The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 581.5 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 581.5

Small letter concerning oracles, mentioning Nulaya and Zizu

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Kurzbeschreibung

Small quadrangular tablet with rounded edges, preserving the central portion of a letter. The address field is lost, thus we do not know the sender and receiver of this brief letter referring to oracles. The sender indicates that a report was delivered together with (or within?) this letter. Although the preserved text is difficult to interpret, it appears that the sender is requesting a consultation regarding previously obtained oracle results.

The surviving text mentions two individuals, Nulaya, a woman, and Zizu, a man, who presumably were involved with the oracle inquiry. These names are not attested in any other sources (already Hagenbuchner A. 1989a, 199).

Texte

Exemplar AKBo 18.140366/eBk. A

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

  • A. Hagenbuchner, THeth 16, 1989: 198f. (Nr. 154)

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1§1
Abschnitt 2ID=2§2
Abschnitt 3ID=3§3

History of publication

Handcopy: H.G. Güterbock (KBo 18, Güterbock H.G. 1971a).

Editions: Hagenbuchner A. 1989a, 198-199.

Translations: Güterbock H.G. 1971a, vi.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: DA, E.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-01