The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 581.19 (TX 2025-08-04; TRde 2025-08-04)


CTH 581.19

Small tablet with oracle for the safety of the king

partitura



Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1

1ID=1 --

kuitmanwährend:CNJ DUTU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN []

While His Majesty [is …]

1ID=1 A

obv. ¬¬¬ obv. 1 ku‑it‑ma‑anwährend:CNJ DUTU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN x[

2ID=2 --

mān=mawenn:CNJ=CNJctr ?Quelle:NOM.SG(UNM) SAG.DUKopf:D/L.SG(UNM) DU[TU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:D/L.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN ]

If a spring1 (for?) the safety of His M[ajesty …]

2ID=2 A

obv. 2 ma‑a‑an‑mawenn:CNJ=CNJctr ?Quelle:NOM.SG(UNM) 1 SAG.DUKopf:D/L.SG(UNM) DU[TU‑ŠI‚meine Sonne‘:D/L.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN obv. 3 (whole line erased) ¬¬¬

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2

3ID=3 --

DUTU‑ŠI=kan‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN=OBPk kuedaniwelcher:REL.D/L.SG ? pa‑[ ]

In any spring which His Majesty []

3ID=3 A

obv. 4 DUTU‑ŠI‑kán‚meine Sonne‘:NOM.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1SG.GEN=OBPk ku‑e‑da‑niwelcher:REL.D/L.SG ? pa‑[

4ID=4 --

n=aš=kanCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk mānwenn:CNJ andadarin:ADV SIG₅gut:NOM.SG(UNM) []

And if he [] good into []

4ID=4 A

obv. 5 na‑aš‑kánCONNn=PPRO.3SG.C.NOM=OBPk ma‑a‑anwenn:CNJ an‑dadarin:ADV SIG₅gut:NOM.SG(UNM) [

5ID=5 --

SIG₅‑ingut:ADV uezzikommen:3SG.PRS

he comes favorably,

5ID=5 A

obv. 6 SIG₅‑inwohl:ADV ú‑ez‑zikommen:3SG.PRS

6ID=6 --

anda=kandarin:ADV=OBPk []

and into []

6ID=6 A

obv. 6 an‑da‑kándarin:ADV=OBPk [

7ID=7 --

[ ]‑niki …‑zi [ ]

[][]

7ID=7 A

obv. 7 [ ]ni?‑ki x x‑zi x[

8ID=8 --

[] ULnicht:NEG kuitkiirgendein:INDFany.NOM.SG.N;
irgendein:INDFany.ACC.SG.N;
irgendwie:INDadv
[]

[] nothing []

8ID=8 A

obv. 8 ] ULnicht:NEG ku‑it‑kiirgendein:INDFany.NOM.SG.N;
irgendein:INDFany.ACC.SG.N;
irgendwie:INDadv
[ breaks off

breaks off

Or perhaps TUKUL?
Photograph collation does not allow for a definitive reading of this sign (cf. also obv. 4). If the correct reading is not , but TUKUL, the meaning would be ‘oracle procedure; oracle sign’. For this meaning of TUKUL, see e.g. the content of DAAM 1.91, obv. 10´, 12´ (CTH 581.31).
Editio ultima: Textus 2025-08-04; Traductionis 2025-08-04

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