Ilya Yakubovich

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 766.1.2 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 766.1.2

A pregnancy conjuration with parallels to the preceding

introductio



Short description

This fragment contains spells that probably accompany the birth-giving process.

Texts

Manuscript AKUB 32.15306/bBk. A

Literature from the Konkordanz

  • F. Starke, StBoT 30, 1985: 223

History of publication

This fragment was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 223 as a pregnancy spell.

Tablet characteristics

This is a one-sided fragment of a two-column tablet with the preserved intercolumnium. It is impossible to determine whether we are dealing with an obverse or a reverse. The beginnings of two paragraphs of the right column can be seen. One almost fully destroyed sign of the left column is preserved in the intercolumnium.

Palaeography and handwriting

Middle Script

Text transmission

This fragment was found in Building A of Büyükkale.

Intertextuality

Despite the fact that this fragment finds parallels in CTH 766.1.1.a (sections 9, 16), it is written in a different hand and displays syntactic differences.

General information

This fragment contains a partly preserved spell for summoning the child’s mother.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1Unclear Luwian passage 
Section 2ID=2Spell mentioning pure wipers
Editio ultima: 2025-08-01