Transcriptio CTH 573.16

The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.16 (transcr. 2024-07-10; TRde 2025-08-07)

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CTH 573.16

Bird oracles by Piyammu concerning Šaušgatti, with incomplete reports

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Abschnitte

1(obv.) §1´. Fragmentary. With blank section after PAB

2§2´. Fragmentary oracular question with blank section after PAB

3§3´. Bird oracle of Piyammu concerning Šaušgatti

4§4´. Bird oracle concerning ‘the man of Šaušgatti’

5(rev.) §5´. (lost)

6§6´. Bird oracle about ‘turning up [of the mantel’]. With blank section after PAB

7§7´. Fragmentary

Abschnitt 1ID=1: (obv.) §1´. Fragmentary. With blank section after PAB
1ID=1	--	[… …]	[…]
2ID=2	--	𒉽(PAB, scribal mark)	𒉽
3ID=3	--	[…] blank	[…]
4ID=4	--	[…] …	[…]
Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Fragmentary oracular question with blank section after PAB
5ID=5	--	[…] blank	[…]
6ID=6	--	[… SI]G₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uērkommen:3PL.PST	[… birds] came […] from the [fav]orable side
7ID=7	--	n=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk peanvor:ADV(ABBR) arḫaweg-:PREV pāergehen:3PL.PST	and they flew away in front.
8ID=8	--	[… SI×S]Á‑atordnen:3SG.PST	[… (it) was con]firmed.1
9ID=9	--	𒉽(PAB, scribal mark)	𒉽
10ID=10	--	[… …]…	[ ]
Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3´. Bird oracle of Piyammu concerning Šaušgatti
11ID=11	--	[… f].DIŠTAR‑attiŠauškatti:PPNf.NOM.SG(UNM) kuitweil:CNJ SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST	[Concerning the fact] that2 […] Šaušgatti […], (it) was confirmed (by oracle):
12ID=12	--	enijener:DEM3.ACC.SG.N [k]uitwelcher:REL.ACC.SG.N memiersprechen:3PL.PST	Concerning what they have said:
13ID=13	--	kuit‑…[… …]	… […]
14ID=14	--	[… DING]IR‑LUMGott:NOM.SG(UNM); Gott:ACC.SG(UNM); Gott:GEN.SG(UNM); Gott:D/L.SG(UNM); Gott:ABL(UNM); Gott:VOC.SG(UNM) … aššugut:NOM.SG.N; gut:ACC.SG.N Ú‑ULnicht:NEG … šeroben:ADV ipaddan‑… …]	[… the de]ity not … good … about …
15ID=15	--	[…]	[Let the birds confirm/exclude (it)].
16ID=16	--	[marš]anaššiuš(Orakelvogel):HITT.ADJG.ACC.PL.C GUN‑lian(Orakelterminus):ADV NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST	We saw [… marš]anašši- birds GUN-lian.
17ID=17	--	n=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk peanvor:ADV(ABBR) kušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) uērkommen:3PL.PST	and they came in front from the unfavorable side.
18ID=18	--	[…]	[They turned back],3
19ID=19	--	[n]=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk peanvor:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uērkommen:3PL.PST	they came in front from the favorable side.
20ID=20	--	n=atCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte (Abk. für takšan):PREV arḫaweg-:PREV pāergehen:3PL.PST	and they flew away in the middle.
21ID=21	--	[… NI‑M]URsehen:1PL.PST	We s[aw a … bird …],
22ID=22	--	n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM panvon jener Seite:ADV(ABBR) tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) paitgehen:3SG.PST	it flew diagonally tar(uya)li-
23ID=23	--	n=aš=z(a)CONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=REFL TUŠ‑atsitzen:3SG.PST	and it perched.
24ID=24	--	KA×U‑ŠÚ=ma=z(a)=kanMund:ACC.SG(UNM)_DEM2/3.GEN.SG=CNJctr=REFL=OBPk […]	It [turned] its beak […]
25ID=25	--	[… GU]N‑an(Orakelterminus):ADV NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST	We saw [a … bird GU]N-(li)an
26ID=26	--	n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk [EGIR]wieder:ADV UGUhinauf:ADV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST	and it came [in the back] up from the favorable side
27ID=27	--	[…]	[and it flew …]
28ID=28	--	[E]GIRhinter:POSP KASKAL‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM)	[Be]hind the road:
29ID=29	--	2zwei:QUANcar TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.PL(UNM) GUN‑an(Orakelterminus):ADV NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST	we saw two eagles GUN-(li)an,
30ID=30	--	n=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRwieder:ADV UGUhinauf:ADV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uērkommen:3PL.PST	they came in the back up from the favorable side.
31ID=31	--	[… p]āergehen:3PL.PST	[…] they flew (away) […].
32ID=32	--	UM‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV mpiyammuPiyam(m)u:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM)	Thus (says) Piyammu:
33ID=33	--	SI×SÁ‑at=waordnen:3SG.PST=QUOT	“it was confirmed”.
Abschnitt 4ID=4: §4´. Bird oracle concerning ‘the man of Šaušgatti’
34ID=34	--	[…] ŠA f.DIŠTAR‑a[tt]iŠauškatti:GEN.SG U[N‑a]nMensch:ACC.SG.C weriyanzirufen:3PL.PRS	[…] they call the m[an] of Šaušgatti
35ID=35	--	[… a]rḫaweg-:PREV aniyanziwirken:3PL.PRS	[…] they complete […].
36ID=36	--	[m]ašiyantaš=kanwie oft auch immer(?):GEN.SG=OBPk MUḪI.A‑ašJahr:GEN.SG [… t]ariyanuwanzaanrufen:PTCP.NOM.SG.C ēštasein:3SG.PST	As much as the (number of) years (in which) [the deity] had [not] been called upon4
37ID=37	--	nuCONNn apēneššuwan(eben) solch:ACC.SG.N [… …]… zanki[l]atarBestrafung:ACC.SG.N pi[a]nzigeben:3PL.PRS	they will give just as much […] compensation.
38ID=38	--	EGIR‑anda=ma=ašdanach:ADV=CNJctr=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM A‑NA LUGALKönig:D/L.SG [… …]…	Afterwards, however, for the king […]
39ID=39	--	nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) SI×SÁ‑anduordnen:3PL.IMP	Let the birds confirm (it).
40ID=40	--	[… …]…	[… birds …],
41ID=41	--	n=at=kan(?)CONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk […]	and they […]
obv. breaks off
Abschnitt 5ID=5: (rev.) §5´. (lost)
42ID=42	--	[…]	[…]
43ID=43	--	[… …]…	[…]
44ID=44	--	[…]	[…]
45ID=45	--	[…] blank line	[…]
Abschnitt 6ID=6: §6´. Bird oracle about ‘turning up [of the mantel’]. With blank section after PAB
46ID=46	--	[… …]…	[…]
47ID=47	--	EGIRhinter:POSP KASKAL‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM) […]	Behind the road: […]
48ID=48	--	[… …]… RA AZ [… …]…	[…] …
49ID=49	--	[… …‑aš MUŠENḪI.[AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) …]	[…] the birds […]
50ID=50	--	[…] I‑NA EGIR=kanhinter:D/L.SG=OBPk ŠÀInneres:D/L.SG(UNM); Herz:D/L.SG(UNM) É‑[… … …]‑ni	[…] in the back (of) the center of the house […]
51ID=51	--	[… …]… PA‑NI DINGIRMEŠGöttlichkeit:D/L.PL_vor:POSP kīdieser:DEM1.ACC.SG.N memiškemisprechen:1SG.PRS.IMPF	[…] before the gods I will keep reciting this:
52ID=52	--	[… …]‑wa šeknušUmhang:ACC.SG.N; Umhang:STF pippūwarniederschlagen:VBN.NOM.SG.N; niederschlagen:VBN.ACC.SG.N aša=š[i(?)]Schmach(?):NOM.PL.N=PPRO.3SG.D/L; Schmach(?):NOM.PL.N=POSS.3SG.D/L.SG; Schmach(?):ACC.PL.N=PPRO.3SG.D/L; Schmach(?):ACC.PL.N=POSS.3SG.D/L.SG; Schmach(?):STF=PPRO.3SG.D/L; Schmach(?):STF=POSS.3SG.D/L.SG	[…] “a ‘turning (up)’ of the mantel, a disgrace for him/her”5
53ID=53	--	[… …‑k]an DINGIRMEŠGöttlichkeit:NOM.PL(UNM); Göttlichkeit:ACC.PL(UNM); Göttlichkeit:GEN.PL(UNM); Göttlichkeit:D/L.PL(UNM); Göttlichkeit:ABL(UNM) EGIR‑pawieder:ADV andahinein-:PREV lēnicht!:NEG [… …]‑ni …	[…] behind the gods […] not […]
54ID=54	--	[MUŠEN]ḪI.A(?)Vogel:NOM.PL(UNM) SI×SÁ‑anduordnen:3PL.IMP	Let the [bird]s confirm (it).
55ID=55	--	𒉽(PAB, scribal mark) five blank lines	𒉽
Abschnitt 7ID=7: §7´. Fragmentary
56ID=56	--	[… …]…‑it … …‑un	[…] …
57ID=57	--	GAM‑an=maunten:ADV=CNJctr ān‑[… … …]…	but below […]
58ID=58	--	šekkantaš=mawissen:PTCP.GEN.SG=CNJctr … …[… …]	but […] of knowing … […]
59ID=59	--	[… …]‑me Ù?und:CNJadd A‑NAzu:D/L.SG kapueš… … two blank lines	[…] and to […]
60ID=60	--	[… …]… … …[… …]	[…] … […]
rev. breaks off

Following Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 464, this is the oracular response (“Thus (says) …: it was confirmed”). The formula lacks the expected =wa(r) particle (direct speech). For a more detailed discussion on this passage, see Introductio.

The Hitt. locution [kī] … kuit, with this meaning, might be restored.

Following Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 464, based on the content of the next line.

From te-/tar- ‘to call’, or perhaps tarai-/tari- ‘to exert oneself, to become tired’? Note that Kloekhorst A. 2008a, 840-841, lists another verb, dāriye/a-, sometimes understood as ‘to call upon the gods’, but which in his view is not connected with either of them; its meaning is uncertain, but in several contexts, it “seems to denote an action performed on an ill person in order to heal him”. For the present translation see similarly Hout Th.P.J. 1998c, 39: “they will give as much compensation as the number of years [the festival? was left unc]elebrated”.

Compare the passage in KUB 26.1 IV 46-48, discussed in CHD P, 271. For the negative meaning of the expression ‘to turn up the mantel’ in Hittite, see CHD Š, 362 j; Melchert H.C. 1983b.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-07-10; Traductionis 2025-08-07