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Abschnitt 1ID=1: Ištar of Niniveh is angry in her temple about destroyed or stolen objects and skipped or incorrectly performed festivals |
| 1ID=1 | -- | Because they wrote from the palace the following to me: |
| 2ID=2 | -- | Ištar of Niniveh was confirmed (to be) in anger in the temple: |
| 3ID=3 | -- | We interrogated the temple officials |
| 4ID=4 | -- | and they (said) the following: |
| 5ID=5 | -- | “A singer stole a BIBRU vessel of gold for himself, (namely) a dove-shaped one |
| 6ID=6 | -- | and it has not yet been replaced |
| 7ID=7 | -- | The ḪURRI garments of gold that the deity is wearing |
| 8ID=8 | -- | are old |
| 9ID=9 | -- | and the carriage is broken. |
| 10ID=10 | -- | They used to give a curtain from the palace |
| 11ID=11 | -- | and it has not yet been given. |
| 12ID=12 | -- | When they celebrate the festival of womanhood |
| 13ID=13 | -- | they used to give to the deity from the palace one shekel of silver, red wool, blue wool and one set of curtains. |
| 14ID=14 | -- | But now they celebrated the festival of womanhood |
| 15ID=15 | -- | and did not give silver, red wool, blue wool and curtains. |
| 16ID=16 | -- | The šurita- is old1 |
| 17ID=17 | -- | and the festival of calling of the kireštena- priest is not celebrated anymore. |
| 18ID=18 | -- | They used to celebrate the yearly festival of flowers |
| 19ID=19 | -- | but now it is skipped. |
| 20ID=20 | -- | Are you, O deity, angry about these misdeeds? |
| 21ID=21 | -- | Let the ḪURRI bird be unfavorable. |
| 22ID=22 | -- | Unfavorable. |
| 23ID=23 | -- | If (it is) only this, |
| 24ID=24 | -- | and nothing else, |
| 25ID=25 | -- | let the ḪURRI bird be favorable. |
| 26ID=26 | -- | Favorable. |
| 27ID=27 | -- | As a countercheck we asked through purammima- exta.2 |
| 28ID=28 | -- | If it is only these misdeeds |
| 29ID=29 | -- | but nothing else, |
| 30ID=30 | -- | let the first exta be favorable |
| 31ID=31 | -- | and the second one unfavorable. |
| 32ID=32 | -- | The first exta: |
| 33ID=33 | -- | ni(pašuri), ši(ntaḫi), ta(nani), right weapon of Ḫepat stricken to the left, zi(ntaḫi) is placed, 12 coils. |
| 34ID=34 | -- | Favorable. |
| 35ID=35 | -- | The second extispicy: |
| 36ID=36 | -- | (A) zululki- (and) walki- above the back at the front. |
| 37ID=37 | -- | Unfavorable. |
Abschnitt 2ID=2: Ištar of Niniveh is angry in her temple about desecration by a dog, a dead person and a poor man |
| 38ID=38 | -- | Because they wrote from the palace to me about the matter of sacrilege: |
| 39ID=39 | -- | A sacrilege was determined in the temple of Ištar of Niniveh (as the cause of divine anger). |
| 40ID=40 | -- | We interrogated the temple officials |
| 41ID=41 | -- | and they (said): |
| 42ID=42 | -- | A dog went up into the gate building |
| 43ID=43 | -- | and it came down to the burnt offerings |
| 44ID=44 | -- | and they killed it in the gate building. |
| 45ID=45 | -- | If you, O deity, are angry about that, |
| 46ID=46 | -- | let the ḪURRI bird be unfavorable. |
| 47ID=47 | -- | Unfavorable. |
| 48ID=48 | -- | If (it is) only this, |
| 49ID=49 | -- | ditto (i.e., and nothing else), |
| 50ID=50 | -- | let the ḪURRI bird be favorable. |
| 51ID=51 | -- | Unfavor[able]. |
| 52ID=52 | -- | We interrogated them again |
| 53ID=53 | -- | and they said: |
| 54ID=54 | -- | “One son of a temple [official] died |
| 55ID=55 | -- | and the bed in which he died |
| 56ID=56 | -- | he (i.e., the temple official) did not burn it afterwards. |
| 57ID=57 | -- | And he used to sleep in that very same bed |
| 58ID=58 | -- | and afterwards he went into the tem[ple]. |
| 59ID=59 | -- | And his wife usually prepares for everyone an offering. |
| 60ID=60 | -- | And she delivers (a portion) from the offering [to each of them] |
| 61ID=61 | -- | and her husband eats it. |
| 62ID=62 | -- | And because he is a diviner – |
| 63ID=63 | -- | whenever a poor man |
| 64ID=64 | -- | who calls him to offer to the deity |
| 65ID=65 | -- | they drink from one vessel. |
| 66ID=66 | -- | And afterwards he goes into the temple. |
| 67ID=67 | -- | If you, O deity are angry about that, |
| 68ID=68 | -- | let the ḪURRI bird be unfavorable. |
| 69ID=69 | -- | Unfavorable. |
| 70ID=70 | -- | If only this, |
| 71ID=71 | -- | ditto (i.e., and nothing else). |
| 72ID=72 | -- | Let the ḪURRI bird be favorable. |
| 73ID=73 | -- | Unfavorable. |
| 74ID=74 | -- | As a countercheck we asked through extispicy. |
| 75ID=75 | -- | If you, O deity, are angry because of these offenses, |
| 76ID=76 | -- | ditto (i.e., and about nothing else), |
| 77ID=77 | -- | let the exta be favorable. |
| 78ID=78 | -- | ni(pašuri), ši(ntaḫi), ta(nani), ke(ldi) stricken to the left, zi(zaḫiš) is placed, 12 coils. |
| 79ID=79 | -- | Favorable. |
Abschnitt 3ID=3: Ištar of Niniveh is angry about deception by katra- women and temple officials |
| 80ID=80 | -- | The matter of deception about which they wrote to me from the palace: |
| 81ID=81 | -- | [Ištar of Niniw]eh was determined (to be angry) in her temple about the deception. |
| 82ID=82 | -- | [We] in[terrogated] the temple officials |
| 83ID=83 | -- | [and they said]: |
| 84ID=84 | -- | the katra- women and the temple officials keep on saying: |
| 85ID=85 | -- | “they used to give [us] nice presents |
| 86ID=86 | -- | [and they used to give] the flour of/for the travel provisions |
| 87ID=87 | -- | but now they do not give (them) to us anymore. |
| 88ID=88 | -- | Are you, O deity, angry about [that] |
| 89ID=89 | -- | let the ḪURRI bird be unfavorable. |
| 90ID=90 | -- | Unfavorable. |
| 91ID=91 | -- | If it is only the matter of deception |
| 92ID=92 | -- | and no[thing] else |
| 93ID=93 | -- | and (if) they did not hide anything from them therein, |
| 94ID=94 | -- | let the exta be favorable. |
| 95ID=95 | -- | Unfavorable. |
Abschnitt 4ID=4: Ištar of Niniveh is angry about destroyed cult objects |
| 96ID=96 | -- | Because they wrote to me from the palace about the destroyed utensils of Ištar of Niniveh: |
| 97ID=97 | -- | Ištar of Niniweh was determined (to be angry) about the broken utensils in the temple. |
| 98ID=98 | -- | We interrogated the temple officials |
| 99ID=99 | -- | and they said: |
| 100ID=100 | -- | The horn of gold that Bitenḫibi holds |
| 101ID=101 | -- | and the eye of lapislazuli of the sphinx on the BIBRU vessel are not there. |
| 102ID=102 | -- | and the mouth of lapislazuli on the swallow of gold is not there. |
| 103ID=103 | -- | and the wrapping of the golden weapon is not covered with lapislazuli |
| 104ID=104 | -- | … of iron (that is) inlaid with gold [and] a … are destroyed. |
| 105ID=105 | -- | … a belt, a knife of bronze, a vessel of bronze, a … […] are destroyed … |
| 106ID=106 | -- | … […] |
| 107ID=107 | -- | … […] |
| 108ID=108 | -- | … […] |
| 109ID=109 | -- | … […] |
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The nature of the šurit(a)- object remains unclear. Currently, there are eight attestations, some of which are fragmentary. Scholars have proposed that it might be a ball of wool, a coil of yarn, or a type of textile such as a braid or mat (for the attestations and interpretations see CHD Š, 650–651 s.v. (SÍG)šurit(a)-). Certain contexts, along with the determinative SÍG, which often precedes the term, support this interpretation. This also aligns well with the likely meaning of the term šuri-, which describes a feature of the exta and is probably connected to šurit(a)-. Unfortunately, the precise nature of this feature also remains elusive. Yet, contextual evidence suggests that it might denote a filary or capillary structure, akin to the Akkadian qû that also has the meaning “thread, string, net or web” (for a discussion of the term šuri- see Schuol M. 1994a, 287–288; for the meaning of qû see CAD Q, 285–281, s.v. qû).
The term puram(m)im(m)a- is attested in several extispicy reports. Its meaning remains uncertain, but the contexts suggest that, as a Hittite adjective or a Luwian participle, it refers to a specific type of extispicy.
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