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Citatio: Adam Kryszeń (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 626.Tg27.1 (INTR 2026-01-15)


CTH 626.Tg27.1

Festival of Haste (nuntarriyašḫa-). Day 27

introductio



Short description

The only day-tablets identified for DAY 27 of the nuntarriyašḫa- festival concern the celebrations of the Damnaššara goddesses, apotropaic deities sometimes interpreted as sphinx-like beings (see Güterbock H.G. 1961b with n. 21, differently Nakamura M. 2002a: 45f.).

The two manuscripts presented here partially overlap and are thus treated as representing the same version. The surviving passages describe a portion of the god-drinking ceremony during a great assembly in the ḫalentu- complex. Of interest is the unusually abbreviated phrasing of the paragraphs, in which the indication of the subject of the toasting rite is omitted.

Texts

Manuscript AA₁KUB 20.53Bo 288Ḫattuša
(+) A₂(+) KUB 10.98(+) Bo 330Ḫattuša
Manuscript BKBo 49.116156/tHaH

History of publication

The fragments have not been edited previously.

Tablet characteristics

Both mss. seem originally to have been three-column tablets.

Palaeography and handwriting

Both manuscripts were labeled as written in the Late New Script in the Konkordanz, likely on account of the form of ḪA, written with only one Winkelhaken. Note the subscribed form of UG but the unsubscribed form of AZ in KUB 20.53 (ms. A).

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1God-Drinking Rite: Storm-god
Section 2ID=2God-Drinking Rite: Šiwatt (Deified Day)
Section 3ID=3God-Drinking Rite: GAL.ZU
Section 4ID=4God-Drinking Rite: Telipinu
Editio ultima: 2026-01-15