SUPER-ru-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- verb
- ID
- 2694
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
SUPER-ru-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This hapax is attested in a single inscription from Karkamiš, dating to c. 800 BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| 1sg. pret. act. | /…/ | SUPER?-ru-x-x | KARKAMIŠ A15b, §24 (Karkamiš) |
Based on the syntax of KARKAMIŠ A15b, §24, the word must be a 1sg. pret. act., i.e. the final two signs are likely 〈-x-ha〉 or 〈-ha-a〉 vel sim.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this verb is unclear, especially since the only attestation available is not fully legible. The logogram SUPER (sign *70) is likely to represent the beginning of the phonological form, since HLuw. words beginning with /r/are very rare except for a number of personal names.
The logogram is otherwise found mainly with words from the family around the adverb /sarra/ ‘over’; the present word may be related to it as well, but without further textual evidence, any such link must remain entirely hypothetical.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
With the word a hapax legomenon and only partly legible, its meaning is opaque. The context permits a wide semantic range, as KARKAMIŠ A15b, §24 reads: [wa/i]-mu-u STATUA-ti u-mu SUPER?-ru-x-x, approx. /wa=mu tarudi ammu …-ru-…/, partly translatable with ‘(I found this zammanti-stone), (and) I …-ed for my statue’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:131).
[AH.B.]