SCALPRUM.STELE
‘inscribed stele’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 2614
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
SCALPRUM.STELE
‘inscribed stele’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription of unknown provenance and dating.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. | /…/ | SCALPRUM.STELE | KOCAOĞUZ, §2 |
Although neither the grammatical gender of the word nor its inflection are clear from the attested word itself, it occurs together with a demonstrative in the context of attestation: nom./acc. sg. n. /za/ ‘this’; cf. the discussion of the meaning below.
[A.P.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. If the spelling should indicate a compound, the most likely candidate for the second member would the neuter noun /wanid-/ ‘stele’; however, other words using the logogram STELE (sign *267) as part of their spelling are also possible, viz. /kuttassar(i)-/ ‘orthostat’ and /tanid-/ ‘installation’.
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1.1.4Meaning
The meaning is suggested on the basis of the spelling (see Yakubovich 2017e:s.v.). Thus, the sign STELE is already a combination of two logograms with the sign SCALPRUM (*268) inserted into the centre of the sign LAPIS; the additional preceding SCALPRUM is hence likely to reinforce the notion of an inscription being present. KOCAOĞUZ, §2 reads: a-wa/i zi/a SCALPRUM.STELE (DEUS)TONITRUS wa/i-mi-x PES2.PES-CANIS.ZU(WA) REX.FILIUS DARE, approx. /a=wa za … Tarhunti … Tarpazuwannis … piyatta/, probably meaning ‘Prince Tarpazuwanni gave this inscribed stele to (the storm-god) Tarhunt …’ (cf. Oreshko 2013a:400).
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1.1.5Stem
Unclear beyond the fact that the word is a neuter gender noun as proven by the demonstrative nom./acc. sg. n. /za/ ‘this’ preceding it at KOCAOĞUZ, §2. The word may be a compound with /wanid-/ ‘stele’ or a similar word as its second member, but until further evidence surfaces, any such analyses remain hypothetical.
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