Partitura CTH 549.2

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Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 549.2 (TX 2024-07-01; TRde 2024-07-01)

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CTH 549.2

Fragment with Akkadian KI.GUB-omens

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1Observation of weapon marks on the ‘position’

Abschnitt 1ID=2.1: Observation of weapon marks on the ‘position’
1ID=1	--	[… …‑a]n?	[… …]…
1ID=1	A	1′ [ ‑a]n?
2ID=2	--	šumma šarra? ilī(?) […]	Alternatively: The gods will […] the king.
2ID=2	A	1′ ⸢UD LUGAL? DINGIRMEŠ⸣(?) [ ¬¬¬
3ID=3	--	[… …]‑ši	[… …]…
3ID=3	A	2′ [ ]x‑ši
4ID=4	--	ilum rēṣū[t … illak]	The deity will [come] to help […].
4ID=4	A	2′ DINGIR‑lum re‑ṣú‑[ut ] ¬¬¬
5ID=5	--	[…] ṣabiṭ	[…] seizes […]:
5ID=5	A	3′ [ ] DAB‑iṭ
6ID=6	--	ūlū umm[ānu? …]	Either the arm[y …]
6ID=6	A	3′ ú‑lu um‑m[a‑nu?
7ID=7	--	[… a]rbūtam illakū	[or …] will [f]lee.1
7ID=7	A	4′ [ a]r‑⸢bu⸣‑tam DU.DU ¬¬¬
8ID=8	--	[… šakin]ma	[… li]es […]
8ID=8	A	5′ [ GAR]‑ma
9ID=9	--	bāb ekalli […]	and […] the ‘palace gate’:
9ID=9	A	5′ KÁ É.GAL [
10ID=10	--	[…] šarru i‑[… …]	[…] the king …[… …].
10ID=10	A	6′ [ ] LUGAL ⸢i⸣‑x[ ¬¬¬
11ID=11	--	[šumma ina rēš m]anzāzi [kakku šakinma]	[If a weapon lies on the top] of the [‘p]osition’
11ID=11	A	7′ [UD ŠÈ SAG K]I.GUB [GIŠTUKUL GAR‑ma
12ID=12	--	[i]na libbi ma[nzāzi …]	and [i]n the middle of the ‘p[osition’ …]:
12ID=12	A	7′ Š]È ŠÀ KI.[GUB
13ID=13	--	[amēlu e]li bēl dabā[bīš]u [izzaz]	[The client] will [overcome] his legal adversary.2
13ID=13	A	8′ [LÚ? U]GU EN INI[M‑š]ú? [GUB‑az] ¬¬¬
14ID=14	--	[šumma ina] rēš manzāzi kakku šakinma	[If] a weapon lies [on] the top of the ‘position’
14ID=14	A	9′ [UD ŠÈ] SAG KI.GUB GIŠTUKUL GAR‑ma
15ID=15	--	ina rēš? [… …]‑šam qûm ṣabit	and a filament seizes the […] at the top3 of […]:
15ID=15	A	9′ ŠÈ SAG‑eš₁₅? 1 [ 10′ [ ]x‑šam qù‑um ṣa‑a‑bi‑it
16ID=16	--	šarram […]	The king […]
16ID=16	A	10′ LUGAL‑am [ ¬¬¬
17ID=17	--	[… …]…[… … arka]t? manzāzi šakinma	[… …]… lies [… behin]d the ‘position’
17ID=17	A	11′ [ ]x[ EGI]R? ⸢KI⸣.GUB GAR‑ma
18ID=18	--	[…]	and […]
18ID=18	A	11′ [
19ID=19	--	[… na]kru […]	[… the en]emy […]
19ID=19	A	12′ [ LÚ]KÚR
20ID=20	--	[…]	[…]
20ID=20	A	13′ [ ] ¬¬¬ text breaks off
text breaks off

The sign rather looks like -ṣú- in 2′, but after a genitive we’d expect -šu.

The writing DU.DU for illak is found regularly in the Boghazköy-texts (e. g. KBo 36.47, rev. III 8’). It is also found in Middle Babylonian omens from Susa (MDP 57.6, IV 44).

The phrasesilurēṣūt X illak, X arbūtamillak, and awīluelibēlawātīšuizzazare common in second-millennium extispicy omens(KAL 5.42, obv. II 5 (weapon)); KAL 5.60-61, obv. 16’(lungs); YOS 10.33, 32 (finger).The fragmentary state of the tablet unfortunately makes it difficult to find entirely identical omens elsewhere.

The sign read iš/eš₁₅ in SAG-eš₁₅? looks the same as ṣú in l. 2′, but after a preposition, the form rēšīšu is expected. The plene spelling ṣa-a-bi-itin the stative is also unexpected. Short vowels in plene writing are occasionally found in Southern Old Babylonian and Sealand omen texts (George A.R. 2013a: 54.89.137). Other instances of unexpected in-word plene spellings are e. g. KUB 4.66 col. ii7.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-07-01; Traductionis 2024-07-01