Introductio CTH 577.7

It is difficult to determine the exact nature of the oracles contained in this text, since the oracular questions are not very well preserved. The earlier oracles seem to pertain to a prayer of the queen to IŠTAR of Lawazantiya and a lunar omen. The purpose of the oracular inquiries only starts to become discernable about halfway through the text, when we have references to divine anger directed towards the queen, and to a dream of Muršilli III.

Texte

Exemplar A

KBo 44.210

819/f

Bk. D

Literaturauszug aus der Konkordanz

H. Roszkowska-Mutschler, DBH 22, 2007: 196-200
L. Warbinek, KIN, 2020: 316-318

Inhaltsübersicht

Abschnitt 1ID=1
Abschnitt 2ID=2	Extispicy
Abschnitt 3ID=3	KIN oracle
Abschnitt 4ID=4	Extispicy concerning a bird oracle
Abschnitt 5ID=5	KIN oracle
Abschnitt 6ID=6	Prayer of the queen
Abschnitt 7ID=7	Extispicy concerning a lunar omen
Abschnitt 8ID=8	KIN oracle
Abschnitt 9ID=9	Extispicy
Abschnitt 10ID=10	KIN oracle
Abschnitt 11ID=11	Bird oracle
Abschnitt 12ID=12	Extispicy concerning divine anger
Abschnitt 13ID=13	Extispicy concerning divine anger at the queen
Abschnitt 14ID=14	Extispicy concerning any other causes
Abschnitt 15ID=15	Extispicy concerning a dream of the king
Abschnitt 16ID=16	Extispicy
Abschnitt 17ID=17	Extispicy concerning Šarruma
Abschnitt 18ID=18
Abschnitt 19ID=19
Abschnitt 20ID=20	KIN oracle
Abschnitt 21ID=21
Abschnitt 22ID=22	KIN oracle
Abschnitt 23ID=23
Abschnitt 24ID=24

History of publication

Handcopy: Otten H. – Rüster C. 2003a

Transliteration: Roszkowska-Mutschler H. 2007a, 196-200.

Partial editions: Warbinek L. 2020a, 316-318; Sakuma Y. 2009b, II 498-499.

Tablet characteristics

Only one column is preserved. The obverse contains a blank space between two rulings, perhaps separating oracular enquiries on different topics.

Palaeography and handwriting

Late New-Hittite script (see for example ID, IG, DA, E, SAG, ŠA, TAR, especially the late form of ḪA). Note however the older forms of GI and TA.

Editio ultima: 2026-02-24