Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

CTH 532.5

Hittite monthly lunar eclipse omens and lunar halos

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Abschnitt 1ID=5.1: Lunar halos

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1ID=1 --

[] the mo[on has a halo]:

2ID=2 --

[] … will de[stroy …].

3ID=3 --

[… ha]s a hal[o]:

4ID=4 --

[] of []

5ID=5 --

[… the moo]n has a ha[lo]:

6ID=6 --

[… w]ill destr[oy …].

7ID=7 --

[… ḫ]as a hal[o]:

8ID=8 --

[] will dest[roy …].

9ID=9 --

[] has a hal[o]:

10ID=10 --

[… will t]urn ba[d].

11ID=11 --

[] has a hal[o]:

12ID=12 --

[][]

13ID=13 --

[] has a hal[o]:

14ID=14 --

[][]

gap of unknown length

Abschnitt 2ID=5.2: Fragmentary lunar eclipse omens

15ID=15 --

[] will [n]ot com[e].

16ID=16 --

[] by which []

17ID=17 --

[] but the [mo]on eclipses:

18ID=18 --

[]

19ID=19 --

[] … by that []

20ID=20 --

[] the men []

21ID=21 --

[] will die.

22ID=22 --

[]

gap of unknown length

Abschnitt 3ID=5.3: Eclipses in months 1–12

23ID=23 --

[]

24ID=24 --

[]

25ID=25 --

[If] the moon e[clipses i]n the third month:

26ID=26 --

[] … will come

27ID=27 --

and carry awa[y] the gra[in].

28ID=28 --

[I]f the moon ecl[ipses] in the fourth month:

29ID=29 --

[E]ither famine will happen

30ID=30 --

or some pr[in]ce will die.

31ID=31 --

If the moon eclipses in the fifth month:

32ID=32 --

A flood will come

33ID=33 --

and carry awa[y] the grain.

34ID=34 --

Kings will begi[n] to offe[r] peace (to one another).

35ID=35 --

If [the mo]on eclipses [in the sixth month]:

36ID=36 --

[A king] will [] to another king.

37ID=37 --

Som[eone …][]

38ID=38 --

[If the moon e]cli[pses in the seventh month]:

39ID=39 --

[]

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Editio ultima: Traductionis 2024-05-06