Abschnitt 1ID=1: §1´ Bird oracle

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[…] … […]

Let [the birds confi]rm (it).

Two [… birds came …]

[and] they flew […] diagonally.

[A … bird] came […] from the [fav]orable side

and i[t flew aw]ay [in the middle].

[A … bird] came […] from the [fav]orable side

and it [flew aw]ay in the middle.

[Three]1 ḫaštapi- birds […]

[Two (of the)] ḫaštapi- birds [flew awa]y in the middle.

[The other] came […] from the [fav]orable side

and it f[lew] 〈away〉2 [diagonal]ly.

[Behi]nd the road:

a ḫaštapi- bird [and a … bird] came […]

and they [flew] away in the middle.

A [mar]šanašši- bird [came] in the ba[ck …]

[and] it fle[w] away in front.

[T]hus (says) m[…]:

[“…”]

Abschnitt 2ID=2: §2´. Bird oracle: the deity ‘of His Majesty’

[If] the [de]ity […] only for […] evi[l]

[If the de]ity (of) His Majesty3 […] was determined4 (oracularly):

[Let the birds …].

[A … bird] came in the [b]ack u[p from the favora]ble side

and it [flew away] in the middle.

An [āli]li- bird came [in the back u]p from the favorable side,

an[d it] came [diagonally/lengthways GUN/tar(uya)]li-.

[Behind the ro]ad:

[we saw] two eagles […] tar(uya)li[an]

[one ca]me […]

(the other) one [came] in the back […].

[They] arrived (together)

and they [flew …].

[One (of them), how]ever, [flew] away in front.

[Thus (says) …]:

“it was [conf]irmed”.

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