The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 532.4 (INTR 2024-07-02)


CTH 532.4

Fragment of Hittite monthly lunar eclipse omens

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Kurzbeschreibung

CTH 532.4 consists of a sole fragment of what was likely a tablet of Hittite lunar eclipse omens (A: KBo 34.119). No word for moon or eclipse is preserved, but the topics of the apodoses are found in other lunar eclipse omens such as CTH 532.3, CTH 532.5, and CTH 532.8. Other than e. g. CTH 532.3, the entries do not follow specific days, but entire months, as do the lunar eclipse omens in CTH 532.5.

Texte

Exemplar AKBo 34.119677/cBk. A

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

  • K.K. Riemschneider, DBH 12, 2004: 161f.

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=4.1Fifth month
Abschnitt 2ID=4.2Sixth month
Abschnitt 3ID=4.3Seventh month
Abschnitt 4ID=4.4Ninth month
Abschnitt 5ID=4.5Tenth month
Abschnitt 6ID=4.6Eleventh month
Abschnitt 7ID=4.7Twelfth month

History of Publication

The text was copied by H. Otten and C. Rüster in KBo 34. An edition is offered by Riemschneider K.K. 2004a: 161-163. The word a-an-za-aš-ši-i[š in obv. II 2′ has been treated by Goedegebuure P. 2002a: 66-67 and Soysal O. 2004h: 103.

Tablet characteristics

Only a small trapezoid fragment from the middle of the tablet or the left column of the tablet survives. Where the tablet is intact, the surface is in good condition, but traces of textile give it a slightly smudged appearance.

Paleography and Handwriting

A: New Script IIIa: E has equally high verticals, ḪAR has its horizontals mostly outside, ID has equally long horizontals, and signs of the type IIIb or IIIc are missing.

General information

CTH 532.4 is a collection of Hittite monthly omens with – in all likelihood – lunar eclipse omens. The tablet probably belonged to the text CTH 532.5, but clear overlap and a word for ‘eclipse’ are missing. The text type is first found in Mari (ARM 26.248) and later in iqqurīpuš §§67-80. The apodoses are concerned with rain, flooding, and the harvest.

Editio ultima: 2024-07-02