The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.57 (TRde 2025-08-08)


CTH 573.57

Bird oracle fragment

translatio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv-rev. §1´: oracle report

1ID=1 --

[]

2ID=2 --

[flew] aw[ay]

3ID=3 --

An eagle ca[me …] from the favorable side.

4ID=4 --

Then [it turned back]

5ID=5 --

[and] it [came in the] back []1

6ID=6 --

It [met a] fe[llow (bird)] ‘below’,

7ID=7 --

they came [in front from the unfavor]able side

8ID=8 --

and they flew aw[ay in front].

9ID=9 --

Behind the road:

10ID=10 --

a šalw[aya-] bird ca[me] in the back down from the unfavorable side

11ID=11 --

and it flew [aw]ay in the middle.

12ID=12 --

We saw a ḫaštapi- bird in the west tar(uya)li〈an〉

13ID=13 --

it [came] diagonally tar(uya)li- [towards the s]un

14ID=14 --

and it [cam]e in the back up [from the favorable side].

15ID=15 --

[]

16ID=16 --

[]himself []

17ID=17 --

[] which he encountered []

18ID=18 --

[]

19ID=19 --

Thus (says) mx[]

20ID=20 --

[they] exclu[ded (it)”].

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´: unclear

21ID=21 --

And []

22ID=22 --

[]

23ID=23 --

mount[ain(s) …]

24ID=24 --

[]

25ID=25 --

[]

26ID=26 --

[]

Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 153, 689, suggests: “[down from the unfavorable side]” (‘rule’ of quadrant change).
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-08