Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration III (Bo 6087–Bo 6434)

Unpublished Bo-Fragments in Transliteration III (Bo 6087–Bo 6434)

by Oğuz Soysal

 

This volume continues the systematic edition of the unpublished Bo-texts deposited in the Museum of Ancient Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara. As in previous volumes, the text fragments are presented in both photographs and transliterations, with succinct philological notes explaining particular forms and relevant text variants. Several direct joins with other fragments were observed during the preparation of this volume, and the combined texts are presented either through new photographs taken of the physically joined fragments or, where the fragments are dispersed among different museums, through digital image processing.

The fragments dealt with here are mostly of a religious nature—predominantly rituals, festivals, cult inventories, and oracular texts. Two fragments are additions to the corpus of important historical compositions. A Kamrušepa myth with a description of a volcanic eruption, a magical ritual concerning the West Anatolian foe Kukkulli, and festival instructions or preparations of Ašuḫani are also worth mentioning. A Ḫedammu myth fragment and several non-Hittite compositions (vocabulary, medical text, omen) represent further text varieties.

Each text edition is accompanied, wherever possible, by information about its assignment to a Hittite text or text genre, the date of the composition, the fragment's measurements, and previous bibliography.

Table of Contents

Foreword
List of Abbreviations
Texts Bo 6087–Bo 6434
Index of Proper Names
Select Lexical Entries from Bo 6087–Bo 6434
Lexical Citations
Citations from Other Boğazköy Texts
Concordance of the CTH Numbers of Bo 6087–Bo 6434 according to CHDS 4 and the Konkordanz

• Chicago Hittite Dictionary Supplements 4
• Chicago: Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, 2024
• ISBN: 978-1-61491-113-5
• Pp. xvi + 434; 432 illustrations (most color)
• Softcover, 9 x 11.75 in.