*336-za+ra/i-
‘inscription (?)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, n.
- ID
- 3471
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*336-za+ra/i-
‘inscription (?)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested twice in an inscription from Malatya dating c. 1200 BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. sg. | /...-zar=sa/ | *336-za+ra/i-sà | GÜRÜN (upper), §6 (Malatya) |
| *336 | GÜRÜN (lower), §6 (Malatya) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this word is unknown. It appears to end in /°zar-/, but the beginning of the word is hidden underneath the sign *336, which is likely to be understood as a logogram here. Sign *336 most frequently found with the noun /uss(i)-/ ‘year’ and then transliterated as ANNUS, but it is not evident that the same semantic content should be assumed here.
The choice of 〈sà〉 for the neuter particle /=sa/ at GÜRÜN (upper), §6 is unlikely to represent a palatalised sibilant, because that particular spelling convention was established only later, see Rieken 2010b:655f.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning is assigned on the basis of the context by Hawkins 2000a:298, as it is part of a curse formula and denotes what is to be protected by the curse. GÜRÜN (upper), §6 reads: za-pa-wa/i *336-za+ra/i-sà kwa/i-i-sa ARHA (MANUS)li-*375-ti, approx. /za=ba=wa ...-zar=sa kwis ahha li-...-Ti/, partly translating as ‘(He) who damages this inscription (?), (him the Storm-god Tarhunt, the goddess Hepat and the god Sarruma shall oppose!)’ (cf. Hawkins 2000a:296). The other context of attestation is damaged, but it likely used to show a similar curse formula.
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1.1.5Stem
The syllabically spelt part of the word shows it to be a neuter r-stem. Aside from that, nothing further can be said about its morphological structure.
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