Kurzbeschreibung |
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The present text records a series of oracles concerning a statue of the Goddess of the Splendid Storm-God. The questions seem to relate to the potential results from building the statue of different materials, though the exact question is not clear, because of the frequent use of KI.MIN to repeat part of the question lost in a break before the start of the preserved text.
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Texte |
| Exemplar A | A₁ | KBo 40.270 | 1851/c | Bk. A |
| + A₂ | + KBo 40.54 | + 1187/c | Bk. A |
| + A₃ | + KBo 40.52 | + 1938/c | Bk. A |
| | | + 1949/c | Bk. A |
| | | + 1955/c | Bk. A |
| + A₄ | + KBo 40.374 | + 2360/c | Bk. A |
| + A₅ | + HFAC 75 | + YBC 16203 | Bk. A * | |
Inhaltsübersicht |
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History of publication |
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Handcopies: Otten H. – Rüster C. 1997b; Beckman G.M. – Hoffner H.A. 1985a.
Partial translations: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 445-452.
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Tablet characteristics |
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Fragments from the upper half of a single-column tablet, neatly laid out with rulings between each oracular inquiry, except for the use of a Glossenkeil at rev. 7/3′.
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Palaeography and handwriting |
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Late Hittite script. There is a tendency in certain signs, such as MA and ID, for horizontal wedges to fall short of a following vertical.
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Linguistic characteristics |
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Note the abbreviation of GUN to GÚ.
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Historical context |
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The building of divine statues was clearly importance to the Hittites (see in general Collins B.J. 2005b), and had to be done in a specific manner and with specific materials to best please the god. Hence, we have some other oracles concerning the building of divine statues (see Christiansen B. 2025, JCS 77).
The bird omens in this text are interpreted by one AMAR.MUŠEN, who also appears in HFAC 76. See Hout Th.P.J. van den 1995c, 204-206.
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