The Corpus of Hittite Divinatory Texts (HDivT)

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Joseph Barber (Hrsg.)

Citatio: Joseph Barber (Hrsg.), hethiter.net/: CTH 577.8 (TRde 2026-05-08)


CTH 577.8

Oracles concerning the wellbeing of the king

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Abschnitt 1ID=1: Oracles concerning the wellbeing of the king

1ID=1 --

[] in the year, at that time, for the yearly festival.

2ID=2 --

But if the person of the king will be well,

3ID=3 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

4ID=4 --

[]… gave an omen inside from the god.

5ID=5 --

Through the augur:

6ID=6 --

An azzamuraliya- .1

7ID=7 --

Favorable.

8ID=8 --

Ditto (if it will be) well for the king with the illness,

9ID=9 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

10ID=10 --

Unfavorable.

11ID=11 --

Through the augur:

12ID=12 --

[] good pair…

13ID=13 --

Let (the oracle) be favorable.

14ID=14 --

[]

Abschnitt 2ID=2: Oracles concerning bloodshed, oracles of unclear content

15ID=15 --

[Through] the augur:

16ID=16 --

(If it will be well) [wi]th the bloodshed,

17ID=17 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

18ID=18 --

[]

19ID=19 --

[Through the] augur:

20ID=20 --

[],

21ID=21 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

22ID=22 --

[]

23ID=23 --

[]

24ID=24 --

Through []:

25ID=25 --

Ditto (if) []

26ID=26 --

Through the au[gur]:

27ID=27 --

Ditto (if) [] of the hand…

28ID=28 --

Through the aug[ur]:

29ID=29 --

Ditto through []

30ID=30 --

Through the au[gur]:

31ID=31 --

Ditto (if) through []

32ID=32 --

Through the au[gur]:

33ID=33 --

Ditto (if) [] the house…

34ID=34 --

Through the []

35ID=35 --

Ditto (if) [] the hous[es]

36ID=36 --

Ditto (if) [] to…

37ID=37 --

Ditto (if) [] the city…

38ID=38 --

Through the aug[ur]:

39ID=39 --

Ditto (if) [] to the lands…

40ID=40 --

Through the aug[ur]:

41ID=41 --

Ditto (if) [] to…

42ID=42 --

Through the au[gur]:

43ID=43 --

Ditto (if) the [] brings…

44ID=44 --

Through the []:

45ID=45 --

[] took…

46ID=46 --

[] brings…

47ID=47 --

[]

48ID=48 --

Through the au[gur]:

49ID=49 --

Ditto (if) the king should cleanse []

50ID=50 --

[] are finished,

51ID=51 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

52ID=52 --

Through the augur:

53ID=53 --

Ditto (if), O gods, you know the king…

54ID=54 --

[Through the] augur:

55ID=55 --

You know [] of the external…

Abschnitt 3ID=3: Oracles concerning who will commit murder

56ID=56 --

The bloodshed which was confirmed.

57ID=57 --

[]

58ID=58 --

The bloodshed [] of the gift…

59ID=59 --

The internal bloodshed which []

60ID=60 --

Will the charioteers commit murder?2

61ID=61 --

[]

62ID=62 --

but will the lord of the staircase commit murder?

63ID=63 --

[]

64ID=64 --

Will one of the soldiers of the king commit murder?

65ID=65 --

…the land [] the external bloodshed which was confirmed…

66ID=66 --

but the lord of the staircase…

67ID=67 --

But will any lord commit murder?

68ID=68 --

Let (the oracle) be unfavorable.

69ID=69 --

[]

70ID=70 --

Will any brother of the king commit murder?

71ID=71 --

Let (the oracle) be unfavorable.

72ID=72 --

[]

73ID=73 --

Will any prince commit murder?

74ID=74 --

Let the oracle be unfavorable.

75ID=75 --

[]

end of obv. I

Abschnitt 4ID=4:

76ID=76 --

[]

77ID=77 --

[]

78ID=78 --

[]

79ID=79 --

[]

80ID=80 --

[]

81ID=81 --

[]

82ID=82 --

[] sees…

83ID=83 --

[]

84ID=84 --

[] thus ditto…

85ID=85 --

[]… ditto…

86ID=86 --

[] the border of(?) Nerik…

87ID=87 --

[] the border of(?) Ḫupišna…

88ID=88 --

[] which was confirmed,

89ID=89 --

[]

90ID=90 --

[] the man and the woman…

91ID=91 --

[] the disease was confirmed…

92ID=92 --

[]

93ID=93 --

[…u]nfavorable.

94ID=94 --

The gods []

95ID=95 --

[]

96ID=96 --

[]

rev. III breaks off

Abschnitt 5ID=5: Oracles concerning an evil

blank line

97ID=97 --

[Di]tto (if) [] for the person of…

98ID=98 --

[Thr]ough the extispicy expert:

99ID=99 --

Favorable.

100ID=100 --

[Thr]ough the augur:

101ID=101 --

[]

102ID=102 --

Ditto (if) the evil []… was confirmed,

103ID=103 --

[] from that…

104ID=104 --

[Through] the extispicy expert:

105ID=105 --

[]

gap, ca. five lines

Abschnitt 6ID=6: Oracles concerning the coming evil

106ID=106 --

Then…

107ID=107 --

Through the extispicy expert:

108ID=108 --

SAG.ME

109ID=109 --

Ditto (if) the bindings which [] in…

110ID=110 --

the god whom [] of that…

111ID=111 --

Through the extispicy expert:

112ID=112 --

pura- []

113ID=113 --

Through the augur:

114ID=114 --

[]

115ID=115 --

Ditto (if) it will be well for the person of the king,

116ID=116 --

[]

117ID=117 --

Through the extispicy expert:

118ID=118 --

favorable.

119ID=119 --

Through the augur:

120ID=120 --

favorable.

121ID=121 --

Ditto (if) the evil which has been confirmed by the gods to be coming(?),

122ID=122 --

if it will come back there,

123ID=123 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

124ID=124 --

Favorable.

125ID=125 --

Through the extispicy expert and augur:

126ID=126 --

Favorable.

Abschnitt 7ID=7: Oracles concerning the coming good

127ID=127 --

Ditto3 if the good which was confirmed,

128ID=128 --

if it will happen besides there,

129ID=129 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

130ID=130 --

Favorable.

131ID=131 --

Through the extispicy expert and augur:

132ID=132 --

Favorable.

Abschnitt 8ID=8: Oracles concerning the killing of a man

133ID=133 --

Ditto if the killing of a man above (?) which has been confirmed by the gods,

134ID=134 --

if you will [] them,

135ID=135 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

136ID=136 --

Favorable.

Abschnitt 9ID=9:

137ID=137 --

Ditto if the god [] will arrive there,

138ID=138 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

139ID=139 --

Unfavorable.

140ID=140 --

Through the extispicy expert and augur:

141ID=141 --

[]

142ID=142 --

Ditto if []

143ID=143 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

144ID=144 --

unfavorable.

145ID=145 --

Through the extispicy expert and augur:

146ID=146 --

[]

147ID=147 --

Ditto if [] will arrive there opposite…

148ID=148 --

let (the oracle) be favorable.

149ID=149 --

It was unfavorable.

150ID=150 --

[…through the] augur:

151ID=151 --

Unfavorable.

152ID=152 --

Then [] outside.

153ID=153 --

Favorable.

154ID=154 --

They ommitted this question for you.

155ID=155 --

[] you made…into a criminal.4

156ID=156 --

[] to us…

157ID=157 --

Did he not speak to us whole heartedly?

158ID=158 --

Let (the oracle) be unfavorable.

159ID=159 --

Favorable.

160ID=160 --

Through the extispicy expert [] and augur:

161ID=161 --

Favorable.

162ID=162 --

Did he [not(?)…] speak to us whole heartedly?

163ID=163 --

Let (the oracle) be favorable.

164ID=164 --

[]

165ID=165 --

Favorable.

166ID=166 --

[]

167ID=167 --

These []

168ID=168 --

[]

169ID=169 --

[]

170ID=170 --

We do not… any []

171ID=171 --

The gods [] from the gift…

172ID=172 --

Unfavorable.

173ID=173 --

Should we leave [] inside?

174ID=174 --

Will the lords make any word (?)?

175ID=175 --

Let (the oracle) be unfavorable.

176ID=176 --

Unfavorable.

177ID=177 --

The lands which are…

178ID=178 --

He foolishly brings the slaves on the way,

179ID=179 --

will they not sleep?

180ID=180 --

will no [] happen at all?

181ID=181 --

Let (the oracle) be unfavorable.

182ID=182 --

Unfavorable.

lost

183ID=183 --

Let (the oracle) be unfavorable.

184ID=184 --

[] leaves…

end of tablet

This term, presumably a bird-name, is a hapax.
Lit. “make bloody”, translation following Beal R.H. 1992a, 161, n. 588.
The function of KI.MIN here and in the following lines is not clear, since the conditional particle ma-a-an is written out.
For the meaning of this hapax, see Sasseville D. 2020c, 467.
Editio ultima: Traductionis 2026-05-08

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