The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Birgit Christiansen

Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 532.2 (INTR 2024-07-02)


CTH 532.2

Hittite fragment of lunar eclipse omens

introductio



Short description

CTH 532.2 is a small and worn fragment in New Script (KBo 34.118) with remnants of lunar eclipse omens.

Texts

Manuscript AKBo 34.1184/cBk. E

Literature from the Konkordanz

  • K.K. Riemschneider, DBH 12, 2004: 160f.

General information

The term aki, ‘he/she/it will die’, at the end of l. col. 3′ makes it likely that this fragment belonged to CTH 532.3, the abraded surface resembles CTH 532.3C (KBo 34.111+). The throne (GIŠGU.ZA; GIŠŠÚ.A.AN), which is readable in l. col. 8′ appears repeatedly in the apodoses of month six and seven in CTH 532.3, but the omens of this fragment do not seem to match.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=2.1Eclipses in unknown month
Section 2ID=2.2Eclipses in unknown month
Section 3ID=2.3Eclipses in unknown month

History of Publication

The tablet was copied by H. Otten and C. Rüster in KBo 34. An edition is offered by Riemschneider K.K. 2004a: 161-162.

Paleography and Handwriting

A: New Script: Barely enough remains to make a reliable analysis. l. col. 5′ seems to have young AG, which is common in texts of the type IIIb, but already appears earlier in New Script.

Editio ultima: 2024-07-02