albrãn-

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.]

nom./acc. pl.

albrãna

TL 44d.4 (Xanthos)

Schürr 2018b:65 opens the possibility of seeing an infinitive of the verb alba-^(ti) ‘?’ by deleting one letter, i.e. alb{r}ãna, but an infinitive is not supported by the syntax of the passage.

[D.S.]

The word albrãna seems to be coordinated with pruwa ‘?’ and both items belong to the Storm-god (differently Schürr 2018b:95, who takes albrãna as the direct object of qretu). Shevoroshkin 2002a:239 suggests the meaning ‘altar, offering’, which is a mere guess. No semantic assignment can be given here.

[D.S.]

albrãna is most likely a neuter n-stem, i.e. albrãn- or albrẽn- (+ vowel harmony).

[D.S.]