trlluba-

This lexeme 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.]

dat./loc. pl.

trlluba

TL 44d.5 (Xanthos)

We follow Schürr 2018b:81 (also Schürr 2001a:132 n. 4 and Schürr 2013d:265) in taking trlluba as a dat. pl. agreeing with the dat. pl. adjective tulij^!elije ‘of the assembly’. Differently, Melchert (DLL:131) treats trlluba as a nom./acc. pl. (similarly Shevoroshkin 1971a:208), which does not result in a good syntactic analysis of the clause. In contrast, Shevoroshkin 2011a:30 takes it as a nominative singular, i.e. the subject of the sentence (instead of the expected Lycian king), which fails to provide a head noun to the adjective.

[D.S.]

The word trlluba is modified by tulij^!elije ‘of the assembly’ and functions as the beneficiary of an animal offering. Shevoroshkin 1979a:183 projects the numeral 3 into the sequence tr-, which is hardly convincing. Further, Shevoroshkin 2011a:30 takes trlluba as a deity in the nominative singular, which is unsupported and leaves the modifying adjective without a head noun. No translation is given by Melchert (DLL:131), Neumann 2007a:375, Schürr 2013d:265 or Gehrisch 2018a:90.

[D.S.]

Schürr 2018b:81 suggests a compound made of trll- (cf. Lyc. A PN Turlle/i- and Lyc. A [2269] turllijẽ) and uba- (cf. Lyc. A uba-). Though possible, this is not provable and less economical than assuming a regular formation in -wa- (with the Lyc. B sound change of w > b).

[D.S.]