The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.45 (transcr. 2024-11-29; TRde 2025-08-08)


CTH 573.45

Bird oracle for the safety of the King

transcriptio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. (§1) Oracle report

1ID=1 --

[ ]‑andan

[]

2ID=2 --

[ NI‑M]URsehen:1PL.PST

[We s]aw []

3ID=3 --

[ DI]NGIR?MEŠ‑tarGöttlichkeit:ACC.SG.N SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST.MP

[… the ‘d]ivinity’, (it) was confirmed.

4ID=4 --

[]

[]

5ID=5 --

[n]=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.N.ACC=OBPk;
CONNn=PPRO.3PL.N.ACC=OBPk
KASKAL‑šiWeg:D/L.SG []

[] they/them [] on the road.

6ID=6 --

[]nwenn:CNJ A‑NA SAG.DUKopf:D/L.SG DUTU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:GEN.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN [Ú‑ULnicht:NEG kuitkiirgendein:INDFany.ACC.SG.N ḪUŠ]‑wenisich fürchten:1PL.PRS

[If] we [have nothing to fear] for the safety of My Sun

7ID=7 --

[nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) pe]ššiyanduwerfen:3PL.IMP

[let the birds ex]clude (it).

8ID=8 --

[ ]‑et

[A … bird ca]me/flew [].

obv. breaks off

Abschnitt 2ID=2: rev. (§2´) Oracle report (continued)

9ID=9 --

[ S]IG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL []

[A … bird/birds came …] from the favorable side.

10ID=10 --

[ ] tarlian(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) []

[] tar(uya)lian [].

11ID=11 --

[ ]‑kan peanvor:ADV(ABBR) arḫaweg:ADV []

[and it flew] away in front.

12ID=12 --

[ ] uērkommen:3PL.PST

[… birds] came []

13ID=13 --

[]

[]

14ID=14 --

[]

[Thus (says) …]:

15ID=15 --

[ar]ḫa=waweg-:PREV=QUOT peššerwerfen:3PL.PST

“they [ex]cluded (it)”.

16ID=16 --

[]

[]

Abschnitt 3ID=3: rev. (§3´) Additional bird flights

17ID=17 --

[ EGI]Rhinter:PREV UGUoben:ADV SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) []

[A … bird came in the ba]ck up from the favorable side

18ID=18 --

[] paitgehen:3SG.PST

[and] it flew [].

end of rev.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-11-29; Traductionis 2025-08-08