Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 764.8 (transcr. 2025-07-16; TRde 2025-07-16)


CTH 764.8

Two Luwian conjurations with Hittite incipits

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Section 1ID=1: Hittite incipit mentioning the preparation of an antidote against the snake bite

1ID=1 --

[… ant]uḫšanMensch:ACC.SG.C MUŠSchlange:NOM.SG(UNM) […]

[If] a snake [bites the hu]man,

2ID=2 --

[…] kēdieser:DEM1.ACC.PL.N waššaḪI.AInhaltsstoffe von Medikamenten:ACC.PL.N daškarḫīTaškarḫi-Baum:ACC.SG.N […] witenitWasser:INS akuwannatrinken:INF […]

these medicines, daškarḫi-wood, […] with water […] to drink.

3ID=3 --

[… …]… apūner:DEM2/3.ACC.SG.C antuḫšanMensch:ACC.SG.C wa‑…[… …] LÚA.ZUArzt:NOM.SG(UNM) kuērzischneiden:3SG.PRS

The doctor cuts […] (of) that human.

4ID=4 --

n=at=ši=k[anCONNn=PPRO.3SG.N.ACC=PPRO.3SG.D/L=OPBk …]

[…] it to him […].

5ID=5 --

[… …]…‑kannališa šurkinWurzel:ACC.SG.C kuwaškuzizerstoßen:3SG.PRS

He squashes the root and […].

6ID=6 --

n[a‑… … d]āinehmen:3SG.PRS

He takes […].

7ID=7 --

wakann=a(ab)beißen:PTCP.ACC.SG.N=CNJadd pēdanPlatz:ACC.SG.N kuē[rzi]schneiden:3SG.PRS

And [he] cu[ts] the bitten place.

8ID=8 --

[… …]… tarnailassen:3SG.PRS

He releases […].

9ID=9 --

ḫukkiškezzi=m[abeschwören:3SG.PRS.IMPF=CNJctr kiššan]in dieser Weise:DEMadv

And he conjures [as follows]:

Section 2ID=2: Luwian narrative mentioning a snake

10ID=10 --

[… …‑aḫ]zaraš

“[…].

11ID=11 --

ḫantilza palḫ[ammanza …]

The primeval fl[attened sky …].

12ID=12 --

[… …]‑inzi maššaninz[i MUŠ‑… …]

The […] gods [… snake].

13ID=13 --

[… …]… wišain[ta]

[The]y appeared […].

14ID=14 --

[pa=kuwa=tta …]

[Then, …].

15ID=15 --

[… …‑i]n anda kura[tni ḫapaīnta]

[They bound …] to cutti[ng].

16ID=16 --

[… …]…‑ta

[…]-ed [him].

17ID=17 --

zaltišan [dūpita]

Zalti- [stroke] him.

18ID=18 --

[… …‑i]tta

[…]-ed [him].

19ID=19 --

pa=aš paptittar

Then he fell.

20ID=20 --

[…]

[…].

Section 3ID=3: The Sun-god looked down from the sky

21ID=21 --

[… DU]TU‑waz zanta tappašat[i …]

The […] Sun-god [looked] down from the sky.

22ID=22 --

[… …]=kuwa DKAL‑ya idu

“May then […] go to the Protective god.

23ID=23 --

kui‑[… …]

[…]”.

Section 4ID=4: The Protective god retells the story to Kamrušepa

24ID=24 --

[… …]…‑pa DKAL‑yaš MUNUSAMA‑ni Dkamr[ušepai …]

The […] Protective god [explained] to (his) mother Kamrušepa.

25ID=25 --

[… …]…‑aḫzaraš

[…].

26ID=26 --

ḫantilza palḫa[mmanza …]

The primeval flatt[ened sky …].

27ID=27 --

[… …]…‑inzi maššaninzi MUŠ‑…[… …]

The […] gods […] snak[e].

28ID=28 --

[…] wišaīnta

They appeared […].

29ID=29 --

pa=kuwa=tta …[… …]

Then, […].

30ID=30 --

[… and]a kuratni ḫapaīn[ta]

[Th]ey bound […] to cutting.

31ID=31 --

[… …]…‑ta

[…]-ed […].

32ID=32 --

zaltiš=an dū[pita]

Zalti- str[oke …] him.

33ID=33 --

[… …]…‑ta

[…]-ed […].

34ID=34 --

pa=aš paptit[tar]

Then he fel[l …].

35ID=35 --

[… …]…‑anni‑[… …]

[…].

Section 5ID=5: Unclear

36ID=36 --

[… …]… …‑ta‑… …] … […]

[…]”.

Section 6ID=6: Hittite incipit of the second conjuration

37ID=37 --

[…] 1ein:QUANcar …[… …]

[…] one […].

38ID=38 --

[… kišš]anin dieser Weise:DEMadv luwil[iluwisch:ADV …]

[…th]us in Luwian.

Section 7ID=7: Botched parts of the heavenly wagon are described

39ID=39 --

[… GIŠ]MAR.GÍD.DA tapp[ašši …]

“The wagon […] in the skies.

40ID=40 --

[… …]…ḪI.A tāpan al[an pataš]

[…] (is) the bad work, [pataš].

41ID=41 --

[…] tapan alan pat[aš]

[…] (is) the bad work, pata[š].

42ID=42 --

[… tap]an alan pata[š]

[…] (is) the bad work, pataš.

43ID=43 --

[… tapa]n alan pata[š]

[…] (is) the bad work, pataš.

Section 8ID=8: Instructions for repairing the heavenly wagon

44ID=44 --

[…] … […] … waššinī parnaššanza […]

[…] to (his) body and household [gods(?) …].

45ID=45 --

[… …]… [URU]taurišizza DKAL‑ya marš[a‑… …]

[…] caused impurity to the Protective god of Tauriša.

46ID=46 --

[… …]…=kuwa watti iyandu

May they go to the mountain.

47ID=47 --

a=kuwa a‑[… … …]…‑aššanza GIŠMAR.GÍD.DA‑ya kuīnzi uw[a‑… … …‑š]aīnta

Who […] to the wagon […].

48ID=48 --

a=kuwa apinza LÚ.MEŠNAGAR uw[atandu]

[May they] br[ing] those carpenters.

49ID=49 --

[…] … annan parlaīn dūwand[u]

May they put forward […] under […].

50ID=50 --

[… …]…‑anza=pa=kuwa annan apparaīnd[u]

Furthermore, may they place […] behind under […].

51ID=51 --

[… …]…‑wa zi‑… … […]

[…].

Section 9ID=9: Spell protecting a pregnant woman from evil spirits

52ID=52 --

[…] … […]

[…].

53ID=53 --

[…] lurie‑…[… …]

[…] disgr[ace …].

54ID=54 --

[… z]ila apati …[… …]

In the future […] the same […].

55ID=55 --

[zāš=pa] unattiš pūw[a kuwati āšta]

[And as this] woman [was] formerly,

56ID=56 --

[nan]un=ḫa=aš apati ayaru

[no]w may she be the same.

57ID=57 --

…[… … ḫuiš]tinzi wayamna ul[ipnaššanza]

[… ḫu]išti-demons, the life(-form)s of the w[olfs]”.

Section 10ID=10: Colophon mentioning the treatment of a pregnant woman

58ID=58 --

kīdieser:DEM1.NOM.SG.N ŠI‑PÁTBeschwörung:NOM.SG(UNM)

This (is a) conjuration:

59ID=59 --

mānwie:CNJ MUNUS‑zaFrau:NOM.SG.C arma[izzi]schwanger sein:3SG.PRS

if a woman is pregnant

60ID=60 --

[…] aušzisehen:3SG.PRS

(and) she sees [a bad dream],

61ID=61 --

n=anCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.ACC LÚA.ZUArzt:NOM.SG(UNM) kišša[nin dieser Weise:DEMadv ḫukkiškezzi]beschwören:3SG.PRS.IMPF

the doctor [conjures] her as follows.

Editio ultima: Textus 2025-07-16; Traductionis 2025-07-16

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