Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 764.5.1 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 764.5.1

Two Hittite conjurations

introductio



Kurzbeschreibung

The first conjuration is against stomachache. Only the final paragraphs of the second conjuration are preserved, but it is likely devoted to the same problem.

Texte

Exemplar AKBo 12.100300/tHaH

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1Incipit of a conjuration against stomach ache
Abschnitt 2ID=2List of entangled creatures
Abschnitt 3ID=3Entrails of a child were also entangled
Abschnitt 4ID=4Kamrušepa asks the Protective god of Tauriša to explain the situation to Sun-god
Abschnitt 5ID=5A report of entangled creatures
Abschnitt 6ID=6Eagles calm down waters with their wings
Abschnitt 7ID=7General colophon

History of publication

This tablet was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 244–245 as a pregnancy spell and re-edited in transliteration in Torri G. – Barsacchi F.G. 2018a: 109–111.

Tablet characteristics

This one-column tablet has a Randleiste at the bottom of the reverse, its lower part is lost. A double Winkelhaken is inserted in the double vertical line as an additional means of separating the colophon.

Palaeography and handwriting

Late New Script

Linguistic characteristics

The Hittite text contains Luwian foreign words.

Text transmission

The tablet was found in the House on the Slope.

Intertextuality

For potential parallels concerning pacifying landscape features, consult the second conjurations of CTH 764.1 and CTH 764.2.

General information

According to the colophon, this tablet contains two conjurations: the beginning of the first and the end of the second one are extant. The first conjuration mentions Kamrušepa and the Sun-god; while the name of the Protective god of Tauriša is in the lacuna, his epithet wašḫay(a/i)- is preserved. This composition contains a historiola about entangled creatures, which is retold by the gods. The second conjuration mentions eagles calming the elements of landscape with their wings, which contributes to the restoration of the cosmic order.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-01