Introductio CTH 573.12

The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Kontakt

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.12 (INTR 2025-08-06)

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CTH 573.12

Bird oracle fragment

introductio

■ Kurzbeschreibung

■ Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

■ Inhaltsübersicht

■ History of publication

■ Palaeography and handwriting

■ Linguistic characteristics

Kurzbeschreibung

A small fragment of bird oracle, difficult to read due to the abraded surface.

KBo 63.58

315/f

Bk. E

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

Y. Sakuma, Diss., 2009: II 527f.

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1	§1´
Abschnitt 2ID=2	§2´

History of publication

Handcopy: F. Fuscagni (KBo 63, Fuscagni F. 2015a).

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 527-528.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); the fragment is minute and poorly preserved for a palaeographic analysis, with no diagnostic signs available.

Linguistic characteristics

[ḫ]uwa (line 8´): for other examples of stem forms with bird names (especially with the name ḫuwa) see the discussion in CTH 573.86, Introductio. Based on a the existing parallels, the form in line 8´ should be considered correct.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-06