Ilya Yakubovich

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 765.3.1 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 765.3.1

Luwian conjuration performed by zipuriya-priest

introductio



Short description

The incipit states that this Luwian conjuration is pronounced by the zipuriya-priest, etymologically connected with Zilipura, a deity of Hattian origin. The Luwian texts starts with a mythological narrative, possibly revealing the cause of the patient’s disease, where the Luwian Supreme god is the main character.

Texts

Manuscript AKBo 29.28329/wBk. D

History of publication

This text was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 257 as a pregnancy spell. An indirect join with KBo 29.29, proposed in the same publication, must be rejected on the grounds of paleographic differences.

Tablet characteristics

The upper edge of the obverse is preserved, as expected, without the Randleiste. No left or right edges of the tablet can be seen, consequently we cannot say whether we are dealing with a one- or two-column tablet. The reverse is preserved but left uninscribed.

Palaeography and handwriting

Middle Script

Linguistic characteristics

The text starts with a Hittite incipit followed by a Luwian conjuration.

Text transmission

This fragment was found in Building D of Büyükkale.

Intertextuality

The Luwian deity mentioned here is probably to be identified with the Great god acting as a protagonist in one of the conjurations in CTH 764.1. Judging by the passage where the Supreme god is mentioned, he also acts here in a historiola, as he does in CTH 764.1.

General information

The incipit of this conjuration mentions a state of illness (section 4), probably affecting certain human body parts (section 3). Nevertheless, this text does not mention burning illnesses, unlike CTH 765.1 and CTH 765.2, possibly because its relevant sections have not been preserved.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1Hittite incipit of a conjuration against disease
Section 2ID=2Passage mentioning the Supreme god 
Section 3ID=3Passage mentioning body parts 
Section 4ID=4Passage mentioning diseases 
Section 5ID=5Unclear
Editio ultima: 2025-08-01