Tentative. Alternatively, the position
taru(yali-) does not refer to a bird flying, but to the location or direction where “it thundered”, thus: “
[…
] in the back, it thundered
taru(yali-)” (thus also
Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 614: “Es donnerte wieder im
tar.-(Bereich)”). Possibly, this event was considered significant for oracular purposes, thus the augur recorded it in his report (see
Introductio). In the corpus of Hittite augury there are no other recorded instances of thunder.