| Budget Amount *help |
¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
Tens of thousands of Hittite texts have been published as hand copies and/or photographs. I looked through all of them and collected oracle texts containing special mantic techniques such as birds, snakes, livers, and symbols for receiving answers from the gods. Among the small tablet fragments I found as many joins as possible to restore larger original tablets. As for the bird oracle texts I researched into the combination of the techniques, the question of whether only bird flight directions affect the achieved results or not, and the species diversity of the observed birds. With regard to snake oracle texts, I established the meanings of the terms describing the movements of snakes, found the rules of the outcome, and identified the word for snakes. Further, I began to edit and analyze other oracle texts.
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