The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 581.4 (TRde 2025-08-01)


CTH 581.4

Fragment mentioning katra- women

translatio



Abschnitt 1ID=1:

1ID=1 --

[] the deity []

2ID=2 --

[] to/of the deity []

3ID=3 --

[][]

4ID=4 --

[] you/he gave the katra- woman [],

5ID=5 --

and to []

6ID=6 --

“Not [] him/her []

7ID=7 --

at what(ever) time they were making libations1

8ID=8 --

[… he/she] went out,

9ID=9 --

and he/she did no[t …]

10ID=10 --

To(wards) the vessel and the small plate, a dog [] inside []

11ID=11 --

To(wards) the plate of ‘plants of the day …’ [] cooked []

12ID=12 --

“The katra- woman to the deity 〈 〉2”:

13ID=13 --

“Let them celebrate3 []

14ID=14 --

and we asked the katra- woman.”

15ID=15 --

Thus they (reply as follows)4:

16ID=16 --

[]

17ID=17 --

“Teššob [] to us as soon as/somewhere (in) Maraša []

18ID=18 --

[] I was reciting5 to the deity []

19ID=19 --

[]

20ID=20 --

[][]

21ID=21 --

[][]

breaks off

For the imperfective BAL-an-za-ker (=šipantsker), other translation options are available, e.g. incohative “…they begun making libations”.
A verbum dicendi is implied.
The function of the Glossenkeil here is unclear: it might mark a Luwianism, but alternatively it could separate the direct speech from the rest of the sentence, especially in consideration of the absence of the predicate. See Starke F. 1990a, 159 n. 512, without a preferred interpretation.
See the usage of UMMA ŠU-MA in replies (HHW1 296, “folgendermassen er selbst” (faktisch “er antwortete”)).
The verb must be a form of mald-, imperfective; See CHD L-N, 132.
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2025-08-01