The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.89 (TRde 2025-08-12)


CTH 573.89

Bird oracle fragment

translatio



Abschnitt 1ID=1: (obv. I §1´) Unclear

1ID=1 --

[]

2ID=2 --

[… tra]nsport chariot

3ID=3 --

[] holds [].

4ID=4 --

[]

5ID=5 --

[]

6ID=6 --

[] they came.

7ID=7 --

[]

8ID=8 --

[]

9ID=9 --

[] in evil.

10ID=10 --

[] they went [].

obv. I breaks off

Abschnitt 2ID=2: (obv. II §2´) Oracle by Awauwa

11ID=11 --

[]

12ID=12 --

Behind the r[oad]: []

13ID=13 --

and [it flew away] in the middl[e …]

14ID=14 --

Thus (says) Awa[uwa: “…”].

Abschnitt 3ID=3: (obv. II §3´) About birds in Ḫilara

15ID=15 --

In (the town of) Ḫilara1 []

16ID=16 --

For us the birds []

17ID=17 --

Before the spring, the mouth []

18ID=18 --

“I myself … []

19ID=19 --

“If the illness []

20ID=20 --

“and [] it/them []

21ID=21 --

inside … []

22ID=22 --

And to you/them a bul[l …]

23ID=23 --

and to you/them it []

24ID=24 --

and one [] the other []

25ID=25 --

and [] keeps prevailing []

26ID=26 --

[]

obv. II breaks off

Abschnitt 4ID=4: (rev. III §4´) lost

27ID=27 --

[]

28ID=28 --

[]

29ID=29 --

and []

30ID=30 --

Back []

31ID=31 --

[]

Abschnitt 5ID=5: (rev. III §5´) lost

32ID=32 --

Before []

33ID=33 --

[]

34ID=34 --

[]

35ID=35 --

in(to) []

36ID=36 --

these []

37ID=37 --

[]

rev. III breaks off

Abschnitt 6ID=6: (rev. IV §6´) lost

38ID=38 --

[]

39ID=39 --

[]

40ID=40 --

[]

Abschnitt 7ID=7: (rev. IV §7´) Concerning oracles(?) and statement by ‘the Priest’

41ID=41 --

[… in the p]ast/formerly, we brought in []

42ID=42 --

[]

43ID=43 --

it shall be unfavorable.

44ID=44 --

[] (is) done/performed.

45ID=45 --

[… th]us (says) the Priest:

46ID=46 --

“this [] it”

47ID=47 --

[] he/she has []-ed.

Abschnitt 8ID=8: (rev. IV §8´) lost

48ID=48 --

[] … which []

49ID=49 --

[] not …

50ID=50 --

[]

51ID=51 --

[]

52ID=52 --

[]

53ID=53 --

[]

54ID=54 --

[]

rev. IV breaks off

Hapax.
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-12