The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.89 (TRde 2025-08-12)


CTH 573.89

Bird oracle fragment

translatio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: (obv. I §1´) Unclear

1ID=1 --

[…]

2ID=2 --

[… tra]nsport chariot

3ID=3 --

[…] holds […].

4ID=4 --

[…]

5ID=5 --

[…]

6ID=6 --

[…] they came.

7ID=7 --

[…]

8ID=8 --

[…]

9ID=9 --

[…] in evil.

10ID=10 --

[…] they went […].

obv. I breaks off

Abschnitt 2ID=2: (obv. II §2´) Oracle by Awauwa

11ID=11 --

… […]

12ID=12 --

Behind the r[oad]: […]

13ID=13 --

and [it flew away] in the middl[e …]

14ID=14 --

Thus (says) Awa[uwa: “…”].

Abschnitt 3ID=3: (obv. II §3´) About birds in Ḫilara

15ID=15 --

In (the town of) Ḫilara1 […]

16ID=16 --

For us the birds […]

17ID=17 --

Before the spring, the mouth […]

18ID=18 --

“I myself … […]”

19ID=19 --

“If the illness […]”

20ID=20 --

“and […] it/them […]”

21ID=21 --

inside … […]

22ID=22 --

And to you/them a bul[l …]

23ID=23 --

and to you/them it […]

24ID=24 --

and one […] the other […]

25ID=25 --

and […] keeps prevailing […]

26ID=26 --

… […]

obv. II breaks off

Abschnitt 4ID=4: (rev. III §4´) lost

27ID=27 --

[…]

28ID=28 --

[…]

29ID=29 --

and […]

30ID=30 --

Back […]

31ID=31 --

[…]

Abschnitt 5ID=5: (rev. III §5´) lost

32ID=32 --

Before […]

33ID=33 --

… […]

34ID=34 --

… […]

35ID=35 --

in(to) […]

36ID=36 --

these […]

37ID=37 --

[…]

rev. III breaks off

Abschnitt 6ID=6: (rev. IV §6´) lost

38ID=38 --

[…]

39ID=39 --

[…]

40ID=40 --

[…]

Abschnitt 7ID=7: (rev. IV §7´) Concerning oracles(?) and statement by ‘the Priest’

41ID=41 --

[… in the p]ast/formerly, we brought in […]

42ID=42 --

[…]

43ID=43 --

it shall be unfavorable.

44ID=44 --

[…] (is) done/performed.

45ID=45 --

[… th]us (says) the Priest:

46ID=46 --

“this […] it”

47ID=47 --

[…] he/she has […]-ed.

Abschnitt 8ID=8: (rev. IV §8´) lost

48ID=48 --

[…] … which […]

49ID=49 --

[…] not …

50ID=50 --

[…]

51ID=51 --

[…]

52ID=52 --

[…]

53ID=53 --

[…]

54ID=54 --

[…]

rev. IV breaks off

Hapax.
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-12

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