Introductio CTH 573.84

Fragment containing bird oracles. Portions of two augural responses are preserved, both attributed to the augur Mašduriandu. No information survives regarding the matter investigated.

Texte

Exemplar A

KUB 49.32

Bo 5202

Ḫattuša

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

J. Tischler, DBH 52, 2019: 54f.
Y. Sakuma, Diss., 2009: II 319f.

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1	l.c. §1´ (lost)
Abschnitt 2ID=2	r.c. §2´. Oracle by Mašduriandu (largely lost)
Abschnitt 3ID=3	r.c. §3´. Oracle by Mašduriandu, unknown topic
Abschnitt 4ID=4	r.c. §4´. Oracle (largely lost)

History of publication

Handcopy: A. Archi (KUB 49, Archi A. 1979e).

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II 319-320.

Transliteration: Tischler J. 2019a, 54-55.

Tablet characteristics

Fragment of a two-columned tablet. Writing is preserved only on one side; the best-preserved portion of the text contains approximately one-third of thirteen lines from the right column.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: E, ḪAR, KI (LNS? r.c. 4´), TAR.

Historical context

The augur Mašduriandu is attested in a few other oracle texts, including the bird oracle reports CTH 573.70, 573. 88, 573.96, and in combined oracle reports (KUB 5.24 and KUB 16.31+; with SU, KIN and bird oracles). See a list of the attestations in Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 710.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-12