The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.5 (TRde 2025-08-04)


CTH 573.5

Bird oracle fragment

translatio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: (blank)

1ID=1 --

[]

Abschnitt 2ID=2: Control oracle report

2ID=2 --

[Through the augur], the very same question.

3ID=3 --

Let the birds confirm it.

4ID=4 --

[A … bird] came [in fron]t from the favorable side

5ID=5 --

and it flew away in the middle.

6ID=6 --

[A … bird] came [in the back u]p from the favorable side

7ID=7 --

[and it] flew away [].

8ID=8 --

Behind the road:

9ID=9 --

[A … bir]d came in the back up from the favorable side

10ID=10 --

[and it] flew [aw]ay [].

11ID=11 --

[Thus (says) …]:

12ID=12 --

“it was [conf]irmed”.

obv. breaks off

Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-04