Partitura CTH 573.17

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.17 (TX 2024-10-28; TRde 2025-08-06)

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CTH 573.17

Bird oracle for an angry deity

partitura

1Oracle question: an angry deity

3Oracle report: ‘behind the road’

4Augural response

Abschnitt 1ID=1: Oracle question: an angry deity
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1ID=1	--	[… …]… TUKU‑tiZorn:D/L.SG SI×SÁ‑atordnen:3SG.PST	[…] it was confirmed (that) [a deity …] is in anger.
1ID=1	A	obv. ] blank ¬¬¬ obv. 1′ ]x TUKU‑tiZorn:D/L.SG ⸢SI×SÁ⸣‑atordnen:3SG.PST
2ID=2	--	[… Ú‑U]L?nicht:NEG kuitkiirgendwie:INDadv TUKU.TUKU?‑wa[nza]zornig:PTCP.NOM.SG.C	[… if … he/she] is not at all in anger:
2ID=2	A	obv. 1′ [ obv. 2′ Ú‑U]L?nicht:NEG ku‑it‑kiirgendwie:INDadv TUKU.⸢TUKU?⸣‑u‑a[n?‑za]zornig:PTCP.NOM.SG.C
3ID=3	--	[…]	[Let the birds exclude (it)].1
3ID=3	A	obv. 3′
Abschnitt 2ID=2: Oracle report
4ID=4	--	[…‑a]n GUN‑lian(Orakelterminus):ADV NI‑M[UR]sehen:1PL.PST	We saw [a … bird] GUN-lian
4ID=4	A	obv. 3′ ‑a]n? GUN‑⸢li₁₂⸣‑an(Orakelterminus):ADV NI‑M[UR]sehen:1PL.PST
5ID=5	--	[… ue]tkommen:3SG.PST	[… it ca]me […]
5ID=5	A	obv. 4′ ú‑e]t?kommen:3SG.PST
6ID=6	--	n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM panvon jener Seite:ADV(ABBR) tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pai[t]gehen:3SG.PST	and it flew diagonally tar(uya)li-
6ID=6	A	obv. 4′ na‑ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM pa‑anvon jener Seite:ADV(ABBR) tar‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pa‑i[t]gehen:3SG.PST
7ID=7	--	[…] NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST	We saw [a … bird …],
7ID=7	A	obv. 5′ ] NI‑MURsehen:1PL.PST
8ID=8	--	n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRwieder:ADV GAMunten:ADV [kušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) uet]kommen:3SG.PST	and it [came] in the back down [from the unfavorable side].
8ID=8	A	obv. 5′ na‑aš‑kánCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk EGIRwieder:ADV GAMunten:ADV [ku‑ušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):ABL(ABBR) ú‑et]kommen:3SG.PST
9ID=9	--	[…]	[…]
9ID=9	A	obv. 6′
10ID=10	--	[… ar]amnantan(Orakelvogel):ACC.SG.C tarli[an(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑MUR]sehen:1PL.PST	[We saw an ar]amnant- bird tar(uya)li[an],
10ID=10	A	obv. 6′ a‑r]a?‑⸢am⸣‑na‑an‑⸢ta⸣‑an(Orakelvogel):ACC.SG.C tar‑⸢li₁₂⸣‑[an?(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑MUR]sehen:1PL.PST 1
11ID=11	--	[…]	[…]
11ID=11	A	obv. 7′
Abschnitt 3ID=3: Oracle report: ‘behind the road’
12ID=12	--	[E]GIRhinter:POSP KASKAL‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM)	Behind the road:
12ID=12	A	obv. 7′ E]GIRhinter:POSP KASKAL‑NIWeg:D/L.SG(UNM)
13ID=13	--	TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) tarlia[n(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑MUR]sehen:1PL.PST	[we saw] an eagle tar(uya)lian
13ID=13	A	obv. 7′ TI₈MUŠENAdler:NOM.SG(UNM) tar‑li₁₂‑a[n(Orakelterminus):ADV(ABBR) NI‑MUR]sehen:1PL.PST
14ID=14	--	[…]	[…]
14ID=14	A	obv. 8′ ]
15ID=15	--	n=ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte (Abk. für takšan):PREV arḫaweg-:PREV p[ait]gehen:3SG.PST	and it f[lew] away in the middle.
15ID=15	A	obv. 8′ na‑ašCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM 2‑anin der Mitte (Abk. für takšan):PREV ar‑ḫaweg-:PREV p[a?‑it]gehen:3SG.PST
Abschnitt 4ID=4: Augural response
16ID=16	--	[…]	[Thus (says) …]:
16ID=16	A	obv. 9′
17ID=17	--	[arḫa=wa]weg-:PREV=QUOT pešše[rwerfen:3PL.PST …]	[“they ex]cluded it”.
17ID=17	A	obv. 9′ ar‑ḫa‑wa]weg-:PREV=QUOT pé‑eš‑še[rwerfen:3PL.PST
18ID=18	--	[…] blank […]	[…]
18ID=18	A	obv. 10′ ] blank [
19ID=19	--	[… …]… …[… …]	[…]
19ID=19	A	obv. 11′ ]x x[ rev. blank as far as preserved
rev. blank as far as preserved

Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 472.

Tentative; see also Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 472. Based on the negative wording of obv. 2´ (“… not at all …”), the formula “Let the birds exclude it” typically follows, rather than “Let the birds confirm it”. This restoration seems also more likely based on the response at obv. 9´ (“they excluded it”) – a ‘positive’ outcome in this case, as this was the expected answer. Although this pattern applies in most cases, the alternative restoration, yielding a ‘negative’ meaning of the response, cannot be ruled out.

Editio ultima: Textus 2024-10-28; Traductionis 2025-08-06