˹“˺FLAMMAE˹”˺-
‘flame(s) (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, gender unknown
- ID
- 1767
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
˹“˺FLAMMAE˹”˺-
‘flame(s) (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Karkamiš possibly dating to the 8th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /…/ | ˹“˺FLAMMAE˹”˺-ri+i | KARKAMIŠ A17a, §5 (Karkamiš) |
For KARKAMIŠ A17a, §5, the question mark after FLAMMAE recorded by Hawkins 2000a:192 is unnecessary. After the sign, part of the logogram marker is visible and hence included in the above transliteration.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this noun is entirely in the dark, since only the case ending of the abl./instr. is attested in syllabic writing.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning is assigned tentatively on the basis of the shape of the logogram, which depicts three tongues of flame side by side. But since the word is attested only once and the context is anything but conclusive, the semantic interpretation is to be understood as provisional. It occurs in a largely fragmented inscription on a basalt stele, and KARKAMIŠ A17a, §5 runs: […]-ia CAPUT?-ma-sa (DEUS)SOL ˹“˺FLAMMAE˹”˺-ri+i (…?), in which only one word is known really: ‘(The sun-god) Tiwad … with flames? …’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:192).
[AH.B.]