Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

CTH 532

Lunar eclipse omens

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Kurzbeschreibung

With 35 tablets and fragments, omens concerning lunar eclipses (CTH 532) constitute the single largest group of omen manuscripts from Ḫattuša, not counting liver models. Laroche’s catalog and its online successor distinguish between lunar eclipse omens (CTH 532) and omens concerning other lunar phenomena (CTH 533). This distinction is largely upheld by the texts, although some tablets contain eclipse omens as well as other observations, such as the moon's color (e. g., KUB 8.9+/CTH 532.8). This distinction follows the later sorting of tablets in the first chapter of Enūma Anu Enlil: Tablets 1–14 of the chapter ‘Sîn’ deal with a variety of lunar phenomena, while tablets 15–22 deal with lunar eclipses. Apart from three Akkadian texts (KBo 13.27+ (CTH 532.6); KBo 8.6 (CTH 532.7); KUB 4.64+ (CTH 532.12)), the remaining fragments are all in Hittite.

The fragments represent at most thirteen texts. KBo 34.119 (CTH 532.4) is possibly another manuscript of KBo 8.128 and its duplicates (CTH 532.5). The Akkadian fragment KBo 8.6 (CTH 532.7) could be an Akkadian original of that textual tradition, but might also belong to the same text as KUB 4.64+ (CTH 532.12). Eighteen manuscripts belong to CTH 532.3, one of which, Bo 6688, remains unpublished and is to be treated by N. Aslantürk.

The manuscripts that are preserved well enough show three types of lunar eclipse omens. The first deals with lunar eclipses during the different stages of the night (CTH 532.1; CTH 532.8C; CTH 532.12; CTH 532.14). The second type observes lunar eclipses on specific days of the month throughout the year (CTH 532.3; CTH 532.8; CTH 532.13), known from Old Babylonian texts and from later second-millennium tablets from Mesopotamia, Elam, and Syria (e. g., AlT 451–452; CUSAS 18.13–14; Emar 6.652; MDP 18.258). These later became tablet 22 of the series Enūma Anu Enlil. The third type concerns eclipses in a given month (CTH 532.4; CTH 532.5; CTH 532.6). This type is found already at Mari (ARM 26.248) and later in the series iqqur īpuš.

The tablets KBo 8.47, KUB 34.7, and KUB 57.73 also contain ritual texts. They are unfortunately so fragmentary that their exact nature and relation to the omen passages cannot be determined. KUB 8.27 (CTH 532.14) is an oracle summary with lunar eclipse omens written on the margin.

Texte

Version CTH 532.1: Fragment of Hittite lunar eclipse omens during the vigils of the night (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.3: Hittite lunar eclipse omens: a forerunner to EAE 22 (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.4: Fragment of Hittite monthly lunar (eclipse?) omens (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.5: Hittite monthly lunar eclipse omens and lunar halos (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.6: Akkadian and Hittite lunar eclipse omens (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.7: Fragment of Akkadian (lunar?) eclipse omens (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.9: Fragment of Hittite lunar eclipse omens (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.10: Fragment of lunar eclipse omens (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.11: Fragments of a ritual text with passages mentioning lunar eclipses (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.12: Akkadian lunar eclipse omens (forerunner to EAE 15 and 19) (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.13: Another forerunner of EAE 22? (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.14: Mondfinsternis (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1.1Eclipses during different stages of the night
Abschnitt 2ID=3.1First month
Abschnitt 3ID=3.2Second month
Abschnitt 4ID=3.3Third month
Abschnitt 5ID=3.4Fourth month
Abschnitt 6ID=3.5Fifth month
Abschnitt 7ID=Col3AColophon Ex. A (KUB 34.11)
Abschnitt 8ID=Col3NColophon Ex. N (CHDS 5.146)
Abschnitt 9ID=3.6Sixth month
Abschnitt 10ID=3.7Seventh month
Abschnitt 11ID=3.8Eighth month
Abschnitt 12ID=3.9Ninth month
Abschnitt 13ID=3.10Tenth month
Abschnitt 14ID=3.11Eleventh month
Abschnitt 15ID=3.12Twelfth month
Abschnitt 16ID=3.13Thirteenth month
Abschnitt 17ID=Col3L1?Colophon Exemplar L? (KBo 34.114+)
Abschnitt 18ID=3.14Unplaceable traces I
Abschnitt 19ID=3.15Unplaceable traces L; perhaps month 11?
Abschnitt 20ID=3.16Exemplar B: Ritual fragments
Abschnitt 21ID=3.17Exemplar F: Ritual fragments
Abschnitt 22ID=4.1Fifth month
Abschnitt 23ID=4.2Sixth month
Abschnitt 24ID=4.3Seventh month
Abschnitt 25ID=4.4Ninth month
Abschnitt 26ID=4.5Tenth month
Abschnitt 27ID=4.6Eleventh month
Abschnitt 28ID=4.7Twelfth month
Abschnitt 29ID=5.1Lunar halos
Abschnitt 30ID=5.2Fragmentary lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 31ID=5.3Eclipses in months 1–12
Abschnitt 32ID=6.1Terrestrial omens
Abschnitt 33ID=6.2Unclear traces
Abschnitt 34ID=6.3Monthly lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 35ID=Col6AColophon exemplar A (KUB 29.9)
Abschnitt 36ID=Col6BColophon exemplar B (KBo 13.27+)
Abschnitt 37ID=7.1Fragments of Akkadian lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 38ID=8.1First month
Abschnitt 39ID=8.2Second month
Abschnitt 40ID=8.3Third month
Abschnitt 41ID=8.4Fourth month
Abschnitt 42ID=8.5Eight month?
Abschnitt 43ID=8.6Ninth month?
Abschnitt 44ID=8.7Eclipses during the vigils of the night
Abschnitt 45ID=8.8Appearence and movement of the moon during the vigils
Abschnitt 46ID=8.9Movement of the moon
Abschnitt 47ID=8.10Fragmentary terrestrial omens?
Abschnitt 48ID=8.11Colophon Ex. E
Abschnitt 49ID=8.11Unplaced traces
Abschnitt 50ID=9.1Fragments of lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 51ID=10.1Fragments of lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 52ID=11.1Fragments of a ritual text
Abschnitt 53ID=11.2Lunar halo omen?
Abschnitt 54ID=11.3Unclear text concerning lunar eclipses and the gods
Abschnitt 55ID=12.1Eclipses in different cardinal directions
Abschnitt 56ID=12.2Eclipses during the night watches
Abschnitt 57ID=12.3Fragments of eclipse omens
Abschnitt 58ID=12.4Light phenomena during the eclipse?
Abschnitt 59ID=13.1Fragments of lunar eclipse omens
Editio ultima: 2024-07-02