tý

Hapax in a votive inscription of unclear provenance, c. 500 (Jucker & Meier(-Brügger) 1978a:105–108, not “6th century BC”, contra Adiego 2019a:31; on its probable Egyptian origin see the refs. s.v. san).

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acc. sg.

týn

C.Ha 1

The attestation follows Adiego 2007a:424, checked against the photograph in Jucker & Meier(-Brügger) 1978a:Taf. 2.1, 2.2d. The gender assignment is based on its congruence with snn ‘this (acc. sg. c.)’, cf. s.v. san.

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Since týn appears in the phrase orkn týn snn ‘this t. bowl (acc.)’, it is usually translated as an adjective qualifying ork ‘a type of vessel, phiale, bowl, cup’ (Adiego 2007a:283, Gander in Çörtük & Gander & Holler 2018a:117; Simon 2020d:404). However, Hajnal 1997b:154 and Melchert 2021b:111f. (without referring to Hajnal) claimed that týn is a 3pl. or 1sg. pret. verbal form in the meaning “sie gaben, stellten auf” or ‘I/they placed’ (respectively), the Carian cognate of Cuneiform Luwian dūwa- ‘to put, place’ (see s.v.). This interpretation can safely be excluded: already Adiego 2007a:283 pointed out the improbability of a verb breaking up the phrase orkn týn snn ‘this t. bowl’ and Simon 2020d:404 added that a 3sg. pret. verbal ending -n (a 3sg. form is required by the text) has no support from an Anatolian point of view and the structural parallelism of C.Ha 1 with C.Si 2, 1‒5 clearly shows that we are dealing here with the phrase of the direct object without any intrusive verb.

A more precise definition of the meaning is hardly possible. It obviously refers to the type of the bowl, but it is unclear if it refers to its material, appearance or function.

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