slttãme/i-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Lycian B
- Grammar
- u
- ID
- 3383
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian B
slttãme/i-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in the poetical inscription engraved on the lion sarcophagus of Antiphellos, dated on stylistic grounds to the beginning of the 4th century BCE (Zahle 1979a:318, Mühlbauer 2007a:91).
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1.1.2Forms
| case unknown | slt!tãmi | TL 55.3 (Antiphellos) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
For the reading sljtãmi, see Schürr 2005a:125. As pointed out by Melchert (DLL:129), the sequence sljt- cannot be correct, which is why we emend to slt!tãmi, i.e. with a similar looking letter (thus also Sasseville 2021a:45, contra Shevoroshkin 2014a:230f.). For the sequence -ltt-, cf. Lyc. A mlttaimi. The suggestion of Gusmani 1968c:15 to emend to sla!tãmi based on the verb sla-(ti) is less convincing, especially from a paleographic perspective.
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1.1.4Meaning
It is unclear what the word slttãmi modifies, and consequently its status as either nominative, accusative or dative singular is not certain. The etymological with Lyc. B sla-(ti) ‘to offer in sacrifice’ suggested by Gusmani 1968c:15 is possible, but difficult to prove. A different approach would be to recognize a root of the shape sltt-; cf. CLuw. šaltinnima/i-, which is equally difficult to prove based on the current state of research.
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