urallann(i)-

The sole attestation is found in a NS copy of the MH Instructions of Arnuwanda I for the mayor.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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The common analysis as an abstract noun -ātar/-ann- ‘profession of a ^LÚuralla-’ (see under Stem) does not permit a convincing interpretation of the passage. Instead, the name of a functionary provides a plausible sense:

^(12’)ma-a-an-⸢za lú⸣^MEŠ érin⸢^MEŠ⸣-ma ku-i-uš(-)[

^(13’)Éḫi-li an-da a-ša-an-du [

^(14’)na-at lugal-wa-aš kin^ḪI.A še-er x[

^(15’)LÚu-ra-al-la-an-ni le-e p[é-eš-ke-ši t]a-me-⸢e-da⸣-n[i-ia-at]

^(16’)le-e pé-eš-ke-ši ...

“If/When [...] some men of the workforce, though, they should be in the courtyard. [...] And (even) for the sake of the work of (i.e. for) the king, do not g[ive] it to the ^LÚurallann(i)- [...]! [Also] to anyone else, do not give [it]! ...” (modifying the translation Miller 2013a:188f.).

If the understanding of the passage as given is correct, the ^LÚurallann(i)- is probably the ‘chief’ of the workforce, who is first singled out as the one for whom the mayor is most likely to make an exception, only afterwards all others are mentioned. This finds further support in the derivational process, which can be reconstructed as ura/i- ‘great’ (→ *ura- c. ‘greatness’) → uralla- ‘the superior one’ (or *uralla/i- ‘related to greatness’) → urallann(i)- c. ‘superior person, chief, boss’.

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The form in -anni is ambiguous regarding the stem, i.e. both an abstract urallatar/-ann- (thus posited in HW:410, Beal 1992a:538, HHw:187, Ünal 2007a:763f., EDHIL:926, HEG U-Z:92) and a noun in -ann(i)- with individualizing function could be underlying, but the latter is preferred here on semantic grounds (see under Meaning). In addition, this analysis avoids the possible, but less likely assumption of a hybrid formation with a Hittite suffix attached to a Luwian base.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. ura/i-.