á-CERVUS3
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 2431
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
á-CERVUS3
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested twice in inscriptions from Emirgazi, dating to the 13th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| unknown | /.../ | á-CERVUS3.*463-za/i | EMİRGAZİ 1B, §30 (Emirgazi) |
| á-CERVUS3.˹*463˺-za/i | EMİRGAZİ 1A, §2 (Emirgazi) |
The attested forms could represent either the nom./acc. sg. of a neuter noun with the neuter particle /-sa, -za/ attached, or the acc. pl. of a common gender noun ending in the expected /-nzi/.
In EMİRGAZİ 1B, §30, the sign *463 comes without the divine sign DEUS (sign *360) on top. For EMİRGAZİ 1A, §2, this is not clear due to possible damage to the top of the line and a low-quality photograph.Sign *463 should probably be divided into two variants depending on whether the divine sign is added in ligature, or transcribed as DEUS.*463.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. The combination of signs partly resembles that of the deity name 〈CERVUS3.DEUS.*463-ti〉 (attested also in EMİRGAZİ 1A, B, and D, at various points in the inscriptions), which is interpreted as /Immarakuruntiya-/ vel sim. ‘Kuruntiya of the Open Country’. However, it is unclear in what way, if any, the present word is related to the name.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
This word appears as an object in nearly identical clauses in EMİRGAZİ 1. From the contexts, it becomes clear that it must denote something desirable since it is given to a deity, cf. Hawkins 1995a:93. Thus, EMİRGAZİ 1B, §30 runs: kwa/i-i(a)-sa-ha (DEUS)MONS.THRONUS á-CERVUS3.*463-za/i PONERE, with a mostly unclear phonological interpretation, may mean ‘Anyone who puts an á-CERVUS3.*463- to Mount Sarpa, (whether he …, or whether he is a hunter)’ (cf. Hawkins 1995a:89).
[AH.B.]