On recent cuneiform editions of Hittite fragments (III): remarks on the reading and interpretation of recently published cuneiform fragments from the Hittite capital Bogazkoy/Hattusa.

• Author: Soysal, Oguz
• Position: Essay

The aim of the present review is basically the same as that of the two earlier installments published in JAOS 129 (2009): 295-306 and JAOS 133 (2013): 691-703. Since this article undertakes the task of reviewing five individual volumes of Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazkoi (henceforth KBo) and is therefore considerably longer than its two predecessors, the presentation is a bit different: The additions and corrections to indices are given in the main text, and the bibliographic referrences to the secondary literature have been reduced to a minimum. Re-examination of more than 1500 fragments has this time resulted in more textual growth for the Hittite text corpus than offered in the previous reviews. Noteworthy are five direct joins (KBo 51 nos. 160, 189, KBo 55 no. 74, KBo 58 no. 36, KBo 60 no. 64), three suggested (in)direct joins (KBo 51 no. 190, KBo 58 no. 171, KBo 60 no. 175), and a half dozen duplicates, including KBo 58 no. 38, which relates to the famous "Naramsin Legend."

In April 2014, when this manuscript had been completed, there were no reviews of the KBo volumes in question known to me. D. Groddek, however, published in DBH 39 (2012) transliterations of the texts from KBo 58 on which I will also make some critical remarks here. For reasons of space, Groddek's book is not always cited in discussions by page numbers, etc.; all corrections (marked with "pace Groddek") and alternative suggestions refer to his DBH 39, if not otherwise indicated. For problematic signs and text passages I have again utilized the tablet photos at Konkordanz der hethitischen Texte (http://www.hethport. adwmainz.de); each photo's identification is given here in parenthesis following Konkordanz (Citatio: hethiter.net/; PhotArch ...).

KBo 51

no. 8: Contrary to the Inhaltsverzeichnis, p. iv, and Konkordanz, this text is not a mugawar for Telipinu (CTH 324.6. A), but rather a (Hattian) festival fragment (CTH 670) naming [d Te-l]i-pi-nu-un, [d NIN].E.GAL, and [d U-ri-i]a-du-un (ll. 2'-4'); cf. KBo 11.35 rev. 4-6, KBo 25.12 i 15-17', KUB 53.13 ii 2-5', KUB 57.59 ii 10-12', and Bo 3249 i 4-5'. All these divine names are to be added to indices.

no. 11 (MS): For ll. 5'- 6' cf. KUB 12.63+ obv. 24-25', 30-31' (CTH 412.2.A, which likewise exhibits MS).

no. 12: Note that the spelling pdr-"[ka.sub.4]"-as-[ti] "height" (1. 3') is primarily found in the cult inventory texts; 1. 4': ku-up-ri-i[a(-) ...] (followed by [MATHEMATICAL EXPRESSION NOT REPRODUCIBLE IN ASCII] in 1.5') may relate to Akk. KUPRU "bitumen, pitch." J. Tischler, HHWb (2001), 85, indeed mentions a Hittite neuter noun kupri- "bitumen," for which, however, no attestation or further bibliography is available to me. On the other hand, if a mythological composition is present here, one will remember the well-known motif of the building of a boat and covering it with the bitumen as described in Gilgames (XI 55, 66) and Atra-hasls (III i 33, ii 13, 51).

no. 13 is a conjuration as part of a ritual rather than a mythological composition, mentioning d U-as hurtai- "curse of the Stormgod" (1.4'), for which see IBoT 4.149 ii? 3' (CTH 470.176); 1. 11' should be restored with [nep]isas dag[anzipas=a?] "of? [the heajven [and] ea[rth]."

no. 14 1. 6': A form such as "Kamruzipa" (indices, p. xviii) is hitherto unattested, hence read and restore [d Kam-ru]-se-pa-as. On the chronological development of the spelling of this divine name see my contribution in CRRAI53, vol. I, part 2 (2010), 1050-51.

no. 16 ii 4-9' (in the edition mistakenly numbered as 3'-8'): See my remarks in JAOS 129 (2009): 297 (on KBo 53.10 ii 22-25') and Colloquium Anatolicum 11 (2012): 317.

no. 23 supplies a number of MH forms, e.g., pres. pi. 1 is-par-u-[??]e[??]-[ni] (1. 4', to ispar-"to spread out"), [p]a-i-ua-ni (1. 6', to pai- "to go"), [s]u-u-nu-me-e-n[i] (1. 7', to suniya- "to seed"), and pi. acc. [i]s-nu-u-ru-u[s] (1. 11', to [sup.(DUG)]/isnura-).

no. 27 could very well be a letter. Obv. 3': Read [ta]k-su-ul "[p]eace"; obv. 5': [... ku?]-[??]e[??] up-pa-ah-hu-un "[... whic]h (pi.) I sent" strongly recalls KUB 23.101 ii 1, 3, 13, 19, 23 (CTH 177.3). If these fragments belong to the same tablet, our piece is to be placed somewhere near the right edge of KUB 23.101 after ii 18. A physical examination, however, is not possible.

no. 28 is hardly a prayer (so Inhaltsverzeichnis, p. v, and Konkordanz) due to the phrase UM-MA SU-MA "he (says) thus" in 1. 3'. L. 7' reads [ta]r-hu-i-l-[a-a]-[tar] "bravery."

no. 35 rt. col. 1'-4' seem to be a list of divine witnesses from [Arinna], Zippalanda, Nerikka, and Hattusa; cf. KUB 26.11 i 7'-9'; rt. col. 6': ku-e-ru-un "I cut (pret.)" is attested here for the first time, and an iter. imp. form of the same verb kurask- is to be restored in 1. 9' as part of an analogic spell: "[Just as] I cut [the ... of] this sheep, [so let it/them] likewise cu[t the ... of] the evil one along with his family and troops" (ll. 5'-9').

no. 45 line 7': ua-al-hu-u-e-is(-)[...] is a hapax, but could be a cognate of walh- "to hit, strike"; cf. ll. (3'), 9', (12').

no. 47 rev.7 2'-4' mention features of the human body: sa-at-ti-u[??]s[??] (perhaps pi. acc. to satti- of unknown meaning; CHD S/2 [2005], 313), UMBIN.HI.A-SU "his finger-nails," pdrse-na-as-sa-as SAHAR.HI.A(-)[??]x[??] "dirt of his genitals." The latter composite designation is likewise extant in KUB 43.59+ i 17 (CTH 453.2.A).

no. 50: Contrary to Konkordanz this piece cannot be an indirect join to KUB 46.43 (CTH 458.84), but it may rather contain a parallel passage, since the lemma kinuntariyalaz is found in both fragments in its full length (here 1. 8' and KUB 46.43:12').

no. 54a rt. col. 8': Add the spelling mi-nu-u-si "you make pleasant" to CHD 3/3 (1986), 291.

no. 62 rev. 6': Add the sg. nom. com. form li-in-ka4-is "oath; perjury" to CHD 3/1 (1980), 64.

no. 78 appears to contain inaugural ceremonies for an important building. It mentions a number of architectual structures (11. 6', 9', 10', 13', 19') including sa-he-es-sa-n[a-as/az] (gen. or abl.), an incomplete, but rare spelling for sahessar "enclosing wall," which could be related to Ehila- "courtyard" in 1. 6'. A blessing is given in 11. 18'-20': "Since your gods [ope]ned? (= [he]ser) your house, so may the floor(age?) (= huimpa-) be [...] for you."

no. 94 should probably be assigned rather to CTH 706, since 11. 1'-8' are very similar to KUB 57.52 i? 3'-9' (CTH 706).

no. 111 1. 6': Perhaps restore [... ZU9? S]AH.GIS.GI SA HU[R.SAG?] "[tooth?] of the [w]ild boar of mou[ntain?]," cf. KBo 30.20 iii 5'. L. 9': The bronze item in this inventory [??]1?[??] DU-PU-U ZABA[R] is to be compared with 1 TU-PU-U URUDU (KUB 2.2 iv 9 // KBo 19.162 rev. 8') and 1 TU-PU-[??]U x-x[??] (KUB 28.87+ rev. 3'). The problematic lemma TU/DU-PU-U (or TU/TU-BU-U) has not been satisfactorily explained by H.-S. Schuster, HHB I (1974), 76-77, or J. Klinger, StBoT 37 (1996), 684. Tentatively, I would suggest a connection to the Akkadian tubbu "to refine (a metal)" CAD T (2006), 34, 41 or *tubbu as adjective and verb (of unknown meaning, but clearly said of metals) ibid., 115-16.

no. 115 (CTH 560.II or rather CTH 552 "signs of BIR") is a fragment of a bilingual omen text, of which 11. 3'-4' are in Akkadian. L. 2': To be read [LU ha]r-pa[??] na-li[??](-)[...] "[e]nemy"?; 11. 5'-6': The Hittite protasis may be reconstructed as [tak-ku ...? B]IR ki-sa nu-u[??]s-s[??][i(-) ...]/[... s]e-er ma-us-z[i] "[If a B]IR-sign occurs, and [another one?] fall[s o] ver it," cf. KUB 4.1 iv 26'. The bibliographic reference to "H. G. Guterbock AfO 18 (1957) 79f." in Inhaltsverzeichnis, p. vi, is not relevant for the matter here.

no. 127 rev.? iii 7'-13' + Bo 3293:3'-9': After this direct join (KBo 51, p. 24, and Konkordanz) the proper names URU[??]Ta[??]-u-ri-sa (rev.? iii 7' + Bo 3293:3'), [dISTA]R URUHa-at-ta-ri-na dNi-na-at-ta / [dKu-li]-it-ta (rev.? iii 9'-10' + Bo 3293:5') are to be added to the indices,

no. 128 1. 7': rdISTAR[??] URUHa-a[t-ta-ri-na] is to be added to the indices,

no. 129 11. 2'-5' state that the BA.BA.ZA-porridge is added (=kan appanda neya-) to the offerings by the king (Mursili II), an ingredient which is not included in the older tablets: [... B]A.BA.ZA [an-na-al-la-as A-NA TUP-PAHI.A] / [??]U[??]-UL e-es-t[??]a[??] [na-an/at-kan mMur-si-li LUGAL.GAL] / DUMU mSu-up-pi-lu-l[i-u-ma LUGAL.GAL] / EGIR-an-da ne-i[a-at]. Similar phrases are found in KBo 24.14+ ii 5'-7', KUB 40.102 v 5'-7', and KUB 51.21:16'-17' (all CTH 628 and referring to Muwatalli II; see CHD vol. L-N, fasc. 4 [1989], 363).

no. 134: For 11. 1'-5' cf. KBo 23.64 iii 12'-15' and KBo 23.79 iii 5'-9'.

no. 135: The information in the Inhaltsverzeichnis, p. vii, and Konkordanz seems to be incorrect. The unpublished piece Bo 3228 obv. 1'-17' (CTH 633.E) duplicates IBoT 1.29 obv. 12-27, and does not match KBo 51.135 at any point. Bo 3228 has recently been presented in transliteration along with the tablet photos by N. Tirpan in FsTirpan (2012), 649, 651, 655.

no. 137 rev. (v?) 3' reads [...]-[??]x[??]-si-na, thus the restored entry URULihsina (sic) in the indices p. xix is not confirmed.

no. 145 is assigned to CTH 734 "Hattian fragments of rituals and incantations" in the Konkordanz. However, I am not able to detect any particular Hattian feature in the context. Lt. col. 1' and 3' mention the wooden structure [GISgaz-zi-i[??]t?-tu[??]-u-ri(-it) where the Hittite king usually washes his hands for cult purposes. Taking the similar passage man=kan GISgazzituriza=ma par[a] uizzi "when he (the king) comes for[th] from the gazzituri-" (KUB 58.4 v 6'-7') into consideration, the instrumental form in 1. 3' of our fragment should be regarded as a scribal error.

no. 160 It. col. 1'-8' are a direct join to KUB 20.68 i 1'-8' (CTH 597.3) and read as follows: [... LU.MESS][??]U.GI[??] / [LU-MES][??]U[??]-BA-RU L[U.MeSDUGUD a-s]e-es-sar / [SA? NAP-TA]-A-NI [a-s]a-s-si [section] [GIM-an-m]a TU7.HI.A ha-[an-ti] [??]s[??]ar-r[??]a[??]-at-ta / [nu GAL ME]-SE-DI...