*414.OVIS-
‘(cult object related to sheep)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3476
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*414.OVIS-
‘(cult object related to sheep)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested eight times in inscriptions from Emirgazi dating to the 13th century BCE.
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1.1.2Forms
| nom./acc. pl. | /…/ | *414.OVIS | EMİRGAZİ 1A, §22 (Emirgazi) |
| EMİRGAZİ 1B, §22 (Emirgazi) | |||
| EMİRGAZİ 1C, §22 (Emirgazi) | |||
| dat./loc. pl. | *414.OVIS-za/i | EMİRGAZİ 1A, §19 (Emirgazi) | |
| EMİRGAZİ 1C, §19 (Emirgazi) | |||
| poss. adj. dat./loc. sg. | *414.OVIS | EMİRGAZİ 1A, §21 (Emirgazi) | |
| EMİRGAZİ 1B, §21 (Emirgazi) | |||
| EMİRGAZİ 1C, §21 (Emirgazi) |
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1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear. The sign *414 is known to have the Empire era value 〈hi〉, but too little is known about the present lexeme to propose a reading. If both logograms should be taken at face value, a possible phonological form could be /hihaw(i)-/, but this suggestion remains entirely hypothetical without any additional evidence.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The word appears to denote some kind of cult object in the form of a sheep or related to sheep, see Hawkins 1995a:96f. EMİRGAZİ 1A, §22 reads: *414.OVIS *a-pa-na ARHA CAPERE-˹tu˺, approx. /… appan ahha lattu/, meaning ‘he shall take the *414.OVIS behind away (and give them in the courtyard)!’ (cf. Hawkins 1995a:88f.)
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
Unclear. Even the gender of the word remains invisible in the available attestations.
[AH.B.]