According to the outline tablets, DAY 3 of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival consists of two separate elements: one involving the king in a celebration for the Mighty Storm-god (D10 NIR.GÁL), and the other concerning a journey undertaken by the deity Zitḫariya to Ḫakkura and Tatašuna. As in other comparable cases (see, e.g., DAY 5, DAY 6 or DAY 24), it is reasonable to expect two independent series of day-tablets, each documenting one of these ritual components. To date, however, detailed descriptions were identified only for the events involving the king (see Version K.1).

Although no day-tablets are currently known describing the journey of Zitḫariya to Ḫakkura and Tatašuna during the nuntarriyašḫa- festival, a similar journey by the same deity is attested in the oracle text KUB 34.48+ F5 iv 4′–24′ (cited also as KUB 22.27+; CTH 568; see Nakamura M. 2002a: 83f. with previous literature, and Kryszeń A. 2016b: 200f.). According to this account, Zitḫariya traveled from Ḫattuša to Tatašuna, Ištuḫila and Ḫakkura, before returning to the capital. In each town visited by the deity, the local population made offerings and/or conducted animal sacrifices. The text further notes that these events occurred during both spring and autumn festivals.

Since the outline tablets of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival do not specify Zitḫariya’s point of departure, Güterbock H.G. 1961d: 90f., Houwink ten Cate Ph.H.J. 1986a: 98f., and Houwink ten Cate Ph.H.J. 1988a: 181, proposed Ḫattuša as the starting location. Nakamura M. 2002a: 83–85, however, challenged this interpretation and argued that the deity’s journey during the nuntarriyašḫa- festival begins in Katapa. He therefore viewed it as a variant of the itinerary described in KUB 34.48+, given the celebrations in individual cities were identical or at least comparable in both cases. It should be noted that the itinerary in the nuntarriyašḫa- festival proceeds first to Ḫakkura and then to Tatašuna, whereas the oracle text presents the sequence in the opposite order – Tatašuna before Ḫakkura. This discrepancy supports Nakamura’s argument that the two journeys, while similar, should be regarded as distinct variants.

Regardless of the precise itinerary, the oracle text offers a reasonably detailed model for the events that likely occurred during DAY 3. In light of this, it is worth considering the possibility that no dedicated day-tablets were ever produced specifically for the nuntarriyašḫa- festival. Instead, existing oracle texts may have been consulted and adapted to facilitate the performance of Zitḫariya’s journey during the Festival of Haste.

To date, only a single fragment (KUB 25.10) has been securely identified as a day tablet for DAY 3 (Nakamura M. 2002a: 85f. and 140f.). In a 2001 study, Popko noted both the existence of an autumn festival dedicated to the Mighty Storm-god, and the celebrations for this deity within the nuntarriyašḫa- festival. He did not, however, consider the former to have been part of the latter (Popko M. 2001b). Nevertheless, Popko identified several additional fragments that resemble KUB 25.10 and appear to describe a festival involving the same deity – namely KUB 44.47 (now joined with KUB 10.20 by Jared Miller), KUB 20.27 and KUB 25.41 (Popko M. 2001b: 152). These texts, however, show no direct overlap with KUB 25.10 and provide no conclusive evidence that they pertain to any autumn festival or specifically to the nuntarriyašḫa- festival. For that reason, they have not been incorporated into the present edition.