The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 532.1 (TRde 2023-11-09)


CTH 532.1

Fragment of Hittite lunar eclipse omens during the vigils of the night

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Abschnitt 1ID=1.1: Eclipses during different stages of the night

unknown number of lines missing, but perhaps only one omen lost

1ID=1 --

[If the nigh]t is half over1

2ID=2 --

and [the moon] eclipses:

3ID=3 --

there will b[e] pestilence [in] the land.

4ID=4 --

[I]f the night [begins] to end

5ID=5 --

and the moon eclipse[s]:

6ID=6 --

[…] in the [land …].

rest lost

Literally: ‘is split in two’. Probably a translation of mūšumašil. As the following omen is about the night ending, this likely refers to the second night watch or specifically to the middle of the second night watch, cf. Streck M.P. 2017a: 584.603.
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2023-11-09

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