Translatio CTH 573.92

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.92 (TRde 2025-08-12)

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CTH 573.92

Bird oracle fragment by the augur Piyama

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1(obv.?) §1´. Oracle report

2(obv.?) §2´. Lost

3(rev.?) §3´. Oracle report: augur Piyama

Abschnitt 1ID=1: (obv.?) §1´. Oracle report
1ID=1	--	[…] … […]
2ID=2	--	[… G]UN-li- […]
3ID=3	--	[and] it [came] GUN-[li- …]
4ID=4	--	[… GU]N-li- lengthways […]
5ID=5	--	they came […] from the unfavorable side.
6ID=6	--	[… it] came [G]UN-li
7ID=7	--	and [it met a] fe[llow] (bird) ‘below’ […]
8ID=8	--	[… he s]aw […]
9ID=9	--	and […] it down the tree/wood, a[bove …]
10ID=10	--	[…] and it came in the back up 〈 〉1
11ID=11	--	[…]
12ID=12	--	and it cam[e] lengthways GUN-li-.
13ID=13	--	[… it] came in front from the favorable side
14ID=14	--	[an]d in the back up […]
blank paragraph, four lines
Abschnitt 2ID=2: (obv.?) §2´. Lost
15ID=15	--	[…] … […]
obv.? breaks off
Abschnitt 3ID=3: (rev.?) §3´. Oracle report: augur Piyama
16ID=16	--	[Thu]s (says) Piyama:
17ID=17	--	“it was confirmed”.

This sentence is incomplete, or non-standard; we expect “came in the back up from the favorable side” (SIG₅-za). For similar occurrences, see the text KUB 52.75 (CTH 573.71), obv. 9´; rev. 17´, 18´, 22´, 23´.

Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-12

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