HFR Team

Citatio: Adam Kryszeń (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 626.0.18 (INTR 2025-12-11)


CTH 626.0.18

Outline.18 of the Festival of Haste (nuntarriyašḫa-)

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Short description

Outline.18 is a tiny fragment identified by Jürgen Lorenz in October 2025. Its preserved portions partially describe DAY 2 and DAY 3 of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival.

Texts

Manuscript AEBo 879

History of publication

The tablet has not been edited previously.

Palaeography and handwriting

Outline.18 exhibits a handwriting reminiscent of Outline.7 and perhaps Outline.14; its signs show a forward slant and are not very deeply impressed into the clay, producing wedges of notably ‘thin’ appearance. This feature is also observable for several paragraph lines, which are much thinner than on the other tablets of this group.

Any potential join with another outline would necessarily be indirect. For that reason, Ouline.18 is treated as an independent outline tablet.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=3DAY 2: Festival of Zitḫariya. Holy ablution.
Section 2ID=4DAY 3: The king celebrates the Mighty Storm-god. Zitḫariya’s journey to Ḫakkura and Tatašuna.

Editio ultima: 2025-12-11