The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Birgit Christiansen

Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 533.1 (INTR 2026-03-06)


CTH 533.1

A fragment with Hittite lunar omens

introductio



Short description

CTH 533.1 is a fragment mentioning lunar eclipses.

Texts

Manuscript AKUB 34.8201/aBk. A

Literature from the Konkordanz

  • K.K. Riemschneider, DBH 12, 2004: 116

History of publication

The tablet was copied by H. Ehelolf (KUB 34) and edited by Riemschneider K.K. 2004a: 116.

Tablet characteristics

A: A small trapezoidal fragment with spacious paragraphs.

Palaeography and handwriting

A: Middle or New Script

General information

Only thirteen signs remain in, Middle or New Script. The text definitely deals with lunar eclipses but, as already observed by Riemschneider, the eclipses are likely part of the apodosis and thus this fragment is strictly speaking not a lunar eclipse tablet, but could belong to any astral omen type in which eclipses can appear in the apodosis, such as KBo 13.20, KUB 8.26+, and KUB 8.30. The sign traces here do not fit any other passage, unfortunately. Noteworthy is the co-occurrence of D30 and DEN.ZU in the fragment. Since the group CTH 560 is reserved for unclassfiable omen fragments and this fragment is clearly a celestial omen text, the text has been left in CTH 533.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1Fragmentary celestial omens
Editio ultima: 2026-03-06