Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

CTH 532.4

Fragment of Hittite monthly lunar (eclipse?) omens

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Kurzbeschreibung

CTH 532.4 consists of a single 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. Unlike CTH 532.3, the entries do not follow specific days but rather 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

A: Only a small trapezoidal 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, although what might be textile traces give it a slightly smudged appearance.

Palaeography and handwriting

A: New Script: New ḪAR, with its horizontals mostly outside. Signs of the type IIIb or IIIc are missing.

General information

CTH 532.4 is a collection of Hittite monthly omens, in all likelihood lunar eclipse omens. The tablet probably belonged to the text CTH 532.5, but there is no textual overlap, and a word for ‘eclipse’ is missing. The text could theoretically be about other lunar phenomena. The text type is first found in Mari (ARM 26.248) and later in iqqur īpuš §§67-80. The apodoses concern rain, flooding, and the harvest.

Editio ultima: 2024-07-02