urasla-

This lexeme is found in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.).

[D.S.]

Schürr 2018b:60, 84 does not read anything for urasl[.. in line 54, although a damaged vowel ạ can still be recognized on the sketches of Schmidt 1868b:Taf. VII.2, as pointed out by Sasseville 2021a:52, i.e. uraslạ. The word is also complete as it is, which is confirmed by the grammatical agreement with uwedri (nom. sg. c.).

[D.S.]

Melchert (DLL:133) suggests the meaning ‘great offering (?)’ by analyzing the word urasla- as a compound made of *ura- (or *ure/i- ‘great’) + *sla- ‘offering, sacrifice’ (see its derivatives) (morphologically similar Shevoroshkin 2012a:476 and Schürr 2018b:84). In line 16, it is modified by the participle kuprimi meaning ‘loved, chosen’, which is appropriate for the designation of the great offering. Furthermore, Sasseville 2021a:308 also follows the semantic assignment given by Melchert and translates the sentence in lines 54-56, which brings further evidence, since, according to this translation, urasla- is one of the things coming from the Lycian king Gergis that please the gods.

The interpretation of urasla- as a god by Shevoroshkin 2002a:220 is random and not supported in any way. Shevoroshkin 2012a:476 translates it with ‘great glorification’, which is better than his previous hypothesis, but not quite satisfactory. Gehrisch 2018a:90f. translates urasla- as an adjective ‘the powerful one’, which is neither contextually nor syntactically supported.

[D.S.]

For the second member of the compound, see Lyc. B *sla-.