*pii̯éteh₂-

This lexeme is attested twice in the HLuw. corpus. While one of the texts is from Commagene, the origin of the other is unclear. Both date to c. 800 BCE or shortly thereafter.

[AH.B.]

nom./acc. pl. or coll.	/piyatta/	pi-i〈a〉-tá	PERSEPOLIS
		pi-ia[...]tá	ANCOZ 1, §1 (Commagene)

ANCOZ 1, §1 is thus analysed by Hawkins 2000a:346. In PERSEPOLIS, the double line at the bottom of the sign 〈ia〉 (*210) is missing, causing it to look like the sign 〈i〉 (*209) instead; the emendation follows Hawkins 2000a:571, albeit without accepting his morphological analysis of the form as a verb.

[AH.B.] [I.Y.]

While clearly related to the verb /piya-⁽ⁱ⁾/ ‘to give’, the exact meaning of the present noun is difficult to ascertain, because it is attested only twice. In ANCOZ 1, §1, the beginning of the inscription including that of the first remaining clause is broken off, but its general meaning seems fairly clear, because it is a dedication on a stone basin: [...] pi-ia[...]tá PURUS.MI-ia za-a-ti (MENSA)wa/i-si PONERE-wa/i-ti, i.e. /… piyatta kummaya zatti wassi tuwanti/ ‘… (they) will put gifts^? (and^? / as^? / viz.^?) pure sacrifices on this table’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:345f.). The PERSEPOLIS attestation occurs on a stone shard since lost, but probably a remnant of a bowl vel sim., and the inscription consists of a mere handful of words: (DEUS)MONS.REX pi-i〈a〉-tá, i.e. /watta-hantawatti^? piyatta/ ‘gifts^? for the Mountain King (i.e. the god Sarruma)’. Hawkins 2000a:571 considers pi-i〈a〉-tá to be a verb, but if the inscription is indeed complete, this seems unlikely as no agent is named. An alternative translation for the present lexeme could be ‘sacrifice’ vel sim.

[AH.B.]

The lexeme is a neuter plural or collective noun derived from the verb /piya-⁽ⁱ⁾/ ‘to give’ with the suffix /-tta-/ (c. or n.), which is also present in other HLuw. words such as /haniyatt(a)-/ ‘bad thing’ and /maratt(a)-/ ‘word’ etc., cf. e.g. Melchert 2003b:196.

[AH.B.]

This lexeme is found once in a grave inscription.

[D.S.]

acc. sg.

pijatu

TL 57.5 (Antiphellos)

Neumann 1970a:58f. and Laroche 1973b:94f. analyze Lyc. pijatu as an action noun in -ta- derived from the verb pije-^(ti) ‘to give’, and posit the meaning ‘donation (vel sim.)’ (followed by Hajnal 1994a:145, DLL:49, Gehrisch 2018a:113). This was later confirmed by the emergence of the Letoon trilingual inscription, for which see the lemma under Compound. Beside the meaning ‘gift’, Christiansen 2020a:208 suggests tentatively for the context of TL 57 ‘fee, charge, delivery (?)’.

[D.S.]

1. hlm̃mipijata-

1. pita-^(t)
2. pita-^(d)
3. pitocν

CHD P:262f., HED PA:73f.