Transcriptio CTH 549.2

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Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 549.2 (transcr. 2024-06-30; TRde 2024-07-01)

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CTH 549.2

Fragment with Akkadian KI.GUB-omens

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1Observation of weapon marks on the ‘position’

Abschnitt 1ID=2.1: Observation of weapon marks on the ‘position’
1ID=1	--	[… …‑a]n?	[… …]…
2ID=2	--	šumma šarra? ilī(?) […]	Alternatively: The gods will […] the king.
3ID=3	--	[… …]‑ši	[… …]…
4ID=4	--	ilum rēṣū[t … illak]	The deity will [come] to help […].
5ID=5	--	[…] ṣabiṭ	[…] seizes […]:
6ID=6	--	ūlū umm[ānu? …]	Either the arm[y …]
7ID=7	--	[… a]rbūtam illakū	[or …] will [f]lee.1
8ID=8	--	[… šakin]ma	[… li]es […]
9ID=9	--	bāb ekalli […]	and […] the ‘palace gate’:
10ID=10	--	[…] šarru i‑[… …]	[…] the king …[… …].
11ID=11	--	[šumma ina rēš m]anzāzi [kakku šakinma]	[If a weapon lies on the top] of the [‘p]osition’
12ID=12	--	[i]na libbi ma[nzāzi …]	and [i]n the middle of the ‘p[osition’ …]:
13ID=13	--	[amēlu e]li bēl dabā[bīš]u [izzaz]	[The client] will [overcome] his legal adversary.2
14ID=14	--	[šumma ina] rēš manzāzi kakku šakinma	[If] a weapon lies [on] the top of the ‘position’
15ID=15	--	ina rēš? [… …]‑šam qûm ṣabit	and a filament seizes the […] at the top3 of […]:
16ID=16	--	šarram […]	The king […]
17ID=17	--	[… …]…[… … arka]t? manzāzi šakinma	[… …]… lies [… behin]d the ‘position’
18ID=18	--	[…]	and […]
19ID=19	--	[… na]kru […]	[… the en]emy […]
20ID=20	--	[…]	[…]
text breaks off

The writing DU.DU for illak is found regularly in the Boghazköy-texts (e. g. KBo 36.47, rev. III 8’). It is also found in Middle Babylonian omens from Susa (MDP 57.6, IV 44).

The phrasesilurēṣūt X illak, X arbūtamillak, and awīluelibēlawātīšuizzazare common in second-millennium extispicy omens(KAL 5.42, obv. II 5 (weapon)); KAL 5.60-61, obv. 16’(lungs); YOS 10.33, 32 (finger).The fragmentary state of the tablet unfortunately makes it difficult to find entirely identical omens elsewhere.

The sign read iš/eš₁₅ in SAG-eš₁₅? looks the same as ṣú in l. 2′, but after a preposition, the form rēšīšu is expected. The plene spelling ṣa-a-bi-itin the stative is also unexpected. Short vowels in plene writing are occasionally found in Southern Old Babylonian and Sealand omen texts (George A.R. 2013a: 54.89.137). Other instances of unexpected in-word plene spellings are e. g. KUB 4.66 col. ii7.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-06-30; Traductionis 2024-07-01