ñtada- (ñtele)
‘funerary chamber’
- Language
- Lycian A
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3453
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Lycian A
ñtada- (ñtele)
‘funerary chamber’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested 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.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. pl. | ñted!e | TL 44c.17 (Xanthos) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
Schmidt 1868b:Taf. VII, 4 and Kalinka 1901a:43 read ñteleaiti, whereas Meriggi 1937a:513 (followed by Gehrisch 2018a:79) reads ñteṇe, recovering the phrase ñte=(ẽ)ne, which would, however, create syntactic problems, since we expect with the verb a(i)-(di) the patient of the action to be in the dative instead of the accusative; cf. TL 59.2-3, N 314b.2-3.
For the suggested emendation of ñtele to ñtede, see under Meaning.
[D.S.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word ñtele is the indirect object of aiti ‘they do/make’, whereas the direct object zum̃mẽ refers to something negative. Since this is the last passage of the prose inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, in which the Lycian king is buried on top, it likely contains a curse formula, warning off potential offenders (thus also Meriggi 1937a:513). In this case, ñtele would refer to the thing not to be damaged. Considering the word Lyc. B ñtada- ‘funerary chamber (?)’ in the Lycian B passage of the same pillar, it is unavoidable to emend to ñtele to ñted!e, especially since the signs l and d are very similar and carving mistakes between the two are not uncommon. Nothing useful on this word can be found in DLL:45 or in Neumann 2007a:248.
[D.S.]
1.1.5Stem
For the possible stem formation, provided the emendation is correct, see Lyc. B ñtada-.
[D.S.]
For the lemma head see Lyc. ñte.