Kurzbeschreibung |
Both conjurations aim at protecting a “human child”. The first conjuration lists evil creatures that are burned and then extinguished. The second one lists horrible things that the evil-doer must see and experience.
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History of publication |
The text was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 230–232 as a pregnancy spell. The second conjuration is also published with comments in Beckman G. 1983b: 194–199.
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Tablet characteristics |
This is a one-column tablet judging by its preserved width. The right edge is partially preserved. The double paragraph line separates the two conjurations on the reverse of the tablet.
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Palaeography and handwriting |
New Script
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Linguistic characteristics |
The conjurations on both the obverse and reverse feature several Luwian foreign words.
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Text transmission |
The tablet was found in Ḫattuša, its precise find spot is unknown.
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Intertextuality |
The second conjuration finds a very close parallel in the text attributed to Pittei (KUB 44.4+ rev.). Moreover, the spells of the second conjuration referring to seeing terrible things can be compared with the parallel Luwian spells in CTH 766.2.1.
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General information |
The first conjuration of the collection tablet is directed at the ḫuišti-demons, while the second one mentions a human perpetrator who attends to bewitch the human child. There is a theoretical possibility that the colophon at the beginning of the reverse belongs to jet another conjuration, but this hypothesis cannot be proven.
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