Transcriptio CTH 581.21

Abschnitt 1ID=1: (Fragment KUB 49.4) obv. §1´
1ID=1	--	[… …]‑nina […]	[…] … […]
2ID=2	--	[…] … kipi‑[… …]	[…] … […]
3ID=3	--	[… …]‑āll[i‑… …]	[…] … […]
Abschnitt 2ID=2: obv. §2´
4ID=4	--	[… I‑N]A? U[D?Tag:D/L.SG …]	O[n the second] day […]
5ID=5	--	[… I‑NA] UDTag:D/L.SG 3K[AM?drei:QUANcar …]	[… on] the third day […]
6ID=6	--	[…] TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) …[… …]	[…] An eagle […]
7ID=7	--	[…] araḫza(nach) draußen:ADV IṢ‑B[AT(?)packen:3SG.PST …]	[…] it seized it outside1 […
8ID=8	--	[… …]‑iedi EGIRhinter:PREV …[… …]	[…] … back […]
9ID=9	--	[…] šarāhinauf:ADV S[IG₅gute (Seite):ADV …]	[…] up [from the] favor[able side …]
Abschnitt 3ID=3: obv. §3´
10ID=10	--	uniya=ma=mujener, der da:=CNJadd=CNJctr=PPRO.1SG.DAT} ku[itwelcher:REL.NOM.SG.N; welcher:REL.ACC.SG.N …] ḫatrāešmitteilen:2SG.PST	But also that [matter2 …] about wh[ich] you wrote to me,
11ID=11	--	2?‑[… …]	Two […]
12ID=12	--	ammukich:PPROa.1SG.DAT/ACC; ich:PPROa.1SG.NOM ašt[a‑… …]	I/to me … […]
13ID=13	--	URUparmin[a‑… …]	Parmin[assa …]
14ID=14	--	… …[… …]	[…] … […]
obv. breaks off
Abschnitt 4ID=4: rev. §4´
15ID=15	--	[…] … […]	[…] … […]
16ID=16	--	I‑NA EG[IR?hinter:D/L.SG …]	in … […]
17ID=17	--	SIG₅‑ingut:ADV u[šketteni(?)sehen:2PL.PRS.IMPF …]	[you keep see]ing positively/well […]
18ID=18	--	kuwapiirgendwo:INDadv pidd[a‑… …]	anywhere run[n- …]
19ID=19	--	DUMU.MUNUSMEŠTochter:NOM.PL(UNM) MA‑ḪARvor:D/L.SG_vor:POSP; vor:D/L.PL_vor:POSP …[… …]	the daughters, in the presence of […]
20ID=20	--	nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) ḫa[ndāndu]ordnen:3PL.IMP	let the birds con[firm (it) (by oracle)].
Abschnitt 5ID=5: rev. §5´
21ID=21	--	[a]nda=madarin:ADV=CNJctr mānwenn:CNJ […]	Moreover, if […]
22ID=22	--	[ḫa]ndaittaordnen:3SG.PST.MP; ordnen:2SG.PST.MP […]	[it was co]nfirmed.
23ID=23	--	[… …]… Ú‑ULnicht:NEG MA‑ḪARvor:D/L.PL_vor:POSP DUMU.MUN[USMEŠTochter:D/L.PL(UNM); Tochter:ACC.PL(UNM) …]	[…] … not in the presence of the daughte[rs].
Abschnitt 6ID=6: rev. §6´
24ID=24	--	[an]da=madarin:ADV=CNJctr DINGIRMEŠGott:NOM.PL(UNM) kuw[apiirgendwo:INDadv …]	Moreover, anywhere the gods […]
25ID=25	--	[n]=an=šanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.ACC=OBPs […]	[and …] him/her […]
26ID=26	--	[… …]… EGIR‑a[ndanach:ADV …]	back […]
27ID=27	--	[… …]… URUk[i‑… …]	the town of K[i-…]
28ID=28	--	[… …]…[… …]	[…]
rev. breaks off
Abschnitt 7ID=7: (Fragment KUB 49.6; indirect join?) §1´
29ID=29	--	[… …]… …[… …]	[…]
30ID=30	--	[… …]…‑iš na‑[… … …]… …[… …]	[…]
31ID=31	--	[… …]… taruyalliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C [ ]	[…] taruyalli- [ ].
Abschnitt 8ID=8: §2´
32ID=32	--	[… …] kiššanin dieser Weise:DEMadv arḫaweg-:PREV ariya‑[… …]	[… it was] determi[ned] by oracle as follows:
33ID=33	--	[… …]… ḫandāntešordnen:PTCP.NOM.PL.C MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) Ú‑U[Lnicht:NEG …]	[…] the birds ‘of confirmation’ not […]
34ID=34	--	[…] DINGIRMEŠGöttlichkeit:NOM.PL(UNM) A‑NA DUMU.MUNUSTochter:D/L.SG zilatiyain Zukunft:ADV i[dālu(?)böse:NOM.SG.N … …]…	[If you] gods, for the daughter in the future [see no]3 e[vil …]
35ID=35	--	nuCONNn MUŠENḪI.AVogel:NOM.PL(UNM) ḫandānduordnen:3PL.IMP	[…] let the birds confirm (it).
Abschnitt 9ID=9: §3´
36ID=36	--	[… …]…=ma A‑NA DUMU.MUNUSTochter:D/L.SG SIG₅‑ingut:ADV; gut:ACC.SG.C uškett[enisehen:2PL.PRS.IMPF …]	[…] but [if] for the daughter you keep seeing positively […]
37ID=37	--	[… …]… … A‑BI‑ŠUVater:D/L.SG(UNM)_DEM2/3.GEN.SG Ùund:CNJadd A‑NA AMA.AM[AGroßmutter:D/L.SG …]	[… for] her father and for [her] grandmother […]
38ID=38	--	[…] DGUL‑š=aGULš-Gottheiten:DN.NOM.SG.C=CNJctr DUMU.MUNUS!?)Tochter:NOM.SG(UNM); Tochter:ACC.SG(UNM); Tochter:GEN.SG(UNM); Tochter:D/L.SG(UNM); Tochter:ABL(UNM) DINGIR.MAḪMuttergöttin:NOM.SG(UNM); Muttergöttin:ACC.SG(UNM); Muttergöttin:GEN.SG(UNM); Muttergöttin:D/L.SG(UNM); Muttergöttin:ABL(UNM) … […]	[…] the Fate goddess, the daughter, the Mother goddess […]
39ID=39	--	[…] piyanzageben:PTCP.NOM.SG.C	[…] (is) given,
40ID=40	--	nuCONNn ḫaššaš=kanEnkel:NOM.SG.C=OBPk ariankommen:3SG.PRS […]	and (there) the grandchild comes […]
41ID=41	--	[…] arḫaweg-:PREV kittaruliegen:3SG.IMP.MP	[…] shall be put away.
42ID=42	--	nuCONNn laḫla[ḫḫimaš]Erregung:GEN.SG MUŠENḪI.A]Vogel:NOM.PL(UNM) arḫaweg-:PREV peššeyanduwerfen:=; werfen:3PL.IMP=	Let the [birds] of conc[ern] exclude (it).
Abschnitt 10ID=10: §4´
43ID=43	--	[… …]‑aš GUN(Orakelterminus):ADV	[A … bird (was)] GUN;
44ID=44	--	n=aštaCONNn=OBPst pattarpal[ḫi‑… …] …	a ‘wide-win[g’ bird …]
45ID=45	--	[n]=aštaCONNn=OBPst aliyašOrakelvogel:SG.NOM.C pattarpa[lḫi‑… … IK‑Š]U?‑UDerreichen:3SG.PST	An aliya- bird [m]et a ‘wide-win[g’ bird …]4
46ID=46	--	n=at=kanCONNn=PPRO.3PL.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRhinter:PREV kattaunten:ADV […]	They [came] in the back down [from the unfavorable side]5
47ID=47	--	[… …‑i]š GUN(Orakelterminus):ADV	[A … bird (was)] GUN,
48ID=48	--	n=aštaCONNn=OBPst [… kuštay]ativom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I	and [a … bird came … from the unfavor]able side.
49ID=49	--	nuCONNn pattarp[alḫi‑… … G]UN(Orakelterminus):ADV	A ‘wide-wi[ng’ bird … (was) G]UN,
50ID=50	--	nuCONNn š[u‑… … G]UN(Orakelterminus):ADV […]	and [… G]UN.
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The exact meaning or araḫza ep- is unclear. Based on the context of another attestation, it is possible that the bird “grasps, seizes” another one only metaphorically (i.e. “reached”?), and that the sentence is idiomatic (see KUB 18.5+, obv. II 3). This formulation is attested in very few texts (other than KUB 18.5+, the fragment KBo 71.19).

Thus Goedegebuure P. 2014a, 114.

Based on the following lines.

For another analysis, see Sakuma Y. 2009b, II 668, where these are interpreted as two distinct sentences: “An alliya- bird [and] a ‘wide-win[g’ bird …] | [And … it m]et […]”.

Likely content, based on the standard formulary.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-10-10; Traductionis 2025-08-04