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Abschnitt 1ID=1: (KBo 24.130, obverse) §1´. Bird oracles: first(?) day |
| 1ID=1 | -- |
[lukkatt]a=maam (nächsten) Morgen:ADV=CNJctr šar[āhinauf-:PREV dāwennehmen:1PL.PST …] | [On the following day] we too[k up, and …]1 |
| 2ID=2 | -- |
[… za]mnaššiš(Orakelvogel):LUW||HITT.ADJG.NOM.SG.C tarui[š](Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C | [A za]mnašši- bird taru(yal)i- […] |
| 3ID=3 | -- |
[… n]ēānza(sich) drehen:PTCP.NOM.SG.C ēšt[a]sein:3SG.PST | [its beak] was turned […] |
| 4ID=4 | -- |
[… ta]ruiš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C | [A … bird was ta]ru(yal)i-. |
| 5ID=5 | -- |
n=aštaCONNn=OBPst al[ilaš(Art Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C …] | An al[ila- bird …] |
| 6ID=6 | -- |
[n]=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM pariyawanvon jener Seite:ADV pa[it]gehen:3SG.PST | [and] it flew diagonally. |
| 7ID=7 | -- |
[…] | [… birds …] |
| 8ID=8 | -- |
[n]=atCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM zilawanvon dieser Seite:ADV …[… …] | [and] they (came/flew) lengthways […] |
| 9ID=9 | -- |
nuCONNn DINGIR‑LUMGott:NOM.SG(UNM) EGIR‑pawieder:ADV u[etkommen:3SG.PST …] | The ‘deity’ c[ame] in the back.2 |
Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. (continuation) |
| 10ID=10 | -- |
alilaš=maBlume:NOM.SG.C=CNJctr katta[nunten:ADV …] | An alila- bird, however, […] below3 […] |
| 11ID=11 | -- |
[… t]aruan(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST | We saw [… birds t]aru(yal)ian […] |
| 12ID=12 | -- |
n=atCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM par[iyawanvon jener Seite:ADV …] | and they [came/flew] dia[gonally …] |
| 13ID=13 | -- |
[… S]IG₅‑azvon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uērkommen:3PL.PST | [… they] came […] from the favorable side |
| 14ID=14 | -- |
zila[wanvon dieser Seite:ADV …] | (and) length[ways from …]. |
Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3´. Bird oracles: second day |
| 15ID=15 | -- |
[l]ukkatta=maam (nächsten) Morgen:ADV=CNJctr šarāhinauf:ADV d[āwennehmen:1PL.PST …] | On the following day, we t[ook up, and …] |
| 16ID=16 | -- |
nuCONNn TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) zilawanvon dieser Seite:ADV kuš[tayati(?)vom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I …] | an eagle [came] lengthways from the un[favorable side …] |
| 17ID=17 | -- |
A‑NA TI₈MUŠEN=maAdler:D/L.SG=CNJctr kattanunten:ADV tiyē[r]treten:3PL.PST | However, they descended towards the eagle […] |
| 18ID=18 | -- |
[…] uetkommen:3SG.PST | [A … bird] came […] |
| 19ID=19 | -- |
n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM takšanMitte:ADV arḫaweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST | it flew away in the middle. |
| 20ID=20 | -- |
… [… …] | […] |
| 21ID=21 | -- |
[n]=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM pariyawanvon jener Seite:ADV paitgehen:3SG.PST | [an]d it flew diagonally. |
Abschnitt 4ID=4: §4´. Bird oracles: third day, “from Uda …” |
| 22ID=22 | -- |
[l]ukkatta=maam (nächsten) Morgen:ADV=CNJctr šarāhinauf-:PREV dāwennehmen:1PL.PST | On the following day, we took up, |
| 23ID=23 | -- |
URUuda[zUda:GN.ABL …] | and from Uda […] |
| 24ID=24 | -- |
[EG]IR‑andanach:ADV šarāhinauf:ADV SIG₅‑azvon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST | [A … bird] came in the [bac]k up from the favorable side |
| 25ID=25 | -- |
namma=a[šdann:CNJ=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM …] | then, i[t …] |
| 26ID=26 | -- |
[nu]CONNn DINGIR‑LUMGott:NOM.SG(UNM) EGIR‑pa=patwieder:ADV=FOC uetkommen:3SG.PST | The ‘deity’ came in the back, right there. |
| 27ID=27 | -- |
zamnāšš[i‑… …] | A zamnašš[i- bird …] |
| 28ID=28 | -- |
[n=aš]taCONNn=OBPst 2zwei:QUANcar zamnā[ššiuš]MEŠ(?)(Orakelvogel):HITT.ADJG.NOM.PL.C peranvor:ADV [… SIG₅]‑azvon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL | Two zamna[šši-] birds (came) in front […]4 from the [favorable side] |
| 29ID=29 | -- |
nuCONNn šūra[ššūrašKrähe(?):NOM.SG.C …] | and a šūra[ššūra- bird …]. |
end of obv. I |
Abschnitt 5ID=5: (reverse) §5´. Bird oracles: the “underground watercourse” |
| 30ID=30 | -- |
[… …]… KASKAL.KURḪI.Aunterirdischer Wasserlauf:DN.NOM.SG(UNM);
unterirdischer Wasserlauf:DN.ACC.SG(UNM);
unterirdischer Wasserlauf:DN.GEN.SG(UNM);
unterirdischer Wasserlauf:DN.D/L.SG(UNM);
unterirdischer Wasserlauf:DN.ABL(UNM) […] | […] the ‘earth-roads’ 5[…] |
| 31ID=31 | -- |
[… …]… zilawa[nvon dieser Seite:ADV …] | […] lengthway[s …] |
| 32ID=32 | -- |
[… š]ipanduenlibieren:1PL.PST | […] we made offerings |
| 33ID=33 | -- |
nuCONNn [… GU]N‑an(Orakelterminus):ADV aumensehen:1PL.PST | and […] we saw [a … bird] GUN-(li)an |
| 34ID=34 | -- |
n=[a‑… …] | an[d …] |
| 35ID=35 | -- |
[… …]…‑kan ḪUR.SAG‑anBerg:ACC.SG.C […] | [Across]6 the mountain […] |
| 36ID=36 | -- |
[… …]… pariyaw[an …] | […] diagonal[ly …] |
| 37ID=37 | -- |
[… par]iyangegenüber:ADV pā[er]gehen:3PL.PST | [… they fl]ew acr[oss …] |
| 38ID=38 | -- |
[… SIG₅?‑a]zvon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL | [… from the favorabl]e side, |
| 39ID=39 | -- |
tepuwenig:ADV … […] | not much7 […] |
| 40ID=40 | -- |
[… …]‑di u‑…[… …] | […] … […] |
| 41ID=41 | -- |
[… …]‑pa […] | […] … […] |
| 42ID=42 | -- |
[… …]…[… …] | […] … […] |
rev. breaks off |
Abschnitt 6ID=6: (KBo 41.186, fragment) §1´. Bird oracles: the “underground watercourse” (continued) |
| 43ID=43 | -- |
[… …]…[… …] | […] … […] |
| 44ID=44 | -- |
[…] pera[nvor:ADV …] | [A … bird (came)] in fro[nt …] |
| 45ID=45 | -- |
[… zil]awanvon dieser Seite:ADV kuštay[ativom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I …] | [A … bird (came) len]gthways from the unfavor[able side]. |
| 46ID=46 | -- |
[… EGI]R?‑pawieder:ADV dāšnehmen:3SG.PST | it turned [ba]ck, |
| 47ID=47 | -- |
n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM pariyawanvon jener Seite:ADV …[… …] | and [it …] diagonally […] |
| 48ID=48 | -- |
[… …‑y]an paitgehen:3SG.PST | [and] it flew acr[oss …] |
Abschnitt 7ID=7: §2´. (continuation) |
| 49ID=49 | -- |
[kuitm]an=ma=an(?)eine Zeitlang:INDadv=CNJctr=PPRO.3SG.C.ACC uškewensehen:1PL.PST.IMPF | [Whi]le we were watching it |
| 50ID=50 | -- |
ḫaštapin=ma(Orakelvogel):ACC.SG.C=CNJctr […] | a ḫaštapi- bird […] |
| 51ID=51 | -- |
[…] KASKAL.KURḪI.A=yaunterirdischer Wasserlauf:DN.ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJadd EGIR‑andanach:ADV taruan(Orakelterminus):ACC.SG.C(ABBR) NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST | We saw [a/the bird …]8 taru(yal)ian (also) behind the ‘earth-roads’ |
| 52ID=52 | -- |
n=a[šCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM …] | and i[t …] |
| 53ID=53 | -- |
[… KASKAL.KUR]ḪI.A‑yaunterirdischer Wasserlauf:DN.ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJadd pariyangegenüber:ADV uetkommen:3SG.PST | [It] came across the [‘earth-roa]ds’ |
| 54ID=54 | -- |
n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk a[n‑… …] SIG₅‑azvon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL ue[t]kommen:3SG.PST | and it came …[…] from the favorable side |
| 55ID=55 | -- |
[z]ilawanvon dieser Seite:ADV SIG₅‑azvon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL | (and) [ ] lengthways from the favorable side. |
| 56ID=56 | -- |
[… …]… | […] |
| 57ID=57 | -- |
kalm[ūš]in=ma(?)(Orakelvogel):ACC.SG.C=CNJctr kuinn[ajeder:INDFevr.ACC.SG.C;
welcher:REL.ACC.SG.C=CNJadd …] | However, a kalm[ušš]i- bird and (any) […] whic[h …] |
| 58ID=58 | -- |
[… …]… …[… …] | […] … […] |
fragment breaks off |
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Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 607: “führten wir (die Vogelbeobachtung)”. šara da- is usually found with a direct object ( CHD Š 218, 47´), but here the use is probably idiomatic. The complete passage in obv. 16´ (“We took up (and) from Uda …”) seems to suggest this sentence refers to a movement of the augurs, from one location to another.
See also obv. I 18´, with the same sentence. For a discussion, see Introductio.
Unless this is the standard phrase “in the back down from …”, although katta- and appa- would be written in inverted position.
Possibly, an additional sentence was present in this gap.
Or ‘underground watercourse’ (vel sim.). See also Introductio and a parallel in CTH 573.86 (with discussion therein).
Tentative. Cf. e.g. ḪUR.SAG-an pa-ri-ia-an (DAAM 1.31, obv. 8).
Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 609: tepu- seems to be used in bird oracles as an antonym of mekki-, likewise rarely attested. These two adverbs can modify the quality of verbs of motion, or, possibly, of other adverbs in the sentences where they were used (for this usage see mekki- CHD L-N, 248 b). The exact meaning in reference to a quality of the flight of birds remains obscure.
The sentence might refer to the ḫaštapi- bird mentioned in the previous line (thus Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 610) or another bird whose name was lost in lacuna. The passage remains difficult, as it is unclear how much text was lost in the break, and the word order of the oracular formulary is unusual. |
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