Kurzbeschreibung |
The first conjuration features a mythological narrative telling about the botched feast of the gods. Its colophon contains a receipt of the remedy against an eye-disease. The second conjuration is against headache. Only its incipit is preserved.
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Inhaltsübersicht |
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History of publication |
This text was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 242–243 as a pregnancy spell and re-edited in transliteration in Torri G. – Barsacchi F.G. 2018a: 99–101.
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Tablet characteristics |
The tablet contains a single column of both sides together with a portion of the right edge. Judging by the width of the restored columns, we are probably dealing with a one-column tablet. The position of obverse and reverse is determined based on the observation that the text on the reverse appears to continue directly that on the obverse. Note that a different order of columns is proposed in the autographic edition.
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Palaeography and handwriting |
Middle Script
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Linguistic characteristics |
The Hittite text of the first conjuration contains Luwian foreign words.
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Text transmission |
The tablet was found in the House on the Slope.
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Intertextuality |
The first conjuration found on this tablet must be considered together with the stories of unsuccessful divine banquets found in CTH 764.1. The main difference here is that human misfortunes are not directly caused by an offended god but rather introduced as a parallel to divine sufferings.
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General information |
A peculiarity of this conjuration consists in the instructions for the medical treatment of the eye disease. The concurrent mention of the Sun-god and Kamrušepa, as well as the reference to Kamrušepa looking down from the sky and retelling the banquet story, strongly support the attribution of this text to the Tauriša tradition.
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