*HantaHu̯r̥

This lexeme is found in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

[D.S.]

Carruba 1969b:99 n. 100 takes xñtabasi as a 2^nd singular present form of the verb xñtaba-^(ti). This is possible in view of the fact that a direct speech passage occurs immediately after. Therefore, the interpretation as a genitival adjective agreeing with sbirtẽ acc. sg. c. is possible but cannot be considered certain; cf. under xñtaba-^(ti).
Gehrisch 2018a:82f. takes xñtabu as 1^st sg. pres. of the verb xñtaba-^(ti) and translates it as ‘I will rule’. However, her grammatical assignment is not supported by the bulk of the attestations. Moreover, there is no 1^st person verbal form to be expected in the first lines of the poem, because the speech of the assembly of gods has not yet begun.

[D.S.]

Lyc. B xñtaba- has been equated with Lyc. A xñtawate/i- ‘ruler’ and translated accordingly by Gusmani 1968c:9-12 (likewise Shevoroshkin 2012a:471, Schürr 2016d:178). Melchert (DLL:136) follows the etymological comparison of Gusmani but takes it instead as an abstract noun and translates ‘rule’ (thus also Hajnal 1995a:212 n. 252). The semantic assignment ruler is however contradicted by its coordination with pasbã ‘small livestock’ (TL 44c.32-33), both being the direct objects of the verb slati ‘he sacrifices’. Thus, xñtaba- must be something that can be offered to a god in sacrifice. Sasseville 2021a:54f. equates xñtaba- with Hitt. ḫandāwar ‘arrangement, preparations’ (likewise suggested by Neumann 2007a:126) and argues on contextual grounds that it refers to the sacrificial preparations. He adduces as comparison a Hittite passage, where rams, wine and bread are being prepared or arranged (Hitt. ḫandā(i)-^(mi)) for a sacrifice. This hypothesis finds more support from the contextual perspective than the one of ‘ruler’ or ‘rule’. For the Lycian B word for ‘rule’, see xñtawata-.

[D.S.]

1. xñtaba-^(ti)
2. xñtabaime/i-

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