Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 765.5 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 765.5

Fragments of several Luwian conjurations and one Hittite prescription

introductio



Kurzbeschreibung

The Luwian passages contain a mythological narrative, while the Hittite part prescribes the remedy against a disease. Several body parts are mentioned, including kidney, throat, legs and hands, but one cannot define the precise aim of the conjuration.

Texte

Exemplar AKUB 35.79895/cBk. A

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1Luwian narrative passages mentioning the human child and the toponym Pašūḫalta 
Abschnitt 2ID=2Luwian passages mentioning body parts
Abschnitt 3ID=3Unclear Luwian passage
Abschnitt 4ID=4Hittite instructions for preparing a remedy 
Abschnitt 5ID=5Applying the remedy to the patient 

History of publication

This text was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 397–399 as an unspecified Luwian fragment. The numbering of the columns in the edition is the opposite to the one proposed in Starke F. 1985a, where the Hittite text is aligned with column one.

Tablet characteristics

The fragment preserves parts of all the four columns of a two-column tablet together with the intercolumnium on both sides. No edges of the tablet are visible.

Palaeography and handwriting

Middle Script

Linguistic characteristics

The prescription accompanying one of the conjurations is formulated in Hittite.

Text transmission

This fragment was found in Building A of Büyükkale.

General information

The mention of the “human child” (DUMU.NAM.LÚ.U₁₉.LU) anchors this manuscript within the genre of conjurations, as does the presence of the particle =kuwa. The logic of this genre implies that the treatment of a patient is described after the mythological narrative. Therefore, we align the Luwian narrative and the Hittite prescription with columns one and four respectively. This is the most likely order even if several conjurations are recorded on this tablet. Judging by the mentioned body parts we are indeed dealing with at least two separate conjurations: the fragmentary column two contains a mention of kidneys and possibly throat, while the treatment in column four is applied to human hands and feet.

Editio ultima: 2025-08-01