maššanalla/i-
‘divine’
- Language
- Common Luwian
- Class
- Base
- Grammar
- adj
- ID
- 1283
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Cuneiform Luwian
maššanalla/i-
‘divine’1.1.1Transmission
Although frequently attested in Luwian rituals and in Luwian spells in NS and perhaps in MS, it appears always in the same phrase.
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1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. c. | ma-aš-ša-na-al-li-in | KUB 35.45 ii 24 | (CTH 760, NS) |
| ˹ma˺-aš-˹ša˺-[na-al-li-in] | KBo 29.37, 7 | (CTH 763, NS) | |
| [ma-aš]-˹ša˺-na-al-li-in | KUB 35.43 iii 4’ | (CTH 761, NS) | |
| [ma-aš-ša]-na-al-li-in | KUB 35.48 ii 18’ | (CTH 760, NS) | |
| [ma-aš-ša-na-al-li]-˹in˺ | KUB 35.73, 12’ | (CTH 763, NS) | |
| [ma-aš-ša-na-al-li]-i-in | KBo 29.10 ii 7’ | (CTH 760, MS?) | |
| ma-aš-ša-na-a-al-˹li˺-[in] | KUB 35.12 iii 4 | (CTH 762, NS) |
Sumerographically:
| acc. sg. c. | DINGIR{MEŠ}-li-in | KUB 35.11 ii 11’ | (CTH 760, NS) |
The attestations follow CLL:143 and Starke 1990a:606 (cf. also Laroche 1959a:70) slightly corrected and checked against the photographs of the Konkordanz. The plural marker MEŠ in DINGIRMEŠ-li-in must be a scribal error, since it qualifies the acc. sg. c. KASKAL-an and appears as acc. sg. c. maššanā̆llī̆n in the parallel texts.
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1.1.3Meaning ‘divine’
Due to the Sumerographic spelling, the clear meaning of the stem and the transparent suffixation the meaning is beyond doubt and accordingly generally accepted (Laroche 1959a:70; Carruba 1982b:2, Carruba 1990a:250; CLL:143, Melchert 2003f:287; Tischler 2008a:114, Tischler 2016a:216; Yakubovich 2012a:332f.; Sideltsev 2014a:859; not included in Ünal 2016a).
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Last updated: 1 October 2020