Translatio CTH 573.103

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.103 (TRde 2025-08-12)

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CTH 573.103

Bird oracle fragment

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´
1ID=1	--	[…] … […]
2ID=2	--	[… the k]ing […]
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Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´
3ID=3	--	[Concerning the fact] that he/she […]
4ID=4	--	[… i]n this mont[h …]
5ID=5	--	[Let the birds con]firm (it).
6ID=6	--	An eagle […]
7ID=7	--	[A … bird], however, [came] in front from the unfavora[ble] side
8ID=8	--	[Behind the roa]d:
9ID=9	--	a ḫarrani- bird [came] in the back do[wn from the unfavorable side]
10ID=10	--	[Thus (says) the Chief of]1 the Augurs:
11ID=11	--	“[they] excluded (it)”.
Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3´
12ID=12	--	Concer[ning the fact th]at […] further […] them
13ID=13	--	[I]f in this month [he/she] go[es …]
14ID=14	--	Let [the bir]ds confirm (it).
15ID=15	--	An eagle [came] in the b[ack …]
16ID=16	--	[and it] flew away in the middle.
17ID=17	--	A ‘wide-wi[ng’ bird …]
18ID=18	--	[and it] flew away in front.
19ID=19	--	Be[hind the road]:
20ID=20	--	[A … bird] came in the back up from the favorable side
21ID=21	--	and i[t flew …].
22ID=22	--	[Thus (says) the Chief of] the Augurs:
23ID=23	--	“[they we]re unfavorable”.2
Abschnitt 4ID=4: §4´
24ID=24	--	[…] a fever3 […]
25ID=25	--	Let [the birds …] (it).
26ID=26	--	An ara[mnant- bird …]
27ID=27	--	[… it] flew […]
28ID=28	--	[…] … […]
Text breaks off

Uncertain; Hitt. [UM-MA GAL/UGULA] LÚ.MEŠMUŠEN.DÙ, unless the text was simply [UM-MA] LÚ.MEŠMUŠEN.DÙ ‘Thus (say) the augurs’ (see e.g. KBo 41.187, 9´; CTH 573.13).

For this translation see also Kimball S.E. 2000a, 135. This interpretation is likely, based on the parallel with the standard formula referring to the birds: “they excluded (it)” (arḫa=wa peššer). Alternatively, one might also consider =at as sg. nom.-acc. n., thus “it was unfavorable”.

This form of tapašša- might also be interpreted as the proper name of an oracular bird, though this is less likely at the beginning of a new oracle query.

Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-12