Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Valerii Ivanov and Ilya Yakubovich (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 766.2.1 (INTR 2025-08-01)


CTH 766.2.1

Collection tablet with two Luwian conjurations

introductio



Kurzbeschreibung

Both conjurations feature mythological narratives, one involving an evil man wishing to harm a patient and another describing the washing and combing of a newborn child.

Texte

Exemplar AKUB 35.88Bo 496Ḫattuša

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1Description of an evil human being, who wishes to harm a child
Abschnitt 2ID=2Curse against the evil human being 
Abschnitt 3ID=3Manipulations involving pouring water 
Abschnitt 4ID=4Kamrušepa combs away the child’s diseases

History of publication

This text was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 226–227 as a pregnancy spell.

Tablet characteristics

This two-sided fragment contains the beginning of the second and the end of the third column of the two-column tablet. The upper edge of the obverse together with a part of the intercolumnium and the Randleiste at the bottom of the reverse are visible. A paragraph line, which may be single or double, immediately precedes the Randleiste.

Palaeography and handwriting

New Script

Text transmission

This fragment was found in an unknown location in Ḫattuša.

Intertextuality

The protective spell in section 2 finds a parallel in CTH 766.1.1.a (section 14).

General information

This text contains two story lines probably corresponding to two distinct conjurations. In the spells on its obverse (sections 1, 2) the description of an evil man is followed by the protective spell. The spells that are found on the reverse of this tablet (sections 3, 4) focus on the child’s purification, where Kamrušepa plays the main role, effectively functioning as a midwife goddess (cf. Hutter M. 2003a: 230–231).

Editio ultima: 2025-08-01