ḫīrūtalla/i-

The occurrences of the lexeme are limited to ritual texts of the Kuwattalla tradition.

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nom. sg. c.	ḫi-i-ru-ta-al-li-i[š]	KUB 35.78, 13’	(CTH 759, NS)
	[ḫi-i-ru-ta-al-l]i-iš	KUB 35.78, 9’	(CTH 759, NS)
	ḫi-i-ru-ú-ta-al-li-iš	KUB 35.78, 11’	(CTH 759, NS)
	[ḫi-i-ru-ta-al-l]i-iš	KUB 35.78, 12’	(CTH 759, NS)
acc. sg. c.	[ḫi-i-ru-ta-al-li-i]n	KUB 35.78 iv 5’	(CTH 759, NS)
	[ḫi-i-ru-ta-al-l]i-in	KBo 22.254 iii 7’	(CTH 762, NS)
unknown	ḫi-i-ru-ta-al-l[i-	KBo 29.18 iv 3’	(CTH 762, NS)

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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The semantic interpretation of the word (since Laroche 1955a:78-81) is based on the transparent word formation, viz. base ḫīrūt- ‘(false) oath plus relational suffix -alla/i- (Otten 1953a:66, Kronasser 1966a:214, HEG A-K:252, Starke 1990a:28, Ünal 2007a:216). However, in contrast to the noun ḫīrūn/t- ‘(false) oath’, its derivative does not seem to possess a negative connotation, since the Sun-god witnesses every oath, not only the false ones (Watkins 1993a:469); cf. also García Ramón 2011a:87 on a Greek parallel and see ḫīrūn/t- ‘(false) oath’ for further references.Outdated is the translation ‘jureur’ by Laroche (in DLL:45), who seems to have parsed an alleged agent noun suffix -talli- here, but this is rightly rejected in Kronasser 1966a:214 n. 1, HEG A-K:252.

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For the stem formation, see under Meaning.

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In Hittite context, the lexeme occurs once in the Luwian dupaduparša ritual from the Kuwattalla tradition.

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Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

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The adjective is used as an epithet of the Sun-god ^Dutu-i (indirect object of šipanti ‘he libates’) in a formula of the ritual language. For the meaning, see under CLuw. ḫīrūtalla/i-.

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For the stem, see under CLuw. ḫīrūtalla/i-.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. ḫīrūn/t-.