The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.58 (transcr. 2023-10-22; TRde 2025-08-08)


CTH 573.58

Bird oracle fragment with atypical formulary

transcriptio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. §1´

1ID=1 --

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2ID=2 --

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3ID=3 --

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4ID=4 --

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5ID=5 --

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Abschnitt 2ID=2: obv. §2´

6ID=6 --

[t]a‑[ ]

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7ID=7 --

[] A‑NAzu:D/L.SG;
zu:D/L.PL
[ ]‑ta

[] to []

8ID=8 --

‑liš=pat(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR)=FOC zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) []

exactly1 GU(N)-li-, diagonally (from) the favorable side.

9ID=9 --

[ ]‑tan SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) ÍDFluss:D/L.SG(UNM) anda [in:POSP ]

[] … (from) the favorable side into the river []

10ID=10 --

[nu=k]anCONNn=OBPk ÍD‑azFluss:ABL šarāhinauf:ADV p[a]itgehen:3SG.PST

[and] it flew up from the river.

11ID=11 --

š[u‑… S]IG₅gut:ABL(UNM) zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR)

[… (came) (from) the fav]orable side, diagonally.

12ID=12 --

nu=z(a)CONNn=REFL šaluin[ieš‑… ]

A šalwin[i- bird …]

13ID=13 --

[ ar]ḫaweg:ADV SIG₅gut:ABL(UNM) [ ]

[… aw]ay (from) the favorable side []

14ID=14 --

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Abschnitt 3ID=3: rev. §3´

15ID=15 --

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end of obv.

This formulary is atypical, thus the function of =pat here is unclear.
Editio ultima: Textus 2023-10-22; Traductionis 2025-08-08