The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 581.31 (INTR 2025-04-14)


CTH 581.31

Letter with extispicy reports

introductio



Kurzbeschreibung

Fragment of approximately the bottom half of a letter with extispicy report(s). The first oracular question is not preserved. The preserved question (obv. 7´-11´) concerns the safety of the king during his journeys throughout the year. The consultation of the entrails aims at excluding negative ‘signs’ (obv. 10´).

Texte

Exemplar ADAAM 1.91Kp 17/61Kayalıpınar

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1§1. (broken)
Abschnitt 2ID=2§2. Control oracle: extispicy
Abschnitt 3ID=3§3. Oracle concerning the winter journeys of the king: extispicy
Abschnitt 4ID=4§4. Control oracle: extispicy

History of publication

Handcopy: E. Rieken (DAAM 1, Rieken E. 2019a).

Since a photograph of this tablet was not yet available when this text edition was completed, our reading relies on the handcopy.

Tablet characteristics

Narrow and long tablet, probably written only on the obverse (the reverse is blank as far as preserved).

Palaeography and handwriting

LNS (sjh.); diagnostic signs: AḪ, DA, E, EN, KI.

Editio ultima: 2025-04-14