*sri-k^u̯olā-

This lexeme is attested once in the trilingual of the Letoon dated to 337 BCE., but see also Lyc. B zriqala-.

[D.S.]

nom. sg.

hriqla

N 320.41 (Xanthos)

Gusmani 2010a:70 segregates the sequence mehriqla in mehri qla instead of me hriqla, which is not persuasive especially considering the Lyc. B cognate zriqala-.

[D.S.]

Laroche 1979c:85, 115 suggests that the hriqla- meaning literally “high precinct” is a precinct of more prominence than the simple qla- thus referring probably to the precinct on the acropolis of Xanthos. This is confirmed by the Aramean version, which translates hriqla- with b-’wrn byrl’ ‘the citadel of Xanthos’. The popular comparison with Lyd. šerliš šrmliš ‘the chief of the temenos’ is not adequate, although the concept of authority is present in both cases. The high precinct of the acropolis of Xanthos surely had authority over the Letoon just as the “chief of the temenos” had authority over the Artemision of Sardis; cf. Eichner 1986b:205 n. 5, Neumann 2007a:100, Gusmani 2010a:70 with further literature.

[D.S.]

This lexeme is attested on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos dated shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE.

[D.S.]

dat./loc. sg.	zriqali	TL 44d.32 (Xanthos)
	zriq!ali	TL 44c.50-51 (Xanthos)

Contra Schürr 2016d:176, who parses zriqali as nominative singular. The clear appurtenance of qala-/qla- to the a-stems does not support his claim.

[D.S.]

The attestation of TL 44c.50-51 is written as zrigali, which should be emended after the other attestation zriqali. This is also supported from a phonological point of view, because no Lycian words can begin with g-, which comes from a Proto-Anatolian lenited laryngeal.

[D.S.]

Gusmani 1989-1990a:76 suggests tentatively an equation with Lyc. A hriqla- ‘precinct of the acropolis’ (hesitantly followed by Serangeli 2015b:168 n. 8 and Schürr 2016d:176). This semantic assignment can be supported contextually, because the zriqali designate a place, where an invocation of the gods is made (TL 44c.50-51) and where something should be delivered (TL 44d.32). Shevoroshkin 2014a:239 interprets the second member qali as ‘fighter’ based on an etymological comparison with Hitt. ḫulle/a-^(mi) ‘to fight’. However, this is not supported from a broader Lycian perspective.

[D.S.]