The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 532 (INTR 2024-07-02)


CTH 532

Lunar eclipse omens

introductio



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 (14% of all omen lists, 11% of all omen texts including 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 mostly upheld by the texts, although some tablets contain eclipse omens as well as other observations such as lunar halos (e. g. in CTH 532.5). 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. With three Akkadian exceptions (CTH 532.6; 532.7; 532.12), the fragments are all Hittite.

The fragments make up a maximum of thirteen texts. It is possible that CTH 532.2 is another manuscript of CTH 532.3, CTH 532.4 is possibly another manuscript of CTH 532.5, CTH 532.7 could perhaps belong to CTH 532.12. The latter text also shows some affinities to portions of CTH 532.8. Seventeen manuscripts belong to CTH 532.3, one of which, Bo 6688, remains unpublished and is to be treated by N. Aslantürk.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). The second type observes lunar eclipses during specific days of the month throughout the year (CTH 532.3; CTH 532.8), known from Old Babylonian texts from Mesopotamia and from later second-millennium tablets from Assyria, Elam, and Syria (e. g. CUSAS 18.13; f14, EMAR 6.652). These later become tablet 22 of the series Enūma Anu Enlil. The third type deals with eclipses in a certain month (CTH 532.4; CTH 532.5; CTH 532.6). This type is found already at Mari (ARM 26.248) and then in the later series iqqur īpuš.

Some lunar eclipse tablets also contain rituals: KBo 8.47; KUB 34.7, and KUB 57.73. They are unfortunately so fragmentary that their exact nature and relation to the omen passages cannot be determined.

Texte

Version CTH 532.1: Fragments of Hittite lunar eclipse omens during the night watches (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.2: Hittite fragment of lunar eclipse omens (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)
Version CTH 532.3: Hittite Lunar eclipse omens (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 532.8: Hittite lunar eclipse omens (forerunner to EAE 22) and lunar 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: Fragments of Hittite lunar eclipse omens (hrsg. von Mathis Kreitzscheck)

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1.1Eclipses during different stages of the night
Abschnitt 2ID=2.1Eclipses in unknown month
Abschnitt 3ID=2.2Eclipses in unknown month
Abschnitt 4ID=2.3Eclipses in unknown month
Abschnitt 5ID=3.1First month
Abschnitt 6ID=3.2Second month
Abschnitt 7ID=3.3Third month
Abschnitt 8ID=3.4Fourth month
Abschnitt 9ID=3.5Fifth month
Abschnitt 10ID=Col3AColophon Ex. A (KUB 34.11)
Abschnitt 11ID=Col3NColophon Ex. N (CHDS 5.146)
Abschnitt 12ID=3.6Sixth month
Abschnitt 13ID=3.7Seventh month
Abschnitt 14ID=3.8Eighth month
Abschnitt 15ID=3.9Ninth month
Abschnitt 16ID=3.10Tenth month
Abschnitt 17ID=3.11Eleventh month
Abschnitt 18ID=3.12Twelfth month
Abschnitt 19ID=3.13Thirteenth month
Abschnitt 20ID=Col3L1?Colophon Exemplar L? (KBo 34.114+)
Abschnitt 21ID=3.14Unplaceable traces I
Abschnitt 22ID=3.15Unplaceable traces L; perhaps month 11?
Abschnitt 23ID=3.16Exemplar B: Ritual fragments
Abschnitt 24ID=3.17Exemplar F: Ritual fragments
Abschnitt 25ID=4.1Fifth month
Abschnitt 26ID=4.2Sixth month
Abschnitt 27ID=4.3Seventh month
Abschnitt 28ID=4.4Ninth month
Abschnitt 29ID=4.5Tenth month
Abschnitt 30ID=4.6Eleventh month
Abschnitt 31ID=4.7Twelfth month
Abschnitt 32ID=5.1Lunar halos
Abschnitt 33ID=5.2Fragmentary lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 34ID=5.3Eclipses from month 1-12
Abschnitt 35ID=6.1Terrestrial omens
Abschnitt 36ID=6.2Unclear traces
Abschnitt 37ID=6.3Monthly lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 38ID=Col6AColophon exemplar A (KUB 29.9)
Abschnitt 39ID=Col6BColophon exemplar B (KBo 13.27+)
Abschnitt 40ID=7.1Fragments of Akkadian lunar eclipse omens
Abschnitt 41ID=8.1First month
Abschnitt 42ID=8.2Second month
Abschnitt 43ID=8.3Third month
Abschnitt 44ID=8.4Fourth month
Abschnitt 45ID=8.5Eighth month?
Abschnitt 46ID=8.6Ninth month?
Abschnitt 47ID=8.7Eclipses during the night watch
Abschnitt 48ID=8.8Moon horns and moon light?
Abschnitt 49ID=8.9Unplaceable 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 points
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