The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.19 (TRde 2025-08-06)


CTH 573.19

Bird oracle fragment

translatio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´. Oracle (continuation)

1ID=1 --

[]

2ID=2 --

[]

3ID=3 --

[We saw]1 a maršan[ašši- bird …]

4ID=4 --

and it [flew away] in the middle.

5ID=5 --

It [came] in the bac[k …]

6ID=6 --

[] it met [a … bird] tar(uya)lian

7ID=7 --

and [they …]

8ID=8 --

[A … bird] came [] from the favorable side

9ID=9 --

and it []

10ID=10 --

We saw [a … bird] tar(uya)lian

11ID=11 --

and it []

12ID=12 --

And it c[ame] in front from the unfavorable side [].

13ID=13 --

An eagle [came] in front from the fav[orable side …].

14ID=14 --

[We saw a ḫašt]api- bird GU[N-lian]

15ID=15 --

[A … bird] came []

16ID=16 --

and it [turned back]2

17ID=17 --

[and it ca]me GUN-li- diagonally [].

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Oracle (new paragraph)

18ID=18 --

[The …] that … [

19ID=19 --

][

obv. breaks off

See obv. 8´.
Hitt. nu=za [appa dāš].
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-06