Introductio CTH 573.98

The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Kontakt

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.98 (INTR 2025-08-12)

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CTH 573.98

Fragment with bird oracle by Kurša-Kuruntiya

introductio

■ Kurzbeschreibung

■ Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

■ Inhaltsübersicht

■ History of publication

■ Tablet characteristics

■ Palaeography and handwriting

■ Historical context

Kurzbeschreibung

Fragment of a bird oracle report, carried out by the augur Kurša-Kuruntiya.

KUB 49.58

Bo 7086

Ḫattuša

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

J. Tischler, DBH 52, 2019: 88f.
Y. Sakuma, Diss., 2009: II 356f.

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1

History of publication

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

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II 356-357.

Transliteration: Tischler J. 2019a, 88-89.

Tablet characteristics

Small fragment spanning part of seven lines of text. The tablet breaks off along a paragraph line.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: AL, LI.

Historical context

The augur Kurša-Kuruntiya appears in several oracle reports: bird oracles KBo 40.49 (CTH 573.2) and KUB 49.58 (CTH 573.98); combined oracles KUB 5.25, KBo 53.110+ (KIN and augury), KUB 16.58, KUB 16.77, KUB 18.26, KUB 18.29 (extispicy, KIN and augury), KBo 2.6+ (extispicy, KIN, augury and MUŠENḪURRI oracles, concerning Arma-Tarḫunta and Šaušgatti). For a complete list of attestations, see Sakuma Y. 2009b, II 710.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-12