The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.34 (transcr. 2024-05-16; TRde 2024-11-12)


CTH 573.34

Bird oracle fragment with a reference to spoils and enemies

transcriptio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´

1ID=1 --

[ ]‑liš [ ]

[A … bird … GUN-/tar(uya)]li-

2ID=2 --

[] NAM.RABeute:NOM.SG(UNM);
Beute:ACC.SG(UNM)
[]

[] the spoil(s) []

3ID=3 --

[ …‑u]š tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)

[A … bird …] tar(uya)li-.

4ID=4 --

pat[tarpalḫi‑(?) ]

A wi[de-wing’ bird …]

5ID=5 --

[ G]UN‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)

[A … bird …] GUN-li-.

6ID=6 --

KÚRFeind:NOM.SG(UNM);
Feind:NOM.PL(UNM)
[]

The enemy []

7ID=7 --

[ ]‑uš tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) UGUhinauf:ADV [ ]

[A … bird …]1 tar(uya)li- [came] 〈in the back〉 up [from the favorable side].2

8ID=8 --

[ pun]uškeddufragen:3SG.IMP.IMPF [ ]

[] may he keep ask[ing]

9ID=9 --

[ taru]ḫzimächtig sein:3SG.PRS

[… he will be pow]erful

10ID=10 --

ta‑…‑er‑[ ]

[]

11ID=11 --

[ ]‑iš [ ]‑m[a ]

[][]

12ID=12 --

[ ]‑ikti‑[ ]‑za [ ]

[][]

13ID=13 --

[ ]‑erti‑… …‑ikki []

[][]

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´

14ID=14 --

[ ]‑gadūš‑…

[]

15ID=15 --

n=aš=k[anCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk ]

and it []

16ID=16 --

[ ] taruḫzimächtig sein:3SG.PRS

[] he will be powerful,

17ID=17 --

NAM.RAMEŠ‑a[zBeute:ABL ]

from the spoils []

18ID=18 --

[ ] …‑ušna GUN‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) []

[]GUN-li []

19ID=19 --

[ …‑i]nzi []

[][]

20ID=20 --

[ ] [ ]

[][]

21ID=21 --

[ ‑z]i []

[][]

22ID=22 --

[ ] za[]

[][]

The tablet shows two vertical wedges before -uš, and no known bird names are compatible.
Tentative. The sentence is unusual, as the standard formula would be 〈EGIR〉 UGU SIG₅-za.
Editio ultima: Textus 2024-05-16; Traductionis 2024-11-12