Ilya Yakubovich

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 766.5 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 766.5

A Hittite-Luwian conjuration

introductio



Short description

The goddess Kamrušepa is mentioned in the Hittite passage.

Texts

Manuscript AKUB 35.90401/bBk. A

History of publication

This text was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 246 as a spell of uncertain function.

Tablet characteristics

This one-sided fragment has a part of the right edge preserved.

Palaeography and handwriting

Uncertain

Linguistic characteristics

The fragment contains one Hittite paragraph, while other parts of the preserved text are in Luwian.

Text transmission

This fragment was found in Building A of Büyükkale.

Intertextuality

The first plural present verbal forms used in this text find parallels CTH 766.1.1.a and CTH 765.8.

General information

The conjuration preserved in this fragment shares the mention of Kamrušepa with the other texts of CTH 766. The name of the Sun-god, which normally appears on its own in Luwian conjurations, is accompanied here by the epithet inda ‘below’.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1Unclear Luwian passage
Section 2ID=2Hittite instructions mentioning Kamrušepa
Section 3ID=3Luwian spell mentioning the Sun-god Below 
Section 4ID=4Unclear
Editio ultima: 2025-08-01