The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.85 (TRde 2025-08-12)


CTH 573.85

Bird oracles by Piyammu

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: obv. I §1´. Oracle (fragmentary)

1ID=1 --

[][]

2ID=2 --

[][]

3ID=3 --

We sa[w a … bird] tar(uya)lian

4ID=4 --

[]

5ID=5 --

[] they came []

6ID=6 --

[]

7ID=7 --

[they/it c]ame in the [bac]k down from the unfavorable side.

Abschnitt 2ID=2: obv. I §2´. Oracle by Piyammu, concerning the market(?)

8ID=8 --

[] in the middle of the mark[et …]

9ID=9 --

We sa[w a … bird …] tar(uya)lian

10ID=10 --

[and it …]

11ID=11 --

We sa[w a … bird …] GUN-lian

12ID=12 --

[and it …]

13ID=13 --

[We saw] a ḫuša- bird tar(uya)li[an]

14ID=14 --

[and it …]

15ID=15 --

Thus (says) [P]iyammu:

16ID=16 --

[they] ex[cluded (it)]”.

Abschnitt 3ID=3: obv. I §3´. Oracle concerning a woman, Da[…] (fragmentary)

17ID=17 --

[Concerning the fact that …] of fDa[]

18ID=18 --

[] likewise …[]

19ID=19 --

[… I t]oo[k …]

20ID=20 --

[… we] saw []

21ID=21 --

[Thus (says) …]

obv. I breaks off

Abschnitt 4ID=4: rev. IV §4´. Oracle, unknown topic

broken

22ID=22 --

[][]

23ID=23 --

We sa[w a … bird] tar(uya)lian

24ID=24 --

[and it …]

25ID=25 --

We [saw a … bird] tar(uya)lian

26ID=26 --

[and it …]

27ID=27 --

[and it] flew away []

28ID=28 --

[… it/they came] in the back up from the favorable side

29ID=29 --

[We saw] a ‘wide-wing’ bird t[ar(uya)lian …]

30ID=30 --

[and] it flew away in front.

31ID=31 --

[Thus (says) …].

Abschnitt 5ID=5: rev. IV §5´. Oracle, about ‘separation’

32ID=32 --

[]

33ID=33 --

and [] in separation1 []

34ID=34 --

[We saw an aram]nant- bird tar(uya)lian

35ID=35 --

and [it …]

36ID=36 --

[It] flew away [].

37ID=37 --

[]

38ID=38 --

[… it] came in front from the unfavorable side

39ID=39 --

[and it …]

40ID=40 --

[We saw] an alili- bird tar(uya)l[ian]

41ID=41 --

[and] it flew away []

42ID=42 --

[Thus (says) …]

Abschnitt 6ID=6: rev. IV §6´. Oracle, ‘for the Tawan[nanna …]’

43ID=43 --

[] for the Tawan[nanna …]

44ID=44 --

[] they []

45ID=45 --

a cult st[ele …]

46ID=46 --

[We saw an aramn]ant- bird tar(uya)li[an]

47ID=47 --

[and] it flew away [].

48ID=48 --

[]

49ID=49 --

[and it flew] away in front []

50ID=50 --

[]

51ID=51 --

and it []

rev. IV breaks off

For a possible context, see a similar passage in KBo 4.6 obv. 16´-18´; rev. 21´-23´ (Prayer to Lelwani for Gaššuliyawiya). There, the matter concerns an illness of the Queen, and the “separation” is understood in ritual terms – to detach the illness and carry it away (see Rieken E. 1999a, 109).
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-12