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.
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Inhaltsübersicht |
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History of publication |
This text was published in transliteration in Starke F. 1985a: 226–227 as a pregnancy spell.
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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.
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Palaeography and handwriting |
New Script
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Text transmission |
This fragment was found in an unknown location in Ḫattuša.
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Intertextuality |
The protective spell in section 2 finds a parallel in CTH 766.1.1.a (section 14).
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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).
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