Translatio CTH 568.8

Abschnitt 1ID=1: Oracles concerning the anger of the Protector God of the KI.LAM
1ID=1	--	We inquired by oracle1 (at) the temple of the Protector Deity of the KI.LAM.
2ID=2	--	He, the god, [was determined] (as angry) inside his temple.
3ID=3	--	Concerning the king, ditto (he was determined as angry).
4ID=4	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 2ID=2: Oracle concerning the inside of the god’s temple
5ID=5	--	We inquired by oracle about the god (being angry) inside the temple.
6ID=6	--	The sacrileges, festivals, and missing objects ditto (were determined).
7ID=7	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 3ID=3: Oracle concerning the sacrilege
8ID=8	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the sacrilege.
9ID=9	--	Doing the small kupatu- (was determined).
10ID=10	--	They will give 2 sheep as reparation.
11ID=11	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 4ID=4: Oracle concerning the festivals
12ID=12	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the festivals.
13ID=13	--	The kirari- festival ditto (was determined).
14ID=14	--	They will give as reparation 3 sheep, 1 ban of gruel, 1 ban of šinaḫilu-, 2 jugs of beer, and 1 pot of wine.
15ID=15	--	Ditto (it was determined).
16ID=16	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 5ID=5: Oracle concerning the missing objects
17ID=17	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the missing object.
18ID=18	--	Ditto (it was determined) with silver and a bronze object.
19ID=19	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 6ID=6: Oracle concerning the silver
20ID=20	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the silver.
21ID=21	--	3 shekels ditto (were determined).
22ID=22	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 7ID=7: Oracle concerning the bronze object
23ID=23	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the bronze object.
24ID=24	--	An axe weighing 100 shekels(?) ditto (was determined).
25ID=25	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 8ID=8: Oracle concerning the king
26ID=26	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the king.
27ID=27	--	The going and coming back ditto (was determined).
28ID=28	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 9ID=9: Oracle concerning the going and coming back
29ID=29	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the going and coming back.
30ID=30	--	Ditto (it was determined) with a sacrifice.
31ID=31	--	The response is favorable.
Abschnitt 10ID=10: Oracle concerning the sacrifice
32ID=32	--	We inquired by oracle concerning the sacrifice.
33ID=33	--	[…] 2 sheep di[tto] (were determined).
34ID=34	--	The resp[onse] … is favorable.
Abschnitt 11ID=11: Flesh oracle
35ID=35	--	The response [of the flesh oracle]:
36ID=36	--	The ni(pašuri-), ši(ntaḫi-), the maz[eri-…] on the right, 10(?) co[ils].
37ID=37	--	Favorable.

HW2, 293 suggests that the meaning of katta ariya- is “to inquire further”. Most other dictionaries (e.g. HED 1, 136) treat the meanings of ariya- with different preverbs as essentially the same. This may make better sense in the present text, since the very first inquiry is designated with katta ariya-, unless this refers to the reopening of a previously concluded oracular inquiry. katta ariya- is also found in other oracular texts from Emar (see. CTH 568.7 and CTH 568.9).

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