SCRIBA+RA/I-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 1012
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
SCRIBA+RA/I-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax legomenon is attested once on one of the lead strips from Tabal, dating to the mid- or late 8th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. n. | /…-n=za/ | SCRIBA+RA/I-za | KULULU lead strip 1, §1 (Tabal) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme has so far remained largely unclear. Only the ending can be recovered for the reason that it shows the neuter particle /-sa, -za/.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Although this lexeme appears in a well preserved context on one of the KULULU lead strips, its meaning remains in the dark. It is part of the very first clause of the lead strip and shows grammatical agreement with the preceding word HORDEUM-za ‘barley’, suggesting it to be a modifying adjective (cf. Hawkins 1987a:139), even if these occur more frequently before their head noun in HLuw. (Bauer 2014a:230). Hawkins 1987a:139 mentions the possibility of an alternative analysis, which sees the form as a dat./loc. sg. of a noun in /-aza-/, denoting the profession of the person, whose name appears next. In that case, a similar caveat to that of the previous analysis exists, for any titles denoting professions and the like usually appear after the name of the person in HLuw.
[AH.B.]