erublije-
‘monument (vel sim.)’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 2241
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
erublije-
‘monument (vel sim.)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme occurs in a non-sepulchral inscription concerning religious matters (Bryce 1986a:89) and in TL 44, the pillar of Xanthos, dated stylistically to around 400 BCE and contextually to shortly after the ascension of the Persian emperor Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. | urublijẽ | TL 44b.55 (Xanthos) |
| TL 44c.9 (Xanthos) | ||
| nom./acc. pl. | erublija | TL 26.1 (Tlos) |
| dat./loc. pl. | urublije | TL 44b.42-43 (Xanthos) |
| abl./instr. | urubli[j]edi | TL 44b.34 (Xanthos) |
The forms with initial u- are taken here as variants of erublije- with total vowel harmony (cf. Meriggi 1978c:252).
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1.1.3Meaning
Lyc. A erublije- occurs in the first line of TL 26 as ebeija : erublija : meñt[. According to established knowledge of Lycian inscription formulae, we would expect erublija in this position to refer to the work carrying the inscription. Thus, a meaning ‘monument’ or similar is probable (thus also in Meriggi 1936b:261, Pedersen 1945a:43, DLL:17, Neumann 2007a:72). This analysis is not contradicted by any of the attestations in TL 44 (cf. e.g. lines 41-43, where urublijẽ occurs along with other monumental objects, e.g. tukedre/i- ‘statue’).
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1.1.4Stem
Lyc. A erublije- is indubitably a neuter gender e-stem.
According to Martínez Rodríguez 2019a:221, Lyc. A erublije- is derived from eruwe-(ti) ‘to raise’ with addition of the suffixes -le/i- and -i(je)-. Under this analysis, the -w- in the resulting sequence *-wlV- undergoes spirantization, yielding the attested -b-.
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