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Citatio: Adam Kryszeń (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 626.Tg04.2 (INTR 2025-12-10)


CTH 626.Tg04.2

Festival of Haste (nuntarriyašḫa-). Day 4

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Short description

The second version of the day-tablets describing DAY 4 of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival comprises previously identified manuscripts (mss. A and B) as well as one additional text (KUB 20.18, ms. C). These texts describe the ritual at the river in Ḫišurla, the final stage of the king’s journey to Taḫurpa, as well as the great assembly held in the ḫalentu- complex of the latter city.

Texts

Manuscript AKUB 2.7VAT 7500Ḫattuša
Manuscript BB₁KBo 44.128171/oBk. G
+ B₂+ KBo 11.73+ Privat 2---
Manuscript CKUB 20.18Bo 3187Ḫattuša

Literature from the Konkordanz

  • D. Groddek, AoF 31, 2004: 79-81 (Nr. 136)
  • D. Groddek, DBH 13, 2004: 33
  • D. Groddek, DBH 30, 2009: 56-58
  • M. Nakamura, PIHANSt 94, 2002: 141; 141-143
  • M. Popko, AoF 13, 1986: 221

History of publication

KUB 2.7 was recognized as a day-tablet of DAY 4 in Güterbock H.G. 1961d: 90 n. 30. KBo 11.73 was identified in Popko M. 1986d: 222f. For the edition of both fragments, see Nakamura M. 2002a: 141–170. The join to KBo 11.73 was proposed by Groddek D. 2004a: 79f. Ms. C has been mentioned in Nakamura M. 2002a: 88f. as possibly belonging to the nuntarriyašḫa- festival and is accepted in the present edition.

KUB 2.7 was previously treated as a duplicate of the texts found in Version 1 by Groddek and Nakamura. However, the overlapping content extends only through obv. i. The preserved portions of the second column demonstrate that KUB 2.7 must originally have contained a different and more extensive description of the celebrations.

Tablet characteristics

Despite showing considerable differences in column width (ms. A – approx. 8 cm; ms. B – approx. 5 cm; ms. C – approx. 6 cm) all mss. were originally likely three-columned tablets.

Palaeography and handwriting

Unlike the manuscripts belonging to Version 1, which exhibit IIIc sign forms, the manuscripts of Version 2 all seem to have been written in the New Script.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=6In Ḫišurla: purification ritual by the river.
Section 2ID=7The king departs from Ḫišurla.
Section 3ID=10On the road to Taḫurpa: bread offerings.
Section 4ID=11On the road to Taḫurpa: the king receives salt from Durmitta.
Section 5ID=12The king enters Taḫurpa.
Section 6ID=13Great assembly in the ḫalentu- complex begins.
Section 7ID=14Great assembly: palace attendant brings the royal insignia.
Section 8ID=15Great assembly: hand washing rite.
Section 9ID=16Great assembly: palace attendant puts aside his spear.
Section 10ID=17Great assembly: palace attendants bring napkins for the royal couple.
Section 11ID=18Great assembly: chief of the bodyguards puts aside his spear.
Section 12ID=19Great assembly: table for the royal couple.
Section 13ID=22Great assembly: cupholder in the courtyard.
Section 14ID=29Great assembly: drinking rite for the Sun-goddess of Arinna and Mezzulla.
Section 15ID=36Great assembly: drinking rite for the deity of the king’s choosing.
Section 16ID=37Great assembly: drinking rite for Ammama of Taḫurpa.
Section 17ID=38Great assembly concludes: the ḫalentu- complex is closed for the night.
Section 18ID=39Next day: the king departs to Arinna.

Editio ultima: 2025-12-10