tarša-

The lexeme is attested in a tiny ritual fragment.

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv. – There is no space between the preceding word tuku.tuku-u-an-za and tar-ša, as if the single wedge was inserted afterwards. HEG T:221 and Groddek 2007a:113 n. 114 consider for the wedge also a reading as the numeral 10, which is perhaps less likely on account of other gloss-wedge-marked items beginning with tarš-. – The attestation tar-aš^!-ša-an^! at KUB 36.57 ii 7’, thus cited in HEG T:221 with references, should be read as tar-pa-ša-an instead.

[E.R.]

The fragmentary state of the tablet precludes any informed interpretation of the lexeme. A connection with any of the lexemes based on the tarš- roots is possible, but at present not provable (see the considerations in Erich Neu apud HEG T:221, Ünal 2007a:700, DCL:s.v.)

[E.R.]

The lexeme looks like the nom./acc. pl. neuter or collective of a thematic or unmutated a-stem.

[E.R.]