Introductio CTH 626.Tg05.Q.1

This version represents a series focusing on the queen’s activities on DAY 5 of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival. At the centre of the events are multiple offerings to various hypostases of the Sun-goddesses of Arinna, each associated with one of the six former Hittite queens: Walanni, Nikalmati (both wives of Tudḫaliya I), Ašmunikal (wife of Arnuwanda I), Duduḫepa (wife of Tudḫaliya II), Ḫenti, and Tawananna (both wives of Šuppiuliuma I).

Texte

Exemplar A	A₁	KUB 25.14	Bo 145	Ḫattuša
			+ Bo 146	Ḫattuša
	+ A₂		+ Bo 7656	Ḫattuša
Exemplar B	B₁	KBo 13.229	855/u	HaH
	+ B₂	+ KBo 2.15	+ Bo 33	HaH *
Exemplar C			Bo 6711	Ḫattuša

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

M. Nakamura, Diss.Würzburg, 1993: 374ff.
M. Nakamura, PIHANSt 94, 2002: 188ff.; mit Joinskizze S. 190

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=20	Celebrations by the queen – introduction
Abschnitt 2ID=21	Preparations in the ḫalentu- complex: the seer sets up eight representations of the Sun-goddess of Arinna.
Abschnitt 3ID=22	The queen enters the ḫalentu- complex and prepares herself for the offerings.
Abschnitt 4ID=23	The queen offers seven sheep to the Sun-goddesses of Arinna of six ancestor queens.
Abschnitt 5ID=24	Offerings of 12 bread loaves to the Sun-goddesses of Arinna of six ancestor queens.
Abschnitt 6ID=25	Vessels with honey, groats, fruit and cheese are placed before the tables with the statues of the Sun-goddesses.
Abschnitt 7ID=26	Offerings of KUKUB-vessels with young wine to the Sun-goddesses of Arinna of six ancestor queens.
Abschnitt 8ID=27	Offering of jars with honey to the Sun-goddesses of Arinna of six ancestor queens.
Abschnitt 9ID=28	Offerings (fragmentary)
Abschnitt 10ID=39	Offerings of KUKUB-vessels with tawal-, walḫi-, beer and wine.
Abschnitt 11ID=30	Offerings of bread made with šeppit grain.
Abschnitt 12ID=31	Breaking and offering of 16 miumiu- bread. Sponge cake is made.
Abschnitt 13ID=32	Liver and insides of the sheep are brought from the kitchen.
Abschnitt 14ID=33	Fragmentary
Abschnitt 15ID=34	Offerings of various bread to the Sun-goddesses of Arinna of six ancestor queens.
Abschnitt 16ID=35	Offerings of 36 bowls.
Abschnitt 17ID=36	36 libations at the tables with the statues of the Sun-goddesses.
Abschnitt 18ID=37	Offerings of bread to other gods.
Abschnitt 19ID=38	The queen toasts the Sun-goddesses of Arinna and Mezzullas of six ancestor queens.

History of publication

Ms. A (at that time without the join with Bo 7656) and ms. B were edited by Nakamura M. 2002a: 188–207. Ms. C has not been edited previously.

Tablet characteristics

As far as can be determined, all mss. were originally three-column tablets. Ms. B consists of indirect joins, proposed by Otten H. 1967c: viii and later accepted both in Nakamura’s edition and in the present study.

Palaeography and handwriting

Ms. A shows several diagnostic signs in their IIIc forms (ḪA with one Winkelhaken, DA without the broken horizontal). Ms. B was written in the New Script. Ms. C remains unpublished, so a palaeographical analysis cannot yet be made.

Editio ultima: 2025-12-10