“PITHOS”(-)[x]-ti-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 2602
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
“PITHOS”(-)[x]-ti-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Maraş, dating to the c. 800 (or later) BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /…/ | “PITHOS”(-)[x]-ti-na | MARAŞ 14, §9 (Maraş) |
The logogram at MARAŞ 14, §9 is hesitantly identified as VAS? by Hawkins 2000a:267.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear beyond the observation that the word appears to end in /-T(i)-/. It remains likewise unknown whether or not the logogram PITHOS should be understood as a determinative or as representing part of the phonological shape of the word.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is not known, but it appears to denote something that can be used for sacrificial purposes, possibly a libation (cf. Hawkins 2000a:267). It appears in a passage detailing regular sacrifices to the statue bearing the inscription MARAŞ 14, where §9 reads: “3”-zi[...?] (“PANIS”)t[u-...] “PITHOS”(-)x-ti-na SUPER-i i-ha (VIA.PUGNUS)pu-si, approx. /tarrinzi=… turpinzi? ...-tin sarri ahha pusi/, possibly translating as ‘You shall lift back(?) up three breads (and) …’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:266).
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1.1.5Stem
The word appears to be a common gender, but there is little else that can be said about the stem except that it contains a dental.
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