Fragments of Hittite Magic Rituals from Boğazköy
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The Hittite texts examined in this article consist of ten cuneiform tablet fragments that were returned from Berlin to Türkiye in 1987 and are currently housed in the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. The fragments, bearing the inventory numbers Bo. 7381, Bo. 7425, Bo. 7447, Bo. 7448, Bo. 7462, Bo. 7485, Bo. 7486, Bo. 8197, Bo. 8199, and Bo. 8250, are noteworthy for their preserved ritual terminology, characteristic words and expressions, and elements pertaining to ritual practices. Technical terms, verbs denoting specific ritual actions, vocabulary referring to the materials and objects employed in ritual procedures, and formulaic expressions preserved in the fragments contribute to the interpretation of their contents and, where possible, to the identification of the textual groups to which they belong. This study presents transliterations and translations of the ten fragments and examines them from philological and contextual perspectives. Considered within the corpus of magical-ritual texts reflecting Anatolian and Kizzuwatnean traditions, the fragments are discussed with particular attention to ritual terminology, ritual practices, and other philological evidence preserved in the texts.
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- Abbreviations CTH – Catalogue des Textes Hittites KBo – Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazköi KUB – Keilschrifturkunden aus Boghazköi LNS – Late New Script MS – Middle Script NS – New Script
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