sabaka

This word is attested in the inscription of 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.).

[D.S.]

Gehrisch 2018a:83 divides sabaka into s(e)=abaka, which is not likely on syntactic grounds, because sabaka is already coordinated with wa^!xsa=ba laba by means of the conjunction sebe (the regular Lyc. B coordinator).

[D.S.]

The word sabaka is modified by the adjective qetbeleima ‘invigorating’ and coordinated with wa^!xsa=ba laba, which may refer to bread (see Lyc. B waxssa-). Both items are given to the river-valleys and to a deity, which pleases the gods (Sasseville 2021a:423). On contextual grounds, we would expect sabaka to refer to something ingestible. However, without an etymological approach, no meaning can be suggested; cf. sabadi. Implausible meaning by Shevoroshkin 2014a:246 (“watchers”). No meaning is given by DLL:128, Neumann 2007a:309 or Schürr 2016d:169.

[D.S.]