The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.92 (transcr. 2024-05-29; TRde 2025-08-12)


CTH 573.92

Bird oracle fragment by the augur Piyama

transcriptio



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

1ID=1 --

[ ][ ]

[][]

2ID=2 --

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

[G]UN-li- []

3ID=3 --

[n]=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM GUN[liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) ]

[and] it [came] GUN-[li-]

4ID=4 --

[ GU]N‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) zianvon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) []

[GU]N-li- lengthways []

5ID=5 --

[ ][ ] kušungünstig:ABL(ABBR) uērkommen:3PL.PST

they came [] from the unfavorable side.

6ID=6 --

[ G]UN‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) uetkommen:3SG.PST

[… it] came [G]UN-li

7ID=7 --

nu=z(a)CONNn=REFL GAM‑anunten:PREV a[ran(?)Freund/Freundin:ACC.SG.C ]

and [it met a] fe[llow] (bird) ‘below’ []

8ID=8 --

[ u]šketsehen:3SG.PST.IMPF

[he s]aw []

9ID=9 --

n=anCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.ACC GAMunten:ADV GIŠ‑ruwiHolz:D/L.SG U[GU?hinauf:ADV ]

and [] it down the tree/wood, a[bove]

10ID=10 --

n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRwieder:ADV UGUhinauf:ADV uetkommen:3SG.PST

[] and it came in the back up 〈 〉1

11ID=11 --

[ ]

[]

12ID=12 --

n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM zianvon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) GUN‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) ue[t]kommen:3SG.PST

and it cam[e] lengthways GUN-li-.

13ID=13 --

[ p]eanvor:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅‑zarechts:HITT.ABL uetkommen:3SG.PST

[… it] came in front from the favorable side

14ID=14 --

EGIRwieder:ADV UGU‑y[a‑(?)hinauf:ADV=CNJadd ]

[an]d in the back up []

blank paragraph, four lines

Abschnitt 2ID=2: (obv.?) §2´. Lost

15ID=15 --

[ ]‑maya‑… [ ]

[][]

obv.? breaks off

Abschnitt 3ID=3: (rev.?) §3´. Oracle report: augur Piyama

16ID=16 --

[UM‑M]Afolgendermaßen:ADV mpiyamaPiyam(m)a:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM)

[Thu]s (says) Piyama:

17ID=17 --

SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST.MP

“it was confirmed”.

This sentence is incomplete, or non-standard; we expect “came in the back up from the favorable side” (SIG₅-za). For similar occurrences, see the text KUB 52.75 (CTH 573.71), obv. 9´; rev. 17´, 18´, 22´, 23´.
Editio ultima: Textus 2024-05-29; Traductionis 2025-08-12