Transcriptio CTH 573.56

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.56 (transcr. 2023-10-24; TRde 2025-08-08)

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CTH 573.56

Bird oracles in Taranzašša and Mt. Ḫarrana

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. §1´
1ID=1	--	[… …]… ḫūšā‑[… …]	[…] a ḫušā- bird […]
2ID=2	--	[…] peranvor:ADV ašš[uwazGut:ABL …]	[… came] in front from the favor[able side].
3ID=3	--	[… …]… …	[…] …
4ID=4	--	nuCONNn neku[zAbend:NOM.SG.C …]	(At) nigh[t (time)1 …]
5ID=5	--	DUTU‑ŠI=ya‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN=CNJadd; ‚meine Sonne‘:VOC.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN=CNJadd BE‑LI‑NIHerr:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1PL.GEN; Herr:VOC.SG(UNM)_ PPRO.1SG.GEN.SG tar‑[… …]	[…] and My Majesty, our Lord, … […]2
Abschnitt 2ID=2: obv. §2´
6ID=6	--	[luk]katta=kanam (nächsten) Morgen:ADV=OBPk URUtaranzašš[i]Taranzašši:GN.D/L.SG(UNM)	[The (next) mor]ning in Taranzašša […]:
7ID=7	--	[… …]… ḪAR.ḪAR(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG(UNM) taruy[alliš](Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C	a ḪAR.ḪAR bird (was) taruy[alli- …]
8ID=8	--	[T]I₈?MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) GUN‑iš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	[An e]agle (was) GUN-(l)i-.
9ID=9	--	ḫ[uwa]ran[niš(?)(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C tar]uyalliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C	A ḫ[uwa]ran[ni- bird (was) tar]uyalli-.
10ID=10	--	[ḫ]aššiḫaršiš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN‑iš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)	[A ḫ]aššiḫarši- bird (was) GUN-iš.
11ID=11	--	nuCONNn [… …]‑parša ḫuekue[n]schlachten/beschwören:1PL.PST	A […]-parša3 [we] conjured.
12ID=12	--	nuCONNn ḫuwaranniš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C taruyališ(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C	A ḫuwaranni- bird (was) taruyali-.
13ID=13	--	immakku=[šša]ngerade jetzt:ADV=OBPs DUGšuppa(kultisch reines Gefäß):STF EGIR‑pawieder:PREV daiwensetzen:1PL.PST	We (had) just returned/replaced4 the ‘pure’-vessel
14ID=14	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) peranvor:ADV […]	(and) an eagle [came] in front [from …]
15ID=15	--	ḫuwara[nn]iš(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C taruyalliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C	A ḫuwara[nn]i- was taruyalli-.
Abschnitt 3ID=3: obv. §3´
16ID=16	--	nuCONNn …[… …]	[…]
17ID=17	--	n[a‑… …]	An[d …]
obv.? breaks off
Abschnitt 4ID=4: rev. §4´
18ID=18	--	…[… …]	[…]
19ID=19	--	nuCONNn KA₅?.[A‘Fuchsvogel’:NOM.SG(UNM) …]	A ‘fo[x-bird’ …]
20ID=20	--	nuCONNn ārwain‑…[… …]	and arwain-[…]
21ID=21	--	[n]=aštaCONNn=OBPst išḫunā[nschütten:PTCP.ACC.SG.N … …‑t]an dāinehmen:3SG.PRS	It5 picks up the […] poured out/dumped
22ID=22	--	[… d]āšnehmen:3SG.PST	[and] it tur[ned back]6
23ID=23	--	n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM par[iy]a[w]anvon jener Seite:ADV tar[uy]al[liš](Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C	and it (came) dia[go]nally taruyal[li- …]
24ID=24	--	[… …]… …[… …]	[…] … […]
25ID=25	--	[… ḪUR].SAGḫarran[a]Ḫarrana:GN.D/L.SG(UNM); Ḫarrana:GN.ACC.SG(UNM) EGIR‑andadanach:POSP KA₅.[A‘Fuchsvogel’:NOM.SG(UNM) …]	[…] behind Mt. Ḫarrana a ‘fo[x-bird’ …]
26ID=26	--	[… z]ilawa[nvon dieser Seite:ADV … SI]G₅?‑a[zgute Seite (abl.):adv …]	[… l]engthway[s … fro]m the [fav]orable side […]
27ID=27	--	[…] blank […] blank	[…]
28ID=28	--	[… …]‑an	[…]
rev.? breaks off

If nekuz belongs to the adverbial phrase nekuz meḫur/meḫuni (CHD L-N, 434).

Possibly: […A-NA] ⸢D⸣UTU-ŠI-⸢ia⸣ BE-LI-NI ⸢tar⸣-[u-en] “to My Majesty, our lord, we report (the result of the oracular observation)”; see Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 611.

There are two known options for restoring […]-pa-ar-ša here: la-a-pa-ar-ša (KUB 7.1 I 24), a garden plant(?), or Luw. (SISKUR) du-ú-pa-du-pa-ar-sa (attestations in Melchert H.C. 1993b), attested as name of an offering rite, with the meaning ‘striking, punishment’ vel sim. Neither can be confirmed here.

For this sentence, and the translation of immakku, see Hoffner H.A. 1995b, 194; apparently, the augurs noted how they just did this action “when the …-bird did such-and-such”.

In context, the subject should be a bird.

We assume a restoration: […-za appa] dāš.

Editio ultima: Textus 2023-10-24; Traductionis 2025-08-08