īkkunatta-

This lexeme is mainly found in the Great Ritual of Kuwattalla and Šilalluḫi as well as in the related dupaduparša-ritual.

[D.S.]

Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv). The restoration suggested by Melchert (CLL:86), i.e. gen. adj. acc. sg. c. [ik-ku-u]n-na-at-ta-aš-ši-in (KUB 35.16 i 14’), is untenable. Also untenable is the restoration by Hutter 2019a:339 n. 18 as [i-ik-k]u-na-at-ta-aš-ši-in. The broken off sign in ]x-˹na-at-ta˺-aš-ši-in looks rather like 〈u〉, i.e. perhaps [ik-ku]˹-u^?-na-at-ta˺-aš-ši-in. However, until a duplicate of the passage is found, any restoration must be considered highly tentative.

[D.S.]

The word īkkunatta- is used as an epithet for sheep in the context of the Great Ritual performed by Kuwattalla and Šilalluḫi. Its semantics depend on that assigned to the derivational base ikkuwar/n-, translated here as ‘liver’. Therefore, it would refer to the ritual procedure involving the liver of the sheep (pace CLL:86, Hutter 2019a:340).

[D.S.]

The word is clearly a noun in -atta- most likely derived directly from the oblique stem of the noun ikkuwar/n- ‘liver’ or from a denominative verb *ikkuna(i)-^(di) (cf. under īkkunāwunta). Since it is only attested as a Hittite genitive singular, nothing can be said about its gender or its mutated vs. non-mutated status. Starke 1990a:537 suggests a deverbal derivation from a non-attested denominative verb.

[D.S.]

The Luwian origin of īkkunatta- is made clear by its derivational base as well as by its occurrence exclusive to the rituals of the Luwian hierodule Kuwattalla (Starke 1990a:537, Melchert (CLL:86)).

[D.S.]

For the derivational base, see CLuw. ikkuwar/n-.