The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.23 (transcr. 2024-05-28; TRde 2025-08-07)


CTH 573.23

Bird oracle fragment

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´. Oracle (continuation)

1ID=1 --

[ ] [ ]

[]

2ID=2 --

[] paitgehen:3SG.PST

[a … bird] flew [].

3ID=3 --

al[iliš‑(?) ]

An al[ili- bird …].

4ID=4 --

[pattarpa]lḫiš=kan(Greifvogel):NOM.SG.C=OBPk E[GIRwieder:ADV ]

[A ‘wide-wi]ng’ bird [came] in the b[ack …]

5ID=5 --

[]

[Thus (says) …]:

6ID=6 --

arḫa=waweg-:PREV=QUOT [peššer]werfen:3PL.PST

“they ex[cluded (it)]”.

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Oracle: about ‘cedar’(?)

7ID=7 --

[ E]REN?‑ašZeder:NOM.SG.C;
Zeder:GEN.SG
SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST

[(of) c]edar, it was confirmed.

8ID=8 --

[ k]ungünstig:ABL(ABBR)

[A … bird came …] from the unfavorable side,

9ID=9 --

n=a[š]CONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte:PREV []

and it [flew away] in the middle.

10ID=10 --

[T]I₈?MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) maršan[ašši‑… ]

[an ea]gle [and] a maršan[ašši- bird …]

11ID=11 --

[] pehin-:PREV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL u‑[ ]

[… bird(s)] ca[me] in front from the favorable side.

12ID=12 --

[ ][ ]

[]

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Editio ultima: Textus 2024-05-28; Traductionis 2025-08-07