The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.51 (INTR 2025-04-11)


CTH 573.51

Small tablet with bird oracle

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Kurzbeschreibung

Only one of the seven lines of text on this small tablet is relatively well readable (line 3), and contains the proper name of a bird found in oracle reports (ḫaštapi-). Based chiefly on this reading, we can assume the tablet contains a very brief bird oracle report, even though the rest of the text is essentially unreadable. In the second line, we might find a personal name, but the reading is tentative (mpí-am-ma), and primarily relies on the handcopy. The photographs do not clarify whether this reading is reliable.

Even if this reading is correct, connecting it to known names remains difficult: an augur named Piyammu is attested in several oracles (see Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 711 for the attestations), but the spelling differs (mpí-ia-am-mu or mpí-ya-mu).

Texte

Exemplar AKBo 43.59340/eBk. A

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1

History of publication

Handcopy: Ch. Rüster (KBo 43, Otten H. – Rüster C. 2002a).

Tablet characteristics

Minuscule squared tablet (approximately 3x4 cm), written in landscape format. Inscribed only on one side, while the reverse is blank.

Palaeography and handwriting

Undefinable. According to HPM: NS (jh.)

Editio ultima: 2025-04-11