Partitura CTH 581.29

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 581.29 (TX 2025-08-05; TRde 2025-08-05)

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CTH 581.29

Letter of Nani and Tuwawa to the Queen, with bird oracle report

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Abschnitte

1obv. §1. Address formula

2obv. §2. Bird oracle reports

3rev. §3´. Unclear (fragmentary)

Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. §1. Address formula
1ID=1	--	[A‑N]A MUNUS.LUGALKönigin:D/L.SG BE‑EL‑TI₄‑NIHerrin:D/L.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1PL.GEN QÍ‑[BÍ‑MA]sagen:2SG.IMP_CNJ	Say to the Queen, our Lady:
1ID=1	A	obv. 1! [A‑N]A MUNUS.LUGALKönigin:D/L.SG BE‑EL‑TI₄‑NIHerrin:D/L.SG(UNM)_PPRO.1PL.GEN ⸢QÍ⸣‑[BÍ‑MA]sagen:2SG.IMP_CNJ
2ID=2	--	[U]M‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV mnāniNaniy[a:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM) Ùund:CNJadd mtūwawaTuwawa:→ PNm.NOM.SG(UNM) [ARA]DMEŠ‑KA‑MADiener:NOM.PL(UNM)_PPRO.2SG.GEN_QUOT	thus (say) Nāni and Tūwawa, your [ser]vants.
2ID=2	A	obv. 2! [U]M‑MAfolgendermaßen:ADV mna‑a‑niNaniy[a:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM) Ùund:CNJadd mtu‑u‑wa‑waTuwawa:PNm.NOM.SG(UNM) [ ] obv. 3! [ARA]DMEŠ‑KA‑MADiener:NOM.PL(UNM)_PPRO.2SG.GEN_QUOT ¬¬¬
Abschnitt 2ID=2: obv. §2. Bird oracle reports
3ID=3	--	URUḫariyašaz=kanḪariyaša:GN.ABL=OBPk arḫaweg:ADV	Away from Ḫariyaša:1
3ID=3	A	obv. 4! URUḫa‑ri‑ia‑ša‑az‑kánḪariyaša:GN.ABL=OBPk ar‑ḫaweg:ADV [ ]
4ID=4	--	aramnanza(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pariyawanvon jener Seite:ADV …[… …]	An aramnant- bird [came/flew] tar(uya)li- diagonally.
4ID=4	A	obv. 5! ⸢a⸣‑ra‑am‑na‑an‑za(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C tar‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pa‑ri‑ia‑wa‑anvon jener Seite:ADV x[ ] 1
5ID=5	--	[ḫ]aštapieš=ma=kan(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C=CNJctr=OBPk peranvor:ADV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL u[et]kommen:3SG.PST	A ḫaštapi- bird [came] in front from the favorable side.
5ID=5	A	obv. 6! [ḫ]a‑aš‑ta‑pí‑eš‑ma‑kán(Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C=CNJctr=OBPk pé‑ra‑anvor:ADV SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL ⸢ú‑[et]kommen:3SG.PST
6ID=6	--	[K]A₅.A‘Fuchsvogel’:NOM.SG(UNM) tarliš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pariyawanvon jener Seite:ADV paitgehen:3SG.PST	A ‘fox-bird’ flew tar(uya)li- diagonally.
6ID=6	A	obv. 7! [K]A₅.A‘Fuchsvogel’:NOM.SG(UNM) tar‑liš(Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pa‑ri‑ia‑wa‑anvon jener Seite:ADV pa‑itgehen:3SG.PST
7ID=7	--	[ā]lliyaš(Art Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN(Orakelterminus):ADV zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL [uet(?)]kommen:3SG.PST	An [āl]iya- bird [came] GUN, lengthways from the favorable side.
7ID=7	A	obv. 8! [a‑a]l‑li‑ia‑aš(Art Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C GUN(Orakelterminus):ADV zivon dieser Seite:ADV(ABBR) SIG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL [ú‑et(?)]kommen:3SG.PST
8ID=8	--	[… UR.B]AR.RA=ma=kanWolf:NOM.SG(UNM)=CNJctr=OBPk peranvor:ADV kušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I(ABBR) ue[t]kommen:3SG.PST	[A ‘wol]f-bird’2 came in front from the unfavorable side.
8ID=8	A	obv. 9! [ UR.B]AR.RA‑ma‑kánWolf:NOM.SG(UNM)=CNJctr=OBPk pé‑ra‑anvor:ADV ku‑ušvom/im ungünstigen (Bereich):LUW.A/I(ABBR) ú‑e[t]kommen:3SG.PST
9ID=9	--	[… …]‑man=ma=an uškewensehen:1PL.PST.IMPF	We kept watching …3 [ … ]:
9ID=9	A	obv. 10! [ ]x‑ma‑an‑ma‑an uš‑ke‑u‑ensehen:1PL.PST.IMPF
10ID=10	--	2zwei:QUANcar aramn[a‑… … …]‑za ēpperfassen:3PL.PST	two aramna[nt- birds …] took … […]
10ID=10	A	obv. 10! 2zwei:QUANcar a‑ra‑am‑n[a‑ ] obv. 11! [ ]x‑za e‑ep‑per!fassen:3PL.PST 2
11ID=11	--	nu=kanCONNn=OBPk peranvor:ADV [… S]IG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL	and (came) in front […] from the favorable side.
11ID=11	A	obv. 11! nu‑kánCONNn=OBPk pé‑ra‑anvor:ADV [ ] obv. 12! [ S]IG₅‑zavon der guten Seite:HITT.ABL
12ID=12	--	ālliyaš(Art Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C tarlišStorch(?):NOM.PL.C; (Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pa[it]gehen:3SG.PST	An ālliya- bird fl[ew] tar(uya)li-
12ID=12	A	obv. 12! a‑al‑li‑ia‑aš(Art Orakelvogel):NOM.SG.C tar‑lišStorch(?):NOM.PL.C; (Orakelterminus):NOM.SG.C(ABBR) pa‑[it]gehen:3SG.PST
13ID=13	--	[… U]R.BAR.RA=ma=kanWolf:NOM.SG(UNM)=CNJctr=OBPk peranvor:ADV […]	[… a ‘w]olf-bird’, however, in front […]
13ID=13	A	obv. 13! [ U]R.BAR.RA‑ma‑kánWolf:NOM.SG(UNM)=CNJctr=OBPk pé‑ra‑⸢an⸣vor:ADV [ ] obv. 14! [
14ID=14	--	[…] 2?zwei:QUANcar ḫalwaššie[š(Orakelvogel):HITT.ADJG.NOM.PL.C …]	Two ḫalwašši- birds […]
14ID=14	A	obv. 14! ] ⸢2?⸣zwei:QUANcar ḫal‑wa‑aš‑ši‑e[š(Orakelvogel):HITT.ADJG.NOM.PL.C ]
15ID=15	--	[…] an […]	[…]
15ID=15	A	obv. 15! [ ] an [ obv. breaks off
obv. breaks off
Abschnitt 3ID=3: rev. §3´. Unclear (fragmentary)
16ID=16	--	[… …‑t]u É.GAL?‑LIMPalast:NOM.SG(UNM); Palast:ACC.SG(UNM); Palast:GEN.SG(UNM); Palast:D/L.SG(UNM); Palast:ALL(UNM); Palast:ABL(UNM); Palast:INS(UNM); Palast:VOC.SG(UNM) … [… …]…	[…] the palace […].
16ID=16	A	rev. 1′ ‑t]u? É.GAL?‑LIMPalast:NOM.SG(UNM); Palast:ACC.SG(UNM); Palast:GEN.SG(UNM); Palast:D/L.SG(UNM); Palast:ALL(UNM); Palast:ABL(UNM); Palast:INS(UNM); Palast:VOC.SG(UNM) x x [ ]x ¬¬¬ end of text
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p[a-it] or ⸢ú⸣-[et]. Cf. perhaps obv. 7.

UD has in fact three angular wedges, rather than two as in hand copy DAAM 1.21.

Possibly, the letter itself, or its message, is what is being “(sent) away from Ḫariyaša”. Perhaps more likely, the sentence refers to a location, out of town, where the augurs made the observations: “(as follows, is the observation made) away from Ḫariyaša”. For a parallel formulation, see also KBo 15.28 obv. 4 (CTH 195). Both instances exclude, in my view, that the sentence belongs to the description of the individual flight of the following bird (i.e. “the aramnant- bird [flew] away from Ḫariyaša ….”, as e.g. Rieken E. apud Müller-Karpe A. – Müller-Karpe V. 2009a, 213). See also KuT 49 obv. 19, lo. e. 30 (CTH 190.1) for a similar usage in reference to the location where the observation takes place.

This is the first attestation of this kind of bird. The reading is certain, in consideration of the context and the better preserved form in obv. 13.

Analysis of the broken chain is difficult; […]-man=ma=an or […]-man=man?

Editio ultima: Textus 2025-08-05; Traductionis 2025-08-05