Transcriptio CTH 573.22

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 573.22 (transcr. 2024-10-29; TRde 2025-08-07)

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CTH 573.22

Bird oracle fragment

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Abschnitte

1§1´. Oracle (continuation)

2§2´. Oracle: concerning ‘the deity’

3§3´. Oracle: ‘If the birds …’

Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´. Oracle (continuation)
1ID=1	--	[… a]rḫaweg-:PREV pāergehen:3PL.PST	[… birds] flew away […].
2ID=2	--	UM‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV m…[… …]	Thus (says) m[…]
3ID=3	--	[…]	[“…”]
Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Oracle: concerning ‘the deity’
4ID=4	--	[… …]‑an=pat šeroben:ADV DINGIR‑LUMGott:ACC.SG(UNM) kīdieser:DEM1.NOM.SG.N; dieser:DEM1.ACC.SG.N …[… …]	[…] about […] only, the deity […] him/her
5ID=5	--	[… …‑e]l ZI‑nitSeele:INS arḫaweg-:PREV tarn[a‑… …]	[… le]t go […] with [hi]s1 soul […]
6ID=6	--	nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) arḫaweg-:PREV pešši[yandu(?)werfen:3PL.IMP …]	Let the birds excl[ude (it)].
7ID=7	--	[… …‑ka]n EGIRwieder:ADV GAMunten:ADV kušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) ue[tkommen:3SG.PST …]	[A … bird] came in the back down from the unfavorable side […].
8ID=8	--	[… …‑k]an peanvor:ADV(ABBR) kušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) ue[tkommen:3SG.PST …] …	[A … bird] came in front from the unfavorable side. […]
9ID=9	--	[ara]mnanza=kan(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C=OBPk E[GIRwieder:ADV …]	[An āra]mnant- bird [came] in the b[ack … from …]
10ID=10	--	[… arḫ]aweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST	[and it] flew a[way …].
11ID=11	--	TI₈MUŠEN‑[… …] …	An eagle […]
12ID=12	--	[n]=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk peanvor:ADV(ABBR) ku[švom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) …]	and it [came] in front from the unfavorable side.
13ID=13	--	[…]	[…]2
Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3´. Oracle: ‘If the birds …’
14ID=14	--	[… MUŠENḪI].AVogel:ACC.PL(UNM) ULnicht:NEG ḫalāerin schwingende Bewegung versetzen:3PL.PST	[If …] did not set [these] birds in motion3 […]
15ID=15	--	[…]	[…].4
16ID=16	--	[… EG]IRwieder:ADV GAMunten:ADV kušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) u[etkommen:3SG.PST …]	[A … bird ca]me in the back [do]wn from the unfavorable side.
17ID=17	--	[… ku]š(?)vom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) ue[tkommen:3SG.PST …]	[A … bird c]ame [… from the unfavor]able side.
18ID=18	--	[… …]…[… … …]… … […]	[…] … […]
text breaks off

Tentative; the form is a genitive of a demonstrative (apēl, kēl/kuēl) or personal pronoun (ammel, tuel).

The response of the augur is expected here, although the space at the end of obv. 9´ might be limited for the complete formulation.

Tentative. In consideration of the semantics of the verb (HW2 Ḫ, 16-17), I wonder if the birds are the object of being ‘set in motion’ (such as by the wind, a noise, or people) or ‘set in swinging motion’ (such as while perching on the trees, etc.) and not the subject of the sentence, as in the interpretation of Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 469: [ma-a-an ku-u-uš (?)] MUŠENḪI].A …, thus “[Wenn mich diese Vögel] nicht in Bewegung setzten, soll[en die Vögel (es) verwerf]en!”. For an exact parallel, but equally fragmentary, see KUB 5.25 IV 35´.

Possibly: “Let the birds exclude it”, based on the parallel in KUB 5.25, IV 35´-36´.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-10-29; Traductionis 2025-08-07