Transcriptio CTH 581.31

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 581.31 (transcr. 2024-10-22; TRde 2025-08-05)

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CTH 581.31

Letter with extispicy reports

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Abschnitte

1§1. (broken)

2§2. Control oracle: extispicy

3§3. Oracle concerning the winter journeys of the king: extispicy

4§4. Control oracle: extispicy

Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1. (broken)
break of ca. five lines
1ID=1	--	…[… …]	[…]
2ID=2	--	nuCONNn […]	and […]
3ID=3	--	keWohlbefinden:NOM.SG(ABBR) […] blank line	ke(ldi-) […].
Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2. Control oracle: extispicy
4ID=4	--	nuCONNn IGI‑dagegenüber:ADV SA[G.KIVorderseite:ACC.SG(UNM) …] TEMEŠOpferschaubefund:ACC.PL(UNM) ER‑wenbitten:1PL.PST	As countercheck, for confirmation,1 we interrogated the exta:
5ID=5	--	ni(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG(ABBR) š[i](Orakelterminus):NOM.SG(ABBR) keWohlbefinden:NOM.SG(ABBR)	ni(pašuri-), ši(ntaḫi-), ke(ldi-).
6ID=6	--	10zehn:QUANcar ŠÀDIRDarmwindungen:NOM.PL(UNM)	Ten coils.
7ID=7	--	SIG₅gut:NOM.SG(UNM)	Favorable.
Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3. Oracle concerning the winter journeys of the king: extispicy
8ID=8	--	DUTU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN kēdanidieser:DEM1.D/L.SG MU‑TIJahr; zum Jahr gehörig:D/L.SG(UNM) kuedaniwelcher:REL.D/L.SG immagerade:ADV kuedaniwelcher:REL.D/L.SG laḫḫiyaezziins Feld ziehen:3SG.PRS	Wherever His Majesty goes on a journey this year
9ID=9	--	nuCONNn D[UTU‑ŠI(?)]‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN ŠA GIŠTUKULWerkzeug:GEN.SG GÙB‑tarLinksheit:ACC.SG.N GAMunten:ADV ULnicht:NEG daisetzen:3SG.PRS	an unfavorable (oracular) sign2 will not bring down [His Majesty].
10ID=10	--	nuCONNn TEMEŠOpferschaubefund:NOM.PL(UNM) SIG₅‑ruin Ordnung bringen; gut werden:3SG.IMP.MP	Let the exta be favorable:
11ID=11	--	ni(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG(ABBR) ši(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG(ABBR) taVerdickung(?):NOM.SG(ABBR)	ni(pašuri-), ši(ntaḫi-), ta(nani-).
12ID=12	--	Selektion pruefen ŠA irliš(beschreibt Krankheitsbilder):{a → GEN.SG}{b → GEN.PL}:NOM.SG.C(ABBR); (beschreibt Krankheitsbilder):GEN.SG GIŠTUKULWerkzeug:NOM.SG(UNM) ZAG‑ašrechts:GEN.SG; rechts:GEN.PL; rechts:D/L.PL	The ‘weapon’ of the ir(kipel)li to the right.
13ID=13	--	KASKAL‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM) ŠÀInneres:NOM.SG(UNM) zulkišVertiefung(?):HURR.ERG\|\|HITT.NOM.SG.C	On the road, in its center (a) zulki-.
14ID=14	--	SIG₅gut:NOM.SG(UNM)	Favorable.
15ID=15	--	12zwölf:QUANcar ŠÀDIRDarmwindungen:NOM.PL(UNM)	Twelve coils.
16ID=16	--	SIG₅gut:NOM.SG(UNM)	Favorable.
Abschnitt 4ID=4: §4. Control oracle: extispicy
17ID=17	--	[n]uCONNn IGI‑dagegenüber:ADV SAG.KIVorderseite:ACC.SG(UNM) …[… … TE]MEŠOpferschaubefund:NOM.PL(UNM) ER‑wenbitten:1PL.PST	As countercheck, for confirmation, we interrogated the exta:
18ID=18	--	ni(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG(ABBR) ši(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG(ABBR) […]	ni(pašuri-), ši(ntaḫi-), […]
19ID=19	--	[… …]… ZI‑[… …]	[…] … […]
20ID=20	--	[… …]…[… …]	[…]
rev. blank as far as preserved

Phraseological. The complete formula is: IGI-anda SAG.KI-anza DAB-anna(š), also attested in shortened forms.

Lit. “left-ness of (a) ‘weapon’”. For the meaning of ‘weapon/tool’ in reference to an oracle, and the parallel usage of Akk. kakku as ‘sign’, see Moore G.C. 1981a, 49-52 and Hout Th.P.J. van den 1998c, 11. For this usage of GIŠTUKUL see also obv. 12´. This sentence can be also understood as a direct question: “… will an unfavorable (oracular) sign not bring down [His Majesty]?”

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-10-22; Traductionis 2025-08-05