sbmno

Hapax in a rock-cut chamber tomb inscription from Krya (of uncertain date, early Hellenistic, perhaps 4th c., Roos 1985a:51).

[Zs.S.]

gen. sg.

sbmnoś

C.Kr 1.3

Checked against the available photograph (cf. below).

[Zs.S.]

Although the first sign is practically not visible on the photograph made of the squeeze, none of the editors (for details see Adiego 2007a:158f.; Schürr 2013c:22 Abb. 1-3, both with refs.) noticed any problems with it. This must be the problem of the photograph and/or the squeeze, since Schürr’s autopsy (cf. Schürr 2013c:21–23) again did not reveal any problems with the sign.

[Zs.S.]

Adiego 2007a:411 identified the conjunction sb ‘and’ followed by mno ‘son’ (see s.vv.) in this word. However, Schürr 2013c:25–29 demonstrated by contextual analysis that this is a noun indicating a title, rank or profession. Furthermore, he suggests a compound from *sb ‘horse’ and mno ‘a person in personal dependency’ with a meaning ‘Pferdeknecht’, based on the assonance with Lycian A esbe/i- ‘horse’ (see s.v.). This is both contextually and phonologically plausible, since *Cw became Cb in Carian (Schürr 2006a:118f.; Simon 2008b:460). Although these members would allow other meanings as well (e.g. ‘equestrian’), nothing precise can be said without more evidence (cf. also the discussion under the meaning of mno).

[Zs.S.]