FLAMMAE-x-tà-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, gender unknown
- ID
- 1768
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
FLAMMAE-x-tà-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Commagene dating to c. 770-750 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /…/ | FLAMMAE-x-tà-ti-i | MALPINAR, §2(a) (Commagene) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this noun remains in the dark, except for the fact that its stem appears to end in /-d-/, because 〈tà〉 is generally used to represent /da/ (see Rieken 2008b:639).
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Thus far, this noun has remained semantically opaque. It is attested only once in the rock inscription MALPINAR, §2(a), and a small part of the clause is missing due to damage to the rock: a-wa/i á-[m]i-i DOMINUS-ni-i HATTUSA+LI-i IUSTITIA-ni-i REX-ti-i … “SCALPRUM”-wa/i FLAMMAE-x-tà-ti-i ku-ma-ha(URBS) ˹x˺-wa/i-ni-sá-ha, approx. /a=wa ammi nanni Hattusili tarrawanni hantawatti … assuwi …-dadi Kummaha …-wa/inissaHa/, which is only partly translatable so far as ‘I …-wa/inissa-ed for my master Hattusili, the just king, … (on/to?) a stone with FLAMMAE-x- in (the city) Kummaha’ vel sim. (cf. Hawkins 2000a:341).
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
From the context, it seems fairly certain that the word is a noun. The attested abl./instr. permits no conclusions regarding the exact shape of the stem or the grammatical gender of the word. It may either be a neuter in /-d(a)-/ or a common gender noun in /-d(i)-/. Nothing further can be said without additional data.
[AH.B.]