*527-na-ta-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3648
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*527-na-ta-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Tell Ahmar dating to the late 10th or early 9th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| abl./instr. | /…-nattadi/ | *527-na-ta-ti-i | TELL AHMAR 6, §27 (Tell Ahmar) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Largely unclear, although the syllabic signs suggest a stem ending in /°natta(/i)-/. The sign *527 is only found with this word. The comparison by Hawkins 2006a:28 of the shape of the sign to sign *265 is unlikely now that the associated word /mizzinalla-/ has been identified as ‘brewer’.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is unclear; any semantic connection to the somewhat similar looking logogram *265 and /mizzinalla-/ ‘brewer’ is unlikely. TELL AHMAR 6, §27 reads: a-wa/i kwa/i-ia *527-na-ta-ti-i (CURRUS)wa/i+ra/i-za-ní-i-sa (SA4)sá-za-i, approx. /a=wa kwiya …-nattadi warzanis sazzai/, partly translatable as ‘When the (military) campaign sazza-s with *527-nattadi’ and followed by the apodosis clause promising a sacrifice of nine oxen to the god Tarhunza of the Army (cf. Hawkins 2006a:17). Given the fact that the apodosis describes gratefulness to a god for his supportive action, it is reasonable to assume that *527-natta(/i)- may represent something connected to military success, but it does not provide enough information to assign even a broad translation.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Stem
The word appears to be built with the suffix /-atta-/ or /-att(i)-/, but it is unclear from what base.
[AH.B.]