The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.10 (TRde 2025-08-06)


CTH 573.10

Bird oracle fragment, mentioning the Zawalli god(s)

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´. Bird oracle (fragment)

1ID=1 --

[A … bird] came [] from the unfavorable side.

2ID=2 --

We saw [a … bird] GUN-lian

3ID=3 --

[… it] flew away [].

4ID=4 --

Beh[ind the road]:

5ID=5 --

[]

6ID=6 --

and it [flew away]1 in front.

7ID=7 --

We saw [a … bird …]

8ID=8 --

and it [came] in the b[ack … from …]

9ID=9 --

[and] it flew away [].

10ID=10 --

[Thus (says) …]:

11ID=11 --

[they] excluded (it)”.

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Bird oracle, concerning the Zawalli god/gods (fragment)

12ID=12 --

[] the god Zawalli []

13ID=13 --

[they] let go []

14ID=14 --

We saw [a ḫalw]ašši- bird, tar[(uya)lian]

15ID=15 --

[and it …]

16ID=16 --

and it []

17ID=17 --

[]

18ID=18 --

[A … bird ca]me []

19ID=19 --

and i[t …]

Text breaks off

[arḫa pait]; following Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 480.
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-06