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Kurzbeschreibung |
These three conjurations belonging to the Tauriša tradition contain mythological narratives describing the origins of the patient’s diseases.
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Texte |
Exemplar A | A₁ | KBo 43.223 | 51/g | Bk. E |
| + A₂ | + KBo 9.127 | + 178/n | Bk. N |
| + A₃ | + KUB 36.41 | + Bo 938 | Ḫattuša |
| + A₄ | + KUB 35.107 | + 403/f | Bk. C | |
Inhaltsübersicht |
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History of publication |
The join A₂+A₃ was first proposed in Laroche E. 1959g: 276, which represents the review of KBo 9. For a long time A₄ was regarded as a direct join to KUB 35.108, see, e.g., Laroche E. 1959a: 158–159. This misconception is still reflected in Starke F. 1985a: 236–239, 240–242, where A₄ and (A₂+A₃) were published in transliteration. The fragments A₁ and A₂+A₃ were published in Groddek D. 2007a: 318–321 as alleged parallel versions. In the same year 2007, Jared Miller proposed to detach A₄ from KUB 35.108 and to join it to the ensemble under discussion. The final join A₁ + A₂ + A₃ (+) A₄ was elucidated in Steitler Ch. 2017a: 387–400.
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Tablet characteristics |
No top or bottom edge of the tablet is preserved, but the intercolumnium is visible on the obverse of A₂ and the reverse of A₄. The fragment A₁ partially preserves the left edge of the tablet, inscribed with two unreadable lines, presumably belonging to the colophon. The reverse side of A₄ reaches the right edge of the tablet.
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Palaeography and handwriting |
Middle Script
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Text transmission |
These four fragments belong to a two-column tablet, which was stored at Büyükkale, judging by the findspots of A₁, A₂ and A₄.
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General information |
The three conjurations under discussion represent a model example of texts belonging to the Tauriša tradition. All the three members of the Tauriša divine triad are mentioned there by name. Two of the three conjurations contain a mythological narrative about the divine banquet, which is retold by the Protective god of Tauriša at the prompting of his mother Kamrušepa. The first conjuration is written in Hittite, while the second and third one are in Luwian. The principal difference between the narratives of conjurations one and three concerns the identity of the neglected guests: in the first conjuration this is the Great God, while in the third one these are the head and eye diseases. In both narratives the neglected parties take vengeance against the patient of the respective conjurations, identified as a human child. The conjurations are not accompanied by the description of the patient’s treatment, or the respective parts are lost in the lacunae.
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