pntmun
‘prophet of Amun or personal name’
- Language
- Carian
- Class
- Loanwoard
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 1523
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Carian
pntmun
‘prophet of Amun or personal name’1.1.1Transmission
Hapax in a false door-stela from Memphis, c. 580-560 (Kammerzell 1993a:169f.).
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1.1.2Forms
| gen. sg. | pntmunś | E.Me 28 |
The attestation follows Adiego 2007a:400, checked against the photograph of O. Masson 1978a:Pl.XIII, 1.
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1.1.3Meaning ‘prophet of Amun or personal name’
On formal grounds the word seems to be of Egyptian origin and Vittmann 2001a:46‒48 (with phonological and morphological discussion) identified it with Egyptian p3 ḥm-ntr n Jmn ‘the prophet of Amun’, which was used both as a title and a personal name. This is exactly the problem, since the context is ambiguous, both options are grammatically possible. Adiego 2007a:400 prefers a personal name, but books also the possibility of a title with a question mark.
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1.1.4Origin
If it is a substantive, then it is a loanword or foreign word from Egyptian (see under Meaning).
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