*179.SCALPRUM-
‘mill(-stone?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3328
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*179.SCALPRUM-
‘mill(-stone?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Maraš dating to the late 9th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| acc. sg. | /…/ | *179.SCALPRUM-na | İSKENDERUN, §1 (Maraš) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. Even though the spelling of the word involves two well-known logograms with *179 (HORDEUM, 〈hwix〉) and SCALPRUM (*268), it has yet to be connected to any cognates whose phonological form is clear. While *179 is most frequently used to reference *179 ‘barley’, SCALPRUM can be found with a number of words around stone objects and related words, e.g. /kuttass(a)r(i)-/ ‘orthostat’ and /kwanza-(di)/ ‘to carve’ as well as /mana-/ ‘mina’.
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1.1.4Meaning
With a single occurrence, the meaning ‘millstone (?)’ is assigned tentatively to this word by Hawkins 2000a:260 based on its spelling and the general content of the inscription. The first part of the inscription is broken off, but it is clearly dedicatory in nature, and the first preserved clause at İSKENDERUN, §1 reads: wa/i-na *179.SCALPRUM-na (“*69”)tara/i-wa/i-i-ha, approx. /wa=an …-n trawihha/, meaning ‘I provided it (as) a mill(-stone?)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:259). Goedegebuure 2007a:323 clarifies that the word is unlikely to reference the object it is written on because of a missing proximal deictic, otherwise common in such inscriptions. A possible alternative is therefore ‘mill’ (thus Yakubovich 2017e:s.v.), but additional evidence is required to shed more light on the matter.
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1.1.5Stem
Even though the phonological shape of the word is unknown, its acc. sg. ending /-n/ at İSKENDERUN, §1 identifies it as a common gender noun.
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