Translatio CTH 536.4

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Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Mathis Kreitzscheck (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 536.4 (TRde 2025-04-04)

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CTH 536.4

Hittite omens upon entering a house, while sleeping, and concerning body parts

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Abschnitte

1Omens upon entering the house

2Omens during sleep

3Omens concerning paired body parts

4Omens concerning the lips

5Fragmentary paragraph

6Lunar eclipse omens

7Colophon Exemplar B

Abschnitt 1ID=4.1: Omens upon entering the house
1ID=1	--	[If] a ma[n enters his house]
2ID=2	--	and […] becomes brigh[t before] his eyes:
3ID=3	--	[…]
4ID=4	--	[I]f a man [enters his house]
5ID=5	--	and his eye[s’ …] becomes da[rk in his hou]se:
6ID=6	--	[…] will become angr[y].
7ID=7	--	If a man enters his house
8ID=8	--	and in the house there is a trembling before his eyes:
9ID=9	--	In time, an oath will recur for him in his house.1
Abschnitt 2ID=4.2: Omens during sleep
10ID=10	--	If a man sleeps on his bed
11ID=11	--	and spittle runs from his mouth over his right cheek:
12ID=12	--	He (A: The man) will lose something.
13ID=13	--	If a man sleeps on his bed
14ID=14	--	and spittle runs from his mouth over his left cheek:
15ID=15	--	His (C: your) legal adversary will [lo]se something.
16ID=16	--	[If] a man [sleeps] on his bed
17ID=17	--	[and] his right [hand o]r foot itches:
18ID=18	--	[That ma]n will have reason for anger.2
19ID=19	--	If a man sleeps on his bed
20ID=20	--	and his left hand or foot itches:
21ID=21	--	Something good will happen to him.3
22ID=22	--	If the bed throws a man off
23ID=23	--	and he falls to the [lef]t:4
24ID=24	--	There will b[e] (cause for?) [a]nger for tha[t man].5
gap of about half a column
Abschnitt 3ID=4.3: Omens concerning paired body parts
25ID=25	--	… […]6
26ID=26	--	… […]
27ID=27	--	If a ma[n …]:
28ID=28	--	[For] that [man …]
29ID=29	--	If […] for a man:
30ID=30	--	[For] that [man …] will fal[l].
31ID=31	--	If a man’s right […]:
32ID=32	--	For that [man …] will fall.
33ID=33	--	If a man’s lef[t …]:
34ID=34	--	For that m[an …] will fal[l].
35ID=35	--	If a m[an …]
36ID=36	--	and to hi[m …]:
gap of unknown lenghth
Abschnitt 4ID=4.4: Omens concerning the lips
37ID=37	--	… […]
38ID=38	--	[…] the rea[r …]
39ID=39	--	If a ma[n’s …] lip […]
40ID=40	--	[…] not […]:
41ID=41	--	[…] will fa[ll] upon […].
42ID=42	--	[…] become w[ealthy …].
43ID=43	--	[…] …
44ID=44	--	[…] evi[l …]
45ID=45	--	If […] li[p …]
46ID=46	--	… […]
about one column missing
Abschnitt 5ID=4.5: Fragmentary paragraph
47ID=47	--	… […]
half to two thirds of a column missing
Abschnitt 6ID=4.6: Lunar eclipse omens
48ID=48	--	… […] in … […]7
49ID=49	--	And the enemy land […].
50ID=50	--	If the [mo]on di[es] in the third month during time of moonset:
51ID=51	--	Someone will kill that ⟨king⟩.
52ID=52	--	Someone else will sit on his throne.
53ID=53	--	If the moon dies in the fourth month during moonset
54ID=54	--	and spends the night:
55ID=55	--	The Hurrian will die.
Abschnitt 7ID=Col4B: Colophon Exemplar B
56ID=Col4B1	--	One tablet of man and moon, [not] finish[ed].
57ID=Col4B2	--	[…]

Likely meaning the negative consequences of perjury (‘Eidluch’), cf. Christiansen B. 2012a: 125–126.

Perhaps better than ‘will become angry’, as this prediction would hardly be the peak of the diviner’s craft.

This omen couplet is found as four omens in K 8821, 16′–19′, cf. Köcher F. – Oppenheim A.L. 1957a: 74–75.

Following the sign traces and Güterbock H.G. 1957-1958a: 80, though ZAG would be expected because of the negative apodosis.

Similarly in the Old Babylonian tablet VAT 7525 obv. I, 33–34 (Köcher F. – Oppenheim A.L. 1957a) and in the Neo-Assyrian tablet CT 28.41, 12′–15′.

The order of this section and the following one may be reversed in the text.

For a discussion of this section, see CTH 532.6.

Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-04-04