID=4 A

obv. 4′ unreadable

5ID=5 --

[…]

[…]

5ID=5 A

obv. 5′ unreadable ¬¬¬

Abschnitt 2ID=2: obv. §2´

6ID=6 --

[t]a‑[… …]

… […]

6ID=6 A

obv. 6′ [t]a?‑x[

7ID=7 --

[…] A‑NAzu:D/L.SG;
zu:D/L.PL [… …]‑ta

[…] to […]

7ID=7 A

obv. 7′ [ ] A‑NAzu:D/L.SG;
zu:D/L.PL [ obv. 8′ [ ]‑ta

8ID=8 --

GÚ‑liš=pat(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)=FOC zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) […]

exactly1 GU(N)-li-, diagonally (from) the favorable side.

8ID=8 A

obv. 8′ GÚ‑liš?‑pát(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)=FOC 1 zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) [

9ID=9 --

[… …]‑tan SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) ÍDFluss:D/L.SG(UNM) anda […in:POSP …]

[…] … (from) the favorable side into the river […]

9ID=9 A

obv. 9′ [ ]x‑ta‑an SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) ÍDFluss:D/L.SG(UNM) an‑⸢da?⸣[in:POSP

10ID=10 --

[nu=k]anCONNn=OBPk ÍD‑azFluss:ABL šarāhinauf:ADV p[a]itgehen:3SG.PST

[and] it flew up from the river.

10ID=10 A

obv. 10′ [nu‑k]ánCONNn=OBPk ÍD‑⸢az⸣Fluss:ABL ša‑⸢ra‑a⸣hinauf:ADV p[a?]‑⸢it⸣gehen:3SG.PST

11ID=11 --

š[u‑… … S]IG₅gut:ABL(UNM) zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR)

… [… (came) (from) the fav]orable side, diagonally.

11ID=11 A

obv. 10′ š[u?‑ obv. 11′ [ S]IG₅gut:ABL(UNM) ⸢zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR)

12ID=12 --

nu=z(a)CONNn=REFL šaluin[ieš‑… …]

A šalwin[i- bird …]

12ID=12 A

obv. 11′ nu⸣‑zaCONNn=REFL šal‑u‑i‑n[i?‑eš?‑

13ID=13 --

[… ar]ḫaweg:ADV SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) …[… …]

[… aw]ay (from) the favorable side […]

13ID=13 A

obv. 12′ [ ar]‑ḫaweg:ADV ⸢SIG₅⸣gut:ABL(UNM) x[

14ID=14 --

[… …]…[… …]

[…]

14ID=14 A

obv. 13′ ]x[ end of obv.

Abschnitt 3ID=3: rev. §3´

15ID=15 --

[…]

[…]

15ID=15 A

rev. ten lines with sign traces, unreadable

end of obv.
1
GÚ is possibly a mistake (thus emended GÚ.〈UN〉- in Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 605); however, see also KUB 52.24 for the sign used consistently as an abbreviation of GUN.
1
This formulary is atypical, thus the function of =pat here is unclear.
Editio ultima: Textus 2025-01-09; Traductionis 2025-08-08

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