Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

CTH 532.1

Fragment of Hittite lunar eclipse omens during the vigils of the night

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Abschnitt 1ID=1.1: Eclipses during different stages of the night

unknown number of lines missing, but perhaps only one omen lost

1ID=1 --

[If the nigh]t is half over

2ID=2 --

and [the moon] eclipses:

3ID=3 --

there will b[e] pestilence [in] the land.

4ID=4 --

[I]f the night [begins] to end

5ID=5 --

and the moon eclipse[s]:

6ID=6 --

[] in the [land …].

rest lost

Editio ultima: Traductionis 2023-11-09