/kuttassari-/, SCALPRUM-sa₅+ra/i-

This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Karkamiš, dating to the 10^th or early 9^th century BCE.

[A.P.]

1sg. pret. ind. act.

/kuttassariHa/

SCALPRUM-sa5+ra/i-ha

KARKAMIŠ A11a, §16 (Karkamiš)

A further attestation may belong here: 〈MAGNUS.SCALPRUM+ra/i〉 in TÜRKMEN-KARAHÖYÜK 1, §4; judging by the context, it may be a participle, i.e. /kuttassarimma/i-/ ‘strong-walled’, see Goedegebuure et al. 2020a:38, but the spelling is too vague to add it to the above list without further corroborating evidence.

[AH.B.]

The meaning for this verb was suggested by Hawkins 2000a:95, 98, who used the translation “orthostated” for KARKAMIŠ A11a, §16, which runs: a-wa/i za-ia “PORTA”-na SCALPRUM-sa₅+ra/i-ha, approx. /a=wa zaya hilana kuttassariHa/, meaning ‘I furnished these gates with (an) orthostat(s)’.

If the form 〈MAGNUS.SCALPRUM+ra/i〉 in TÜRKMEN-KARAHÖYÜK 1, §4 (or 5?) should belong to the present lemma, the semantics of the verb may also be more general. Goedegebuure et al. 2020a:38 point out that the verb probably also denotes a strengthening of walls, since affixing orthostats to existing walls has that effect. Peker 2020a:250 disagrees with Goedegebuure´s assessments and instead analyses the attestation as belonging to the noun /kuttass(a)r(i)-/ ´orthostat´.

[AH.B.]

The verb derives from the attested noun /kuttass(a)r(i)-/ (pace Starke 1990a:42 and Hawkins 2000a:98). Based on its single attestation, it cannot be assigned to a verbal stem class with certainty, because the form fits well with either /-i-^(ti)/ or /-(a)i-^(di)/, and both stem classes include denominal formations (see Sasseville 2021a:131-131 and 217-219).

[AH.B.]

For the derivational base, see HLuw. /kuttass(a)r(i)-/.