Transcriptio CTH 573.99

The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.99 (transcr. 2025-04-04; TRde 2025-08-12)

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CTH 573.99

Bird oracle reports by the augur Mawiri, for an angry deity

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1obv. I §1´. Oracle report by Mawiri

2obv. I §2´. Follow-up oracle report: ‘that bird which …’

3rev. IV §3´. Lost

4rev, IV §4´. Oracle report: an angry(?) deity

Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. I §1´. Oracle report by Mawiri
1ID=1	--	…[… …]	… […]
2ID=2	--	mā[nwie:CNJ …]	I[f …]
3ID=3	--	[…] TUKU.T[UKU‑wanzazornig:PTCP.NOM.SG.C …]	[…] is ang[ered …]
4ID=4	--	ara[mnan‑… …]	An ara[mnant- bird …]
5ID=5	--	pattarpal[ḫi‑… …]	A ‘wide-win[g’ bird …]
6ID=6	--	maršanašš[i‑… …]	A maršanašš[i- bird …]
7ID=7	--	2zwei:QUANcar TI₈MUŠEN.ḪI.A=ma=[kanAdler:NOM.PL(UNM)=CNJctr=OBPk …]	Two eagles […]
8ID=8	--	TI₈MUŠEN=ma=kanAdler:NOM.SG(UNM)=CNJctr=OBPk E[GIRwieder:ADV …]	An eagle […] in the b[ack …]
9ID=9	--	tamaiš=ma=kananderer:INDoth.NOM.SG.C=CNJctr=OBPk […]	Another (one), however, […]
10ID=10	--	[…] arḫaweg-:PREV paitgehen:3SG.PST	[and it] flew away […].
11ID=11	--	EG[IRhinter:D/L_hinter:POSP KASKAL‑NI]Weg:D/L.SG(UNM)	Beh[ind the road]:
12ID=12	--	[…]	[…]
13ID=13	--	TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) zianvon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) ku[šungünstig:ABL(ABBR) …]	An eagle [came] lengthways from the unfa[vorable side …]1
14ID=14	--	UM‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV mmawir[i]Maw(i)ri:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM)	Thus (says) Mawir[i]:
15ID=15	--	[…]	[“they excluded (it).”]2
Abschnitt 2ID=2: obv. I §2´. Follow-up oracle report: ‘that bird which …’
16ID=16	--	unišjener:DEM3.NOM.SG.C kuišwelcher:REL.NOM.SG.C maršana[ššiš(Orakelvogel):LUW\|\|HITT.ADJG.NOM.SG.C …]	That maršana[šši-] bird which […]
17ID=17	--	[…] kušungünstig:ABL(ABBR) paitgehen:3SG.PST	[… it] flew [diagonally/lengthways] from the unfavorable side.
18ID=18	--	mān=mawie:CNJ=CNJctr DIN[GIR‑LIMGott:NOM.SG(UNM) …]	If [you, O] dei[ty …]
19ID=19	--	[…] kuitkiirgendein:INDFany.ACC.SG.N uškešisehen:2SG.PRS.IMPF	[…] you keep seeing something […]
20ID=20	--	kūšdieser:DEM1.NOM.PL.C; dieser:DEM1.ACC.PL.C […]	Those [birds(?) …].
21ID=21	--	nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) arḫaweg-:PREV peššiy[andu]werfen:3PL.IMP	[Let] the birds exclude (it).
22ID=22	--	[…]	[A … bird …]
23ID=23	--	n=aš=z(a)CONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=REFL tarlian(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) dagā[nErde:D/L.SG TUŠ‑at]sitzen:3SG.PST	and it [perched on] the ground tar(uya)lian
24ID=24	--	[… …]… …[… …]	[…] … […]
obv. I breaks off
Abschnitt 3ID=3: rev. IV §3´. Lost
25ID=25	--	[… …]… …[… …]	[…] … […]
blank paragraph, ca. nine lines
Abschnitt 4ID=4: rev, IV §4´. Oracle report: an angry(?) deity
26ID=26	--	DINGI[R‑L]IM‑tarGöttlichkeit:NOM.SG.N kuitwelcher:REL.NOM.SG.N SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST.MP	Which(ever) divine entity was confirmed (to be angry)
27ID=27	--	nuCONNn …[… …] šekkuweniwissen:1PL.PRS	[…] we [(do not)] know […],
28ID=28	--	mānwie:CNJ […] Ú‑ULnicht:NEG kuitkiirgendein:INDFany.ACC.SG.N ḪUŠ‑we[nisich fürchten:1PL.PRS …]	if, [concerning …] there is nothing we should fear […]
29ID=29	--	Ú‑ULnicht:NEG kuiškiirgendein:INDFany.NOM.SG.C ḫarz[ihaben:3SG.PRS …]	no one has/holds […]
three blank lines
rev. IV breaks off

An additional sentence was probably present in this lacuna, before the augur’s determination.

Tentative; following Sakuma Y. 2009b II, 353. A negative result might be inferred from the reference to the flight from the ‘unfavorable’ side in the following report.

Editio ultima: Textus 2025-04-04; Traductionis 2025-08-12