/yašḫanduwa(n)t(i)-

The lexeme occurs in a LateNS letter and a prayer from the same period.

[E.R.]

dat./loc. sg.	ia-aš-ḫa-an-du-wa-ti	KUB 19.23 obv. 13	(CTH 192, NS)
	ia-aš-ḫa-an-du-wa-an-ti	KUB 14.7 iv 8	(CTH 383, NS)

Scholars seem to agree that the missing nasal in KUB 19.23 obv. 13 is left out only graphically, which follows from the word’s classification as derivative in -want(i)-, see under Stem. Only Puhvel (HED A-E, I:349) tentatively considers the analysis as an ablative form in -ati, but this does not yield a satisfactory contextual interpretation.

[E.R.]

Just like for its base word iyašḫa-^(ti) (via yašḫant(i)-), opinions differ regarding the semantics of ()yašḫanduwa(n)t(i)-. Sürenhagen 1981a:97 (followed by Klinger 2013b:132) renders it as ‘mit Vertrauen versehen, vertrauensvoll, vertrauenswürdig’, while Hoffner 2009a:349 translates ‘gracious(?)’. Hagenbuchner 1989a:27f. and CLL:272 do not offer any translation.

Both the derivational chain and the contexts of the two attestations make possible a reasonably secure semantic interpretation. If the proposed meaning of iyašḫa-^(ti) ‘to accept’ and yašḫant(i)- ‘the one having iyašḫa, i.e. acceptance’ is correct, a possessive derivative in  -want(i)- should mean something like ‘having people that have acceptance’, which is an attribute perfectly suited for a queen with followers accepted graciously by her.

In the letter KUB 19.23, the writer asks, after pointing out that despite  his failure, he was left in the hand, i.e. under the protection, of the queen: ma-an A-NA GAŠAN-YA ia-aš-ḫa-an-du-du-wa-ti ḫa-at-ra-nu-un ‘Would I have (otherwise) written to my lady, (who is a person) having people that have acceptance (i.e. followers accepted graciously by her)?’ It is this quality that allows the writer to address the queen.

In the prayer of Ḫattušili and Puduḫepa KUB 14.7, the royal couple ask forgiveness from the deity for possible failures and add: nu-za-kán ^dUTU ^URUPÚ-na GAŠAN-YA KUR.KUR^{ḪI.A URU}ḫa-at-ti A-NA da-ḫa-an-ga an-da ka-ri-ia-aš-ḫa-aš pé-di ia-aš-ḫa-an-du-wa-an-ti ŠÀ-ta ša-a-i ‘O Sun-goddess of Arinna, my lady, take to heart the Ḫatti Lands into the daḫanga, the place of mercy, the yašḫanduwant-’ (KUB 14.7 iv 6-8, cf. CHD Š:17). Here the role of receiving people that have (gracious) acceptance is taken on by a location rather than a person.

In either case it is the re-admission after failure to the circle of a superior and a benevolent re-acceptance that the supplicants ask for.

[E.R.]

The word is derived by means of the possessive suffix -want(i)- from attested yašḫant(i)- (see under Lemma); cf. Sürenhagen 1981a:97, CLL:272, Hoffner 2009a:349.

[E.R.]

The use of gloss wedges and the Luwian base word of ()yašḫanduwa(n)t(i)-, yašḫant(i)-, confirm its Luwian origin (DLL:51, CLL:272, HEG A-K:347, HED A-E, I:349).

[E.R.]

For the base of the derivative see yašḫant(i)-.