Adam Kryszeń (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Adam Kryszeń (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 626.Tg32 (INTR 2026-01-15)


CTH 626.Tg32

Festival of Haste (nuntarriyašḫa-). Day 32

introductio



Kurzbeschreibung

According to the outline tablets, DAY 32 included a festival in the temple of the Storm-god of Aleppo (in Ḫattuša) and, once again, the celebration of the Divine Throne, this time performed by the ‘unskilled workers’ (LÚ.MEŠQADDARŪTU or LÚ.MEŠGAD.TAR). Outline.5 presents a variant of the observance, adding rites carried out in the House of the Chariot Fighters.

No day-tablets have so far been identified for DAY 32.

History of publication

For an overview of DAY 32 (designated as the 28th day of the festival) see Nakamura M. 2002a: 130–132, with no proposed day-tablets.

Intertextuality

The events of DAY 32 correspond closely to those attested in KUB 25.27 iii 13–15 (CTH 629), which additionally specifies the contribution of the ‘unskilled workers’ (here written LÚ.MEŠGAD.TAR).

There are also somewhat parallel passages in the oracles KUB 34.48+ F7 iii 3–8 and KBo 31.167+ F3 iv 7′–16' F. iii? 11–17 and KBo 31.167+ F3+1 obv. iii 25/2′–27/4′ (both CTH 568). These passages, however, overlap only partially with the outline tablets of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival.

Editio ultima: 2026-01-15