Transcriptio CTH 190.1

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 190.1 (transcr. 2024-02-28; TRde 2024-07-03)

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CTH 190.1

Letter to the Chief of the Palace Officials for the safety of the ‘daughter of the Priest’

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Abschnitte

1Address formula

2Communication of a KIN oracle report of Iya, Old Woman

3Confirmation oracles: first bird oracle

4Confirmation oracles: second bird oracle

Abschnitt 1ID=1: Address formula
1ID=1	--	[A‑NA] BE‑LÍHerr:D/L.SG GALgroß:NOM.SG(UNM) DUMUMEŠ.É.GALPalastbediensteter:GEN.PL(UNM) BE‑LÍ‑IAHerr:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN QÍ‑BÍ‑MAsagen:2SG.IMP_CNJ	Say to the lord, the Chief of the Palace Officials, my lord:
2ID=2	--	[UM‑MA]folgendermaßen:ADV LÚḪA‑ZA‑NU‑MABürgermeister:NOM.SG(UNM)_CNJ	[Thus] (says) the ‘mayor’:
Abschnitt 2ID=2: Communication of a KIN oracle report of Iya, Old Woman
3ID=3	--	[fiy]aš=muIya:PNf.NOM.SG.C=PPRO.1SG.DAT MUNUSŠU.GIGreisin:NOM.SG(UNM) kiššanin dieser Weise:DEMadv mēmištasprechen:3SG.PST	Iya, the ‘Old Woman’, told me as follows:
4ID=4	--	A‑NA SAG.DUKopf:D/L.SG DUMU.MUNUSTochter:GEN.SG(UNM) SANGA=waPriester:GEN.SG(UNM)=QUOT ūrkiēšSpur:NOM.PL.C idālaweškettaböse werden:3SG.PST	“For the life1 of the daughter of the Priest, the (oracular) signs have turned out2 negative each time.
5ID=5	--	nu=waCONNn=QUOT kēdieser:DEM1.NOM.PL.C ūrkiēšSpur:NOM.PL.C kīšandatiwerden:3PL.PST.MP	The following signs occurred:
6ID=6	--	idāluwaböse:NOM.SG.N dānnehmen:PTCP.NOM.SG.N	evil was taken
7ID=7	--	nu=war=at=kanCONNn=QUOT=PPRO.3SG.N.NOM:=OBPk EGIR‑pawieder:ADV DḫalmaššuittiḪalmaššuit(t):DN.D/L.SG	and it (was given) back to the throne deity.
8ID=8	--	nu=waCONNn=QUOT uttarWort; Sache:ACC.SG.N arḫaweg-:PREV 4‑ŠUviermal:QUANmul ariyanunorakeln:1SG.PST	I determined this matter four times by means of oracle,
9ID=9	--	nu=war=atCONNn=QUOT=PPRO.3SG.N.NOM 4‑ŠU=patviermal:QUANmul=FOC idālawēštaböse werden:3SG.PST	and four times it turned out bad.
10ID=10	--	nuCONNn apiya=iyadort; damals:DEMadv=CNJadd arḫaweg-:PREV ariyanduorakeln:3PL.IMP	There as well, let them conduct proper oracular inquiries!”
Abschnitt 3ID=3: Confirmation oracles: first bird oracle
11ID=11	--	nuCONNn uwawēnkommen:1PL.PST IŠ‑TU MUŠENḪI.AVogel:INS; Vogel:ABL nammanoch:ADV arḫaweg-:PREV kiššanin dieser Weise:DEMadv ariyawenorakeln:1PL.PST	We continued to inquire by means of bird oracles likewise.
12ID=12	--	kī=wadieser:DEM1.ACC.SG.N=QUOT fiyašIya:PNf.NOM.SG.C kuitweil:CNJ kiššanin dieser Weise:DEMadv mēmištasprechen:3SG.PST	“Concerning the fact that Iya spoke as follows:
13ID=13	--	A‑NA SAG.DUKopf:D/L.SG DUMU.MUNUSTochter:GEN.SG(UNM) SANGA=waPriester:GEN.SG(UNM)=QUOT nāḫuwanifürchten:1PL.PRS	we fear for the life of the daugher of the Priest”.
14ID=14	--	ḫandānatordnen (orakeln):3SG.PST	It was confirmed:3
15ID=15	--	nuCONNn šūrašūrašMUŠEN(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	A šūraššūra- bird (was) GUN(-li-).
16ID=16	--	ḫalliašTag:HITT.GEN.SG GUN(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	A ḫalliya- bird (was) GUN(-li-).
17ID=17	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk nammadann:CNJ ḫalliaš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C EGIR‑andanach:ADV kattaunten:ADV kuštayativom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I	Then an(other) ḫalliya- bird (came) in the back down from the unfavorable side.
18ID=18	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk ḫaštapišMUŠEN(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C peranvor:ADV kuštayativom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I	A ḫaštapi- bird (came) in front from the unfavorable side
19ID=19	--	n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk EGIR‑andanach:ADV kattaunten:ADV kuštayativom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I	and it (came) in the back down from the unfavorable side.
20ID=20	--	KASKAL‑šiWeg:D/L.SG EGIR‑andanach:POSP arḫaweg:ADV	Away, behind the road:4
21ID=21	--	n=aštaCONNn=OBPst ḫaštapišMUŠEN(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C EGIR‑andanach:ADV kattaunten:ADV kušdayativom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I	a ḫaštapi- bird (came) in the back down from the unfavorable side.
22ID=22	--	nuCONNn ḫalliaš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN‑iš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	A ḫalliya- bird (was) GUN-(l)i-.
Abschnitt 4ID=4: Confirmation oracles: second bird oracle
23ID=23	--	nuCONNn (erasure) uwawenkommen:1PL.PST A‑NA TILeben:D/L.SG DUMU.MUNUSTochter:GEN.SG(UNM) SANGAPriesterin:GEN.SG(UNM) nammanoch:ADV aumensehen:1PL.PST	We continued making further observations concerning the life of the daughter of the Priest:
24ID=24	--	A‑NA SAGKopf:D/L.SG DUMU.MUNUSTochter:GEN.SG(UNM) SANGA=waPriesterin:GEN.SG(UNM)=QUOT Ú‑ULnicht:NEG kuwatkairgendwie:INDadv nāḫuwanifürchten:1PL.PRS	“Are we not to worry for anything for the life of the daughter of the Priest?”
25ID=25	--	nuCONNn ḫalliaš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN‑iš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	A ḫalliya- bird (was) GUN-li-.
26ID=26	--	šūrašūraš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C ḫalzianzarufen:PTCP.NOM.SG.C GUN(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	A calling šūraššūra- bird (was) GUN(-li-).
27ID=27	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk SUR₁₄.DÙ.AFalke:NOM.SG(UNM) aramantiš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C peranvor:ADV aššuwazgut:ABL	An aramant(i)- falcon (came) in front from the favorable side.
28ID=28	--	nuCONNn ḫalliaš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN‑iš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	A ḫalliya- bird (was) GUN-li-.
29ID=29	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk ḫarašMUŠENAdler:NOM.SG.C peranvor:ADV aššuwazgut:ABL	An eagle came in front from the favorable side.
30ID=30	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk ālliyaš(Art Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C EGIR‑andanach:ADV kattaunten:ADV kuštayativom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I	An ālliya- bird (came) in the back down from the unfavorable side.
31ID=31	--	KASKAL‑šiWeg:D/L.SG EGIR‑andanach:ADV arḫaweg:ADV	Away, behind the road:
32ID=32	--	šūrašūrašMUŠEN(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C [GU]N‑iš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	a šūraššūra- bird (was) GUN-li-.
33ID=33	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk ḫaštapiš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C peranvor:ADV [a]ššuwazgut:ABL	A ḫaštapi- bird (came) in front from the favorable side.
34ID=34	--	nuCONNn ḫalliaš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN‑iš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	A ḫalliya- bird (was) GUN-li-.
(erasure)
rest of rev. blank

Alternatively, “For the person of …”. This translation of SAG.DU in this context is supported by the parallel formulation in obv. 22 (TI ‘life’).

For the agreement of urkieš in singular, see Hoffner H.A. – Melchert H.C. 2008a, 241 (§ 15.17).

The verbal form ḫa-an-da-a-na-at must be understood as a 3SG.PST, presumably of a factitive -nu- form. The “confirmation” seems to refer to the unfavorable result of the bird oracle, which confirmed that the concerns of the Old Woman were founded. The negative result is evident in the following report, in which all the flights came from the ‘unfavorable’ side. It is possible to read the verb also in its neutral sense, “It was determined: …” (similarily Wilhelm G. 1998a), in which case the interpretation of the following report is, apparently, left to the letter’s addressees.

Differently from Wilhelm G. 1998a, 180 and Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 655: “Behind the road (it flew) away” (“Hinter dem Weg <flog er> weg”). Since “Behind the road” tipically introduces a new set of observations, it is unlikely that arḫa refers to the movement of the same bird mentioned in the previous sentence; the meaning of the sentence is probably close to “Far/further away, (from) behind the road: …” vel sim. This interpretation is confirmed by the parallel of lo. e. 30, where the paragraph line unmistakably separates KASKAL-ši EGIR-an ar-ḫa from the previous sentence. For a very similar use of arḫa, this time with place names, see DAAM 1.21 obv. 4 and KBo 15.28 obv. 4 (with further discussion).

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-02-28; Traductionis 2024-07-03