/ariyattalla/i-/

This lexeme is attested three times in a single inscription from Tabal, dating to the mid-8^th century BCE.

[A.P.]

acc. sg.	/arittallin/	a+ra/i-ta-li-na	KULULU 1, §10 (Tabal)
poss. adj. nom. sg.	/arittallassis/	a+ra/i-ta-la-si-sá	KULULU 1, §10 (Tabal)
poss. adj. acc. sg.	/arittallassin/	a+ra/i-ta-la-si-na	KULULU 1, §5 (Tabal)

The form /arittalin/ attested in KULULU 1, §10 has also been analysed as an adjective in /-i(ya)-/, viz. /ari(ya)ttalli(ya)-/ meaning ‘pertaining to the accumulation of livestock (?)’. However, the context of its sole attestation is not entirely clear, and in the absence of other contexts forcing an adjectival interpretation it is included in the present lexeme. The relevant context runs: á-pa-ti-pa-wa/i a+ra/i-ta-la-si-sá (DEUS)TONITRUS-hu-u-za-sá á-pa-si-na a+ra/i-ta-li-na INFRA-ni^?-na ha-pa-za-nu-wa/i-tu-u, approx. /abadi=ba=wa arittallassis Tarhunzas abassin arittallin …-nin habanzanuwattu/, probably translating as ‘But to that one, (the storm-god) Tarhunza of the accumulation of livestock (?) shall tie his accumulation of livestock (?)’ vel sim. (cf. Hawkins 2000a:443, pace 444) with the meaning and morphological status of 〈INFRA-ni^?-na〉 largely unclear.The word may belong to the adverb /annan/ ‘under’ if the 〈ni^?〉 should prove misread, or constitute an otherwise unattested noun /…-n(i)-/ perhaps related to said adverb, in which case /arittallin/ should be considered an adjective. This take on the matter may have to be changed with further evidence surfacing.

[A.P.] [AH.B.]

The meaning of this word has undergone several reinterpretations, also based on the CLuw. evidence, e.g. ‘mountain’ (Hawkins 2000a:444 and Hutter-Braunsar 2015a:214, following Melchert in CLL:27 for CLuw.), and ‘temple, shrine’ (Oreshko 2019a:85f. n. 10), either of which is possible in the HLuw. contexts without one being more likely than the other. The present interpretation is offered based on the cognate CLuw. word family around ariyatt(i)- ‘accumulation of livestock’ and its occurrence in Hittite (cf. Otten 1988a:48: “(Vieh-)Aufkommen”).

Attested three times in the same building inscription, this word appears twice in the form of the possessive adjective, modifying, as an epithet, the name of the storm-god Tarhunza. KULULU 1, §5 runs: za-ha-wa/i a+ra/i-ta-la-si-na (DEUS)TONITRUS-hu-u-za-na-´ á-mu ta-nu-wa/i-ha-a, approx. /zan=ha=wa arittallassin Tarhunzan ammu tanuwahha/, meaning ‘I myself set up this Tarhunza of the accumulation of livestock’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:443).

The HLuw. contexts permit this interpretation, which derives from the CLuw. cognate, but they do not force it; it is hence tentative until more compelling evidence surfaces.

[AH.B.]

The word represents a substantivized adjective in /-alla/i-/ derived from a noun */ariyatt(i)-/, which is unattested in HLuw., but can be found in CLuw. ariyatt(i)- ‘accumulation of livestock’. Two of its attestations show the possessive suffix /-assa/i-/, which is well-known from many other words.

[AH.B.]

This word is found in an incantation performed during the purification ritual of Tunnawiya. Note however that in IBoT 3.99+, the fragmentary incantation appears to have been translated into Hittite.

[D.S.]

voc. sg. c.	a-ri-ia-ad-da-li-iš *x*	KUB 7.53+ i 58	(CTH 409, NS)
	a-ri-ia-tal-li-i[š]	KUB 9.34 i 11’	(CTH 409, NS)
	[a-ri-i]a-at-ta-al-li-iš	IBoT 3.99+, 10’	(CTH 409, NS)

Melchert (pers. comm.) points out a possible stem form, though in Hittite context, i.e. KBo 7.74, 2’ (catalog of tablets), which is restored by Dardano 2006a:152, 155 as [^DIM a-ri-i]a[-a]t-tal-li, although the restoration is by no means assured.

[D.S.]

Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv). The spelling of KUB 7.53+ i 58 is defective for a-ri-ia-ad-da-<al>-li-iš. Likewise, the one of KUB 9.34 i 11’ is defective for a-ri-ia <at>-tal-li-i[š].

[D.S.]

In the ritual of Tunnawiya, the adjective ariyattalla/i- is used as an epithet of the Storm-god (Laroche 1959a:31). Starke 1979a:253 n. 27 suggests that ariyatta- means ‘elevation, mountain’ based on the etymological connection with the verb āri-^(ti) ‘to raise’ as well as on onomastic elements (followed by CLL:27, Rieken 1999a:101, Hutter-Braunsar 2015a:214). However, it was argued that the word underlying the mainly logographic spelling ḪUR.SAG-ti- in Luwian is not ariyatt(i)- (pace Starke 1979a ibid.), but watt(i)- (Gérard 2006a, Oreshko 2019a:85f. n. 10). Moreover, the meaning of the base ariyatt(i)- is ‘accumulation of livestock’, as pointed out by Otten 1988a:48; see CLuw. ariyatt(i)- in Hittite Transmission. Thus, the epithet of the Storm-god would have to be translated as ‘belonging to the accumulation of livestock’, which is just as adequate in the context of the Tunnawiya ritual.

[D.S.]

For the derivational base, see CLuw. ariyatt(i)-.