The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.41 (TRde 2025-08-08)


CTH 573.41

Bird oracle fragment

translatio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´

1ID=1 --

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2ID=2 --

[][]

3ID=3 --

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Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´

4ID=4 --

[][]

5ID=5 --

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6ID=6 --

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7ID=7 --

[][]

8ID=8 --

[A … bird] seized [a … bird] outside.1

9ID=9 --

[]

Abschnitt 3ID=3: §3´

10ID=10 --

[… bird]s [came] in the back up from the favorable side.

11ID=11 --

[] and [it came] in the back down from the unfavor[able side].

12ID=12 --

[was l]eft.

Abschnitt 4ID=4: §4´

13ID=13 --

[]

14ID=14 --

and []

15ID=15 --

[][]

Text breaks off

If this is the correct reading, cf. for the possible meaning of this sentence araḫza ep- in KUB 18.5+, obv. II 4 and KUB 49.4, obv. I 7´ (araḫza IṢBAT) (editions in CTH 573.113 and 581.21). For the opposite action/movement, see andurza ep- ‘seize inside’ (discussed in CTH 573.54 and 573.113).
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-08