The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.85 (INTR 2025-08-12)


CTH 573.85

Bird oracles by Piyammu

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Kurzbeschreibung

One of the fragmentary reports in this tablet of bird oracles is attributed to the augur Piyammu, while in the others the augur’s name is lost.

One report may refer to KI.LAM (kolon 8), likely in reference to ‘the market’ as a place name, rather than the homonymous major festival. However, the reading remains difficult.

Another report mentions a woman by name, though it is fragmentary (Da[…], k. 17), while another refers to the Tawananna (k. 43), the Hittite Queen or Queen Mother.

Additionally, one oracle mentions ‘separation’, but the context remains unclear (k. 33; see note n. 1 to the translation).

Texte

Exemplar AKUB 49.38Bo 5357Ḫattuša

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

  • J. Tischler, DBH 52, 2019: 61-63
  • Y. Sakuma, Diss., 2009: II 328-328-330

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1obv. I §1´. Oracle (fragmentary)
Abschnitt 2ID=2obv. I §2´. Oracle by Piyammu, concerning the market(?)
Abschnitt 3ID=3obv. I §3´. Oracle concerning a woman, Da[…] (fragmentary)
Abschnitt 4ID=4rev. IV §4´. Oracle, unknown topic
Abschnitt 5ID=5rev. IV §5´. Oracle, about ‘separation’
Abschnitt 6ID=6rev. IV §6´. Oracle, ‘for the Tawan[nanna …]’

History of publication

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

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II 328-330.

Transliteration: Tischler J. 2019a, 61-63.

Tablet characteristics

Fragment with the central portion of one column of text, preserved both in the obverse and reverse.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: AḪ, DA, E, ḪAR, LI, TAR.

Historical context

The augur Piyammu (or Piyamu) appears in several bird oracle reports, including CTH 573.8, 573.16, 573.63, 573.80 and 573.87. See Sakuma Y. 2009b, II 711 for the attestations.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-12