*91-ta-ti-

This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Karkamiš dating to the late 9^th century BCE.

[A.P.]

dat./loc. sg.

/…/

*91-ta-ti

KÖRKÜN, §6 (Karkamiš)

In the context at KÖRKÜN, §6, the attested form is very likely a dat./loc. sg. belonging together with the preceding dat./loc. sg. possessive pronoun /ammi/ ‘my’.

[A.P.] [AH.B.]

With but a single attestation, the meaning of the present lexeme is difficult to prove. From the context, it appears to indicate a place. Yakubovich (pers. comm.) suggests that a meaning such as ‘bed’ vel sim. appears likely based on the context. A dedicatory inscription, KÖRKÜN relates some of the history of the author and then states at §6: á-mi-sa-wa/i (NEPOS)ha-ma-si-sá NEPOS-ka-la-sá á-mi *91-ta-ti CRUS EXERCITUS.LA/I/U-ti pi-ha-mi-sá ARHA “PES”-wa/i-tà, approx. /ammis=wa hamsis hamsukkallas ammi …-ttaTi … kwalanadi pihammis ahha awida/, meaning ‘My grandson (and) great-grandson came back to my bed (??), glorified by the infantrist army’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:173). If to be taken literally, the mention of a grandson and even a great-grandson able to fight in the army suggest that the author must have been well over 60 years of age at that point, possibly older. Yakubovich’s suggestion ‘bed’ is therefore within the realm of possibility, but so are other interpretations, e.g. ‘place of retirement’ or even a more generic ‘side’.

[AH.B.]

Nothing certain can be said about the stem, except that it probably contains one of the dental suffixes, e.g. /-ad(i)-/, /-att(i)-/ or /-nt(i)-/.

[AH.B.]