Abschnitt 1ID=1: (obv.? §1´) bird oracle (fragmentary)

[… EGI]R?wieder:ADV [G]AMunten:ADV ku[šungünstig:ABL(ABBR) …]

[… bird(s) came in the ba]ck down from the unfavo[rable side].

[… …]=kan peanvor:ADV(ABBR) a[rḫaweg-:PREV …]

[… it/they flew] a[way] in front.

[…] 2‑anin der Mitte:PREV arḫaweg-:PREV […]

[… it/they flew] away in the middle.

Abschnitt 2ID=2: (obv.? §2´) bird oracle by Zapalli, mentioning Šaušgatti

[…]

[…]

[… f.DI]ŠTAR‑atti=maŠauškatti:PPNf.NOM.SG(UNM)=CNJctr;
Šauškatti:PNf.GEN.SG(UNM)=CNJctr;
Šauškatti:PNf.D/L.SG=CNJctr […]

but [… the spirit/Zawalli (deity) of Š]aušgatti […]

[…]

[Let the birds …]

[… N]I‑MURsehen:1PL.PST

We saw [a … bird]

n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk E[GIRwieder:ADV …]

and it [came] in the ba[ck …]

[… GU]N‑anOrakelterminus:ADV NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST

We saw [… birds GU]N-lian,

n=a[t=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk …]

and th[ey came …]

[… p]āergehen:3PL.PST

and they [f]lew […].

EGIRhinter:POSP KASKAL‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM)

Behind the road:

TI₈MUŠ[ENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) … u]ērkommen:3PL.PST

an eagl[e and a … bird c]ame […]

TI₈MUŠEN=maAdler:ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJctr tarlian(Omenterminus):ADV(ABBR) N[I?‑MURsehen:1PL.PST …]

However, we s[aw] an(other) eagle tar(uya)lian

[… …‑i]t

[and it ca]me/flew […].

UM‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV mzapalliZapalli:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM)

Thus (says) Zapalli:

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

“[they] ex[cluded (it)]”.

Abschnitt 3ID=3: (obv.? §3´) bird oracle by Zella for the ‘[Zawalli] of the mother of His Majesty’

[… Š]A AMAMutter:GEN.SG DUTU‑ŠI‘Meine Sonne’:GEN.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN kuitweil:CNJ SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST

Because (it) was confirmed [… (the issue concerned)] [the spirit/Zawalli (deity) o]f the mother of His Majesty:

A‑NAwelcher:D/L.SG f… … kuitweil:CNJ […]

because/which […] to f[…]

[… ta]rnanlassen:PTCP.NOM.SG.N;
lassen:PTCP.ACC.SG.N nawinoch nicht:ADV kuitweil:CNJ udanzi(her)bringen:3PL.PRS

because/which […] they do not bring yet the [… (that was) l]eft:

apad[d]andort:DEMadv šeroben:ADV

is it because of this reason?

nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) S[I×SÁ‑andu]ordnen:3PL.IMP

Let the birds con[firm (it)].

[… T]I₈MUŠEN=yaAdler:ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJadd tarlian(Omenterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST

We saw [a … bird] and an [ea]gle tar(uya)lian,

n=atCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM panvon jener Seite:ADV(ABBR) tarliuš(Omenterminus):ACC.PL.C(ABBR), NOM.PL.C(ABBR) pāergehen:3PL.PST

and they flew tar(uya)li- diagonally.

tapaššin=maein Orakelvogel:LUW||HITT.ACC.SG.C=CNJctr [… …‑a]nn=a GUN‑anOrakelterminus:ADV NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST

We saw a tapašši- bird and a [… bird] GUN-lian,

n=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRwieder:ADV UGUoben:ADV SIG₅‑z[a]von der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uērkommen:3PL.PST

and they came in the back up from the favorable side.

[…] 2‑anin der Mitte:PREV arḫaweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST

[The … bird] flew away in the middle,

tapaššiš=maein Orakelvogel:LUW||HITT.NOM.SG.C=CNJctr tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) panvon jener Seite:ADV(ABBR) paitgehen:3SG.PST

the tapašši- bird, however, flew tar(uya)li- diagonally.

[…] GUN‑anOrakelterminus:ADV NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST

We saw [a … bird] GUN-lian,

n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRwieder:ADV UGUoben:ADV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST

it came in the back up from the favorable side

[… a]rḫaweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST

[and it] flew away […].

TI₈MUŠEN=maAdler:ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJctr tarlian(Omenterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST

We saw an eagle tar(uya)lian,

n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk peanvor:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST

it came in front from the favorable side

[… …‑i]t

[and it fl]ew […].

UM‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV mzellaZella:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM)

Thus (says) Zella:

SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST

“it was confirmed”.

Abschnitt 4ID=4: (obv.? §4´) further confirmation through bird oracles for the performance of certain rites

[… IŠ‑T]U? MUNUSENSISeherin:ABL LÚḪAL=yaOpferschauer:ABL(UNM)=CNJadd GIM‑anwie:CNJ SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST

[…] just like (it) was confirmed [throu]gh the seeress and the diviner,

n=anCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.ACC QA‑TAM‑MAebenso:ADV DÙ‑anzimachen:3PL.PRS

they (will) proceed in the same way (as follows):

[…]

[they will …]

[n]u=ššiCONNn=PPRO.3SG.D/L SISKUROpfer:ACC.SG(UNM) parāaus-:PREV [t]arnummašlassen:VBN.GEN.SG pianzigeben:3PL.PRS

and they will give her the ‘offering (ritual) of setting free’1

[…] parāaus-:PREV tarnailassen:3SG.PRS

[…] sets free […],

SISKUR=[y]a=ššiOpfer:ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJadd=PPRO.3SG.D/L pāigeben:3SG.PRS

and he will perform the offering (ritual) for her.

[… …]‑aršiyanumi

I will cause to2 […]

nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) SI×SÁ‑anduordnen:3PL.IMP

Let the birds confirm (it).

[… SI]G₅?‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST

[A … bird] came […] from the [fav]orable side

n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte:PREV arḫaweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST

and it flew away in the middle.

[…] uetkommen:3SG.PST

[A … bird] came [from …]

n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRwieder:ADV UGUoben:ADV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST

and it came in the back up from the favorable side.

[… aramna]ntan(Orakelvogel):ACC.SG.C kalmušinn=a(Orakelvogel):ACC.SG.C=CNJadd GUN‑anOrakelterminus:ADV NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST

We saw [an aramna]nt- bird and a kalmuši- bird GUN-lian.

[…]

[they came … from …]

[p]eanvor:ADV(ABBR) arḫaweg-:PREV pāergehen:3PL.PST

[and] they flew away in [f]ront.

[…]

[Thus (says) …]:

[…]

[“it was confirmed”.]3

Abschnitt 5ID=5: (obv.? §5´) further confirmation through bird oracles, unclear topic

[…] DUTU‑ŠI‘Meine Sonne’:GEN.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN šeroben:ADV SI×SÁ‑tatordnen:3SG.PST.MP

[…] about […] His Majesty4 […] (it) was confirmed.

[…]

[…]

[n]=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk QA‑TAM‑MAebenso:ADV [a]šijener:DEM3.ACC.SG.C tianzisetzen:3PL.PRS

and they set that (up) likewise (as follows):

[… …]‑ti

h[e/she …].

nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) a[rḫaweg-:PREV peššiandu]werfen:3PL.IMP

Let the birds ex[clude (it)].

[… uē]rkommen:3PL.PST

[… birds cam]e [… from …]

n=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk […]

and they [flew …]

[… …]‑aš=kan […]

[… and] it […]

[… …]… …[… …]

[…] … […]

obv.? breaks off

Abschnitt 6ID=6: (rev.? §6´) bird oracle, mentioning [Kupan]ta-Kurunta

[… …]…[… …]

[…]

[…] UDKAM.ḪI.A‑ušTag:ACC.PL.C

[…] days

[… š]arāhinauf:ADV tittanuzihinstellen:3SG.PRS

[…] they set up […]

[… …]‑taš AMA‑niMutter:D/L.SG

[…] … for the mother

[…] GAM‑anunten:PREV arḫaweg-:PREV GAR‑rusetzen:3SG.IMP.MP

[…] it should be excluded.5

[…]

[…]

[mkupan]ta‑DKAL=maKupantakurunta:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM)=CNJctr;
Kupantakurunta:PNm.ACC.SG(UNM)=CNJctr;
Kupantakurunta:PNm.GEN.SG(UNM)=CNJctr;
Kupantakurunta:PNm.D/L.SG(UNM)=CNJctr;
Kupantakurunta:PNm.ABL(UNM)=CNJctr […]

but [Kupan]ta-Kurunta […]

[… G]AR‑rusetzen:3SG.IMP.MP

[…] should be excluded,

DINGIRMEŠGott:NOM.PL(UNM) šekteniwissen:2PL.PRS

O gods, you know.

[…] AMA‑ašMutter:GEN.SG EGIR‑andadanach:ADV […]

[…] of the mother […] afterwards

[…] SI×SÁ‑anduordnen:3PL.IMP

[Let the birds] confirm (it).

[…]

[…]

[…]

[We saw a … bird …]6

[n]=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk peanvor:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST

[and] it came in front from the favorable side,

[… …‑i]t

[… it fl]ew […].

tapaššin=maein Orakelvogel:LUW||HITT.ACC.SG.C=CNJctr […]

[We saw] a tapašši- bird […]

[…] EGIRwieder:ADV UGUoben:ADV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST

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

[…]

[and it flew …]

[EGIRhinter:POSP KASKAL]‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM)

[Behind the ro]ad:

TI₈MUŠENAdler:ACC.SG(UNM) tarlian(Omenterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑M[UR]sehen:1PL.PST

we sa[w] an eagle tar(uya)lian,

[…]

[it came …]

[n]=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte:PREV arḫaweg-:PREV pai[t]gehen:3SG.PST

[and] it flew away in the middle.

[…]

[We saw a … bird …],

[… …]=kan EGIRwieder:ADV UGUhinauf:ADV […] …

it [came] in the back up from the favorable side

[… a]rḫaweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST … […]

[and] it flew away […]

[…]

[Thus (says) …]:

[…]

[“…”].

Abschnitt 7ID=7: (rev.? §7´) bird oracle, largely lost

[…]

[…]

[… peššiy]andu(?)werfen:3PL.IMP […]

[…] let [the birds exclude (it)].

rev.? breaks off