The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

Digital Edition and Cultural Historical Analysis

Birgit Christiansen

Citatio: Andrea Trameri (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 573.19 (INTR 2025-08-06)


CTH 573.19

Bird oracle fragment

introductio



Short description

Fragment of approximately a third to half a column of text containing bird oracles.

Since it is difficult to determine the original length of each line, our edition focuses solely on the partially preserved sentences without attempting to reconstruct the entirely missing ones (cf. the edition by Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 461-462, who considered an average of two sentences per line for a tentative reconstruction).

Texts

Manuscript AKBo 41.157120/gBk. D

Literature from the Konkordanz

  • Y. Sakuma, Diss., 2009: II 461f.

History of publication

Handcopy: H. Otten (KBo 41, Otten H. – Rüster C. 1999a).

Edition: Sakuma Y. 2009b, II, 461-462.

Palaeography and handwriting

NS (jh.); diagnostic signs: IK, IT, ŠA, TA, TAR.

Overview of contents

Section 1ID=1§1´. Oracle (continuation)
Section 2ID=2§2´. Oracle (new paragraph)
Editio ultima: 2025-08-06