Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 764.7 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 764.7

Fragment of a Hittite conjuration and a colophon

introductio



Kurzbeschreibung

The obverse contains a mythological narrative about a beaten army. The reverse features a colophon mentioning a physician who utters a conjuration.

Texte

Exemplar AKBo 64.184103/xBk. K

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1The whole army is beaten on a campaign
Abschnitt 2ID=2The Protective god of Tauriša tells the Sun-god about the beaten army
Abschnitt 3ID=3Colophon

History of publication

This text was never fully published in transliteration, except for a small fragment cited in Otten H. 1969b: 27 and Starke F. 1990a: 209, n. 686.

Tablet characteristics

The obverse is broken at the distance of some three signs from the left edge. It is uncertain whether we are dealing with one- or two-column tablet, but the tentatively restored width of the tablet supports the former option. The reverse contains a partly preserved colophon.

Palaeography and handwriting

New Script

Text transmission

This fragment was found in Building K of Büyükkale.

Intertextuality

The colophon on the reverse mentions a doctor, presumably acting as a ritual specialist, as he does in the incipit of CTH 764.8.

General information

It is unclear whether the obverse and the reverse refer to the same conjuration or two distinct ones, but the former is more likely. The text of the obverse mentions the Protective god of Tauriša and the Sun-god in a characteristic context that is typical of the Tauriša triad. The story about the beaten army is repeated by the Protective god of Tauriša. It is likely that the sufferings of the warriors described on the obverse represent a prelude to the problems of a specific patient introduced in the lost part of the conjuration.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-01