zirẽple/i-

This lexeme is found in various grave inscriptions as well as on the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.) as well as in the inscription of the lion sarcophagus at Antiphellos.

[D.S.]

nom./acc. coll.	zirãpla	TL 55.2 (Antiphellos)
dat./loc. pl.	zirẽple	TL 44c.59 (Xanthos)

The noun could be a neuter formation instead, i.e. zirẽple- n. (thus DLL:138), although a collective form of a substantivized adjectival formation in -ele/i- seems more probable due to the productivity of the suffix -ele/i-.

[D.S.]

In one context, the word refers to something that would benefit from the hunting done by the Lycian king Gergis, when he is abroad on his military campaign. This implies some kind of group (human or divine) or place, which would benefit from the spoils of hunted animals brought back by the king (see Sasseville 2021a:239f.). The latter is better supported by the other attestation zirãpla, which is used as the direct object of tetbeti ‘he sets up (?)’, speaking for some kind of monument or building. In any case, further work on the contexts is needed. There is no likely connection with erẽple/i-, pace Shevoroshkin 2002a:232, DLL:138, Schürr 2005a:156. Outdated Meriggi 1938a:151 ‘daily’ (followed by Gehrisch 2018a:109). Speculatively Shevoroshkin 2014a:256 ‘produce vessels’.

[D.S.]