The celebrations of DAY 25 and DAY 26 of the nuntarriyašḫa-festival focus primarily on rites performed for the Stag-god and for Zitḫariya. On DAY 25, the king proceeds to the ḫešta-house, where a great assembly is convened. Ritual attention then shifts to the temple of the Stag-god, where a sheep is sacrificed. In the temple of the Divine Hunting Bag, the festival for Zitḫariya is celebrated; interestingly, the officiant for this rite appears to be a man selected and dispatched by the king.

On DAY 26, the festival of the Stag-god continues with the sacrifice of a he-goat, and the NIN.DINGIR priestess participates by bringing incense to his temple. In the temple of Zitḫariya, the crown prince performs the great festival. In light of the unusual wording of the DAY 25 passage concerning the celebrations in the temple of the Divine Hunting Bag, which explicitly refers to “the first day (of the celebrations),” one may wonder whether the temples of the Divine Hunting Bag and of Zitḫariya might in fact represent the same shrine.

The final element mentioned for DAY 26 is a celebration conducted by the spearmen of the Right and Left Side in honor of the Stag-god of the spear.

Since DAYS 25–26 include at least one, and possibly two, two-day celebrations, and since the only identified day-tablet appears to have contained descriptions of both days, the present edition treats the two days as a single unit.

In his edition of the nuntarriyašḫa-festival, Nakamura M. 2002a (pp. 119–122) refers to DAYS 25–26 as days 21 and 22 (for the differences in the day count, see the Introduction to CTH 626.Tg17-20 and Kryszeń 2025, ZA 115(1): 92–102).

For details concerning the proceedings in the temple of the Stag-god, Nakamura draws attention to KUB 10.93 (CTH 685) (on that text see McMahon G. 1991a: 223–227), which deals with autumn and spring festivals for the Stag-god. While it is highly likely that this text indeed corresponds to the celebrations during the nuntarriyašḫa-festival, the fact that it served multiple festivals precludes its includsion into the present edition.

Events corresponding to DAY 25 may be reflected in the oracles KBo 31.167+ F3 v 12′–20′ and KBo 34.140 1′–4′ (see already Nakamura M. 2002a: 121). The same passage should likely be restored in another oracle, KUB 34.48+ F3 3′–9′.

Contrary to Nakamura M. 2002a: 120 n. 208, KUB 25.27 does not refer to DAY 25 in its last paragraph, but likely in obv. i 33′–35′, although the passage is badly broken.

Events corresponding to DAY 26 are perhaps referred to in KUB 34.48+ F4+2 iii 3–6. The passage mentions the Stag-god of the spear and the Spearmen of the Right Side.