ḫarmaḫazi[
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Cuneiform Luwian
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 2341
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Luwian (Glossenkeilwörter)
ḫarmaḫazi[
1.1.1Transmission
This word is found in an oracle text as well as in a cult inventory.
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1.1.2Forms
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unknown |
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KUB 50.50, 14’ |
(CTH 570, NS) |
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KBo 26.228 i 9’ |
(CTH 527, LNS) |
The attribution of this lexeme to the Luwian word for ‘head’, i.e. ḫarmaḫ(i)-, follows HW 2nd ed. Ḫ:314 and Melchert (pers. comm.).
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1.1.3Graphic Features
Checked against the photographs in the Konkordanz (Mainzer Fotoarchiv).
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1.1.4Meaning
This word is found in a cult inventory pertaining to the description of statues (CTH 527). Therefore, its connection with the Luwian word for ‘head’, i.e. ḫarmaḫ(i)-, is highly likely, even though it cannot be entirely proven.
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1.1.5Stem
At first glance, the broken off word appears to be a derivative in -azza(/i)- (with defective spelling) built on the Luwian word ḫarmaḫ(i)- ‘head’. Nonetheless, nothing certain can be said about the word until further evidence emerges.
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