The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.23 (TRde 2025-08-07)


CTH 573.23

Bird oracle fragment

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

1ID=1 --

[]

2ID=2 --

[a … bird] flew [].

3ID=3 --

An al[ili- bird …].

4ID=4 --

[A ‘wide-wi]ng’ bird [came] in the b[ack …]

5ID=5 --

[Thus (says) …]:

6ID=6 --

“they ex[cluded (it)]”.

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Oracle: about ‘cedar’(?)

7ID=7 --

[(of) c]edar, it was confirmed.

8ID=8 --

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

9ID=9 --

and it [flew away] in the middle.

10ID=10 --

[an ea]gle [and] a maršan[ašši- bird …]

11ID=11 --

[… bird(s)] ca[me] in front from the favorable side.

12ID=12 --

[]

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Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-07