ḫūwallar(i)-

The sole attestation of the noun comes from a NS ritual fragment with Luwian incantations.

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acc. sg.

ḫu-u-wa-al-la-ri-in

KUB 35.70 ii 16

(CTH 762, NS)

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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Tischler (HEG U-Z:282) is the only scholar to translate the word. He suggests ‘Zapfen (?)’, probably thinking of ‘cone’ because of ()ḫuwalliš-, which he interprets in the same way (Tischler 2008a:s.v.). Nothing in the context supports this proposal, which, admittedly, does not provide much useful information with respect to semantics, except that the ḫūwallar(i)- is an item that can be placed (direct object of dūndu ‘let them place’), alongside other objects such as [d]ānita ‘stelae’ and na-x[ (ibid. ii 15). In the following line (ii 17), an analogy is invoked in that the evil tapāru shall become petrified. Perhaps this allows the conclusion that not only the stelae but also the ḫūwallar(i)- is made of stone or some stone-like material.

Several scholars (Rosenkranz 1952a:16, Güterbock 1956a:129, DLL:49, CLL:79, implicitly HEG A-K:325, HW 2nd ed.:807) identify ḫuwallar(i)- with the attestations in the Zarpiya ritual (see under Lemma ḫuwallari(ya)-). However, if the plene spelling in ḫu-wa-al-la-ri-i (HT 1 i 16’) is meaningful and indicates that the word is a stem -i(ya)-, then CLuw. ḫūwallar(i)- is the base of that noun. Consequently, the latter referring to a kind of medicine must be a substantivized adjective, but since medicines can be produced from almost anything, this derivative also does not serve to elucidate the meaning of its base.

For ḫuyellar(i)-, which was at times linked to ḫūwallar(i)- (Rosenkranz 1952a:22, Güterbock 1956a:129), see under Lemma.

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Obviously, the stem ends in -r(i)- suffixed either to the frequent -alla/i- format or to a root ḫūwall-.

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No etymology possible.

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