Translatio CTH 573.18

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

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Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.18 (TRde 2025-08-06)

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CTH 573.18

Bird oracle mentioning the Storm god

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Abschnitte

1§1´. Oracle (continuation)

2§2´. Oracle (new paragraph)

3§3´. Oracle: the ‘Storm god of …’

4§4´. Oracle

5§5´. Oracle

Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´. Oracle (continuation)
1ID=1	--	An eagle […]
2ID=2	--	[… bird(s) came in the bac]k up from the fav[orable side].
3ID=3	--	[A … bird ca]me […], and it […]
4ID=4	--	[…]
Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Oracle (new paragraph)
5ID=5	--	[…] …
6ID=6	--	[…] …
7ID=7	--	[…] … of […]
8ID=8	--	[…] a ḫarrani- bird […]
9ID=9	--	[… bird(s) came in the back] up [from] the favorable side.
10ID=10	--	[…]
Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3´. Oracle: the ‘Storm god of …’
11ID=11	--	[…] … the Storm god of (the town of) […]
12ID=12	--	[… bird(s) came] in front [from] the favorable side.
13ID=13	--	[… bird(s) came in the bac]k up from the fa[vorable side].
14ID=14	--	[a …-ḫ]i-1 bird, instead, [came/flew…]
15ID=15	--	[Thus (say) (the chief of)] the augurs:
16ID=16	--	[“…”].
Abschnitt 4ID=4: §4´. Oracle
17ID=17	--	[…]
18ID=18	--	[An e]agle [came] in fron[t …]
19ID=19	--	[a … bird ca]me […]
20ID=20	--	and it [flew away] in fr[ont …]
21ID=21	--	[a … bird] flew away [in front/in the middle].
22ID=22	--	Thu[s (says) …]:
23ID=23	--	[“…”].
Abschnitt 5ID=5: §5´. Oracle
24ID=24	--	…] …2 […
25ID=25	--	[… bird(s) … came] in the back u[p from the favorable side]
26ID=26	--	…] … […
Text breaks off

Either pattarpalḫi- (‘wide-wing’ bird) or arsi(n)tatḫi- bird.

In this position a bird name is expected, but the fragmentary sequence ]x-wa-ni-in-za-kán does not correspond to any known bird name. Other than …]-wanin=za=kan, the sequence can be potentially analyzed as a Luwian acc. pl (…]-waninz(a)=kan)?

Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-06