The Purity of Kingship: An Edition of CTH 569 and Related Hittite Oracle Inquiries of Tutẖaliya IV.BRILL, 1998 - 371 pagina's Confronted with an illness and other disconcerting signs shortly before his royal inauguration, the "Hittite Great King Tuth?aliya IV" (ca. 1240-1210 B.C.) looks for past affairs of rebellion within the royal family. Members of the ruling dynasty up to three generations back have taken recourse to black magic in their search for power. Their curses are felt to be still effective and have contaminated the institution of Kingship. The King conducts an extensive series of oracle inquiries in order to find ways to reconcile the (for the most part deceased) family members and to render their curses ineffective. The texts of these inquiries shed light on daily life in the Hittite empire, and, in this case, daily life of the King of the Hittites. The reconstruction of these oracle inquiries forms the subject of the underlying volume. The author offers not only a full edition of the texts (now first brought together), but also introductory chapters on topics of wider importance such as "text constitution, techniques for recording oracles," and the persons involved and historical setting of the composite text. |
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affair Akkad arha Armatarhunta ascertained Boğazköy column curse Danuḥepa dat.-loc.sg deceased deity DINGIR DINGIR-LUM DINGIR.MEŠ EGIR EGIR-pa erasure exta be favorable extispicy fragment GAM-an GIDIM gods Halpaziti handcopy Hattušili Hitt Hittite Houwink ten Cate hurri-bird Hurrian I-NA IGI-zi IŠ-TU kán KBO II KBO XVI 98 KBO XXIII 114 KI.MIN KIN-oracle king kingship ku-it Kummanni left edge let the exta let the kin lines LUGAL Luwian ma-a-an Majesty mantalli-ritual ME-aš MUNUSŠU.GI Muršili MUŠ MUŠEN HUR-RI Muwatalli II na-aš na-aš-kán na-at Nerik nom.sg.c nu-kán NU.SIG5 oracle oracle inquiry oracle investigation oracle texts pa-an pa-ra-a Ph.H.J. Houwink pí-an r.col Šaušgatti še-er SIG5 SISKUR SIXSÁ-at StBoT StBoT 38 Sungoddess of Arinna tablet tawananna TEMEŠ Tuthaliya ú-it Ú-UL unfavorable Urhiteššub VIII 27 Winkelhaken XLIX 49 XLIX 93 XVI 16 obv XVI 16 rev XVI 98 ii XVIII 36 XXII 13 XXII 35 XXIII 114 obv Zawalli-deity