“*370”-sa-li-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst, c.
- ID
- 3520
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
“*370”-sa-li-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Karkamiš dating to the 10th or early 9th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| nom. or acc. pl. | /…/ | “*370”-sa-li-zi | KARKAMIŠ A27g, l. 2 (Karkamiš) |
The attestation could not be checked, as no squeezes or photographs are available and the stone itself has been lost with only a drawing remaining, see Hawkins 2000a:208.
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear, except that the stem appears to end in /°sall(i)-/. Sign *370 is usually read 〈su〉, but the logogram markers accompanying it at KARKAMIŠ A 27g, l. 2 strongly suggest that a logographic reading is intended. During the Empire era, *370 can be understood as BONUS2, but it is not clear if this interpretation should be assumed here as well.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Unclear. The word is attested on a small fragment left over from an otherwise destroyed inscription, and the context is entirely opaque.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
A common gender, the word is most likely a substantivised adjective in /-alla/i-/ to an unknown base.
[AH.B.]