Introductio CTH 573.68

The best-preserved portion of this fragment with bird oracles is column III in the reverse. Here, we can read the first half of approximately fifteen lines of an oracle report by the augur Luwanza, which mentions ‘His Majesty,’ though its introductory question is largely lost. The other sections of the tablet also contained bird oracles, but very little of them survives.

Texte

Exemplar A

KUB 16.67

Bo 1441

Ḫattuša

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

Y. Sakuma, Diss., 2009: II 136-138

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1	(obv. I, §1´) largely lost
Abschnitt 2ID=2	(obv. II, §2´) bird oracles
Abschnitt 3ID=3	(rev. III, §3´) bird oracle by Luwanza, with reference to ‘His Majesty’
Abschnitt 4ID=4	(rev. III, §4´) lost

History of publication

Handcopy: A. Walther (KUB 16, Walther A. 1926a).

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 136-138 (obv I excluded).

Tablet characteristics

Central portion of a two-columned tablet, preserving parts of both the left and right columns. On the reverse, the left column (rev. IV) is uninscribed, as far as it is preserved.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: ḪAR, TAR.

Historical context

The augur Luwanza is also mentioned in the bird oracle fragment KBo 41.154, 10´ (CTH 573.20).

Editio ultima: 2025-08-11