tehlus-

This lexeme is attested in the inscription of the inscribed pillar of Xanthos, dated contextually to shortly after the ascension of Artaxerxes II in 405-404 BCE and stylistically to around 400 BCE (Borchhardt & Eichner 1997-1999a:19f.). It is also attested as a personal name dat. sg. tehluse (TL 51.3); Meriggi 1978c:265, Neumann 2007a:343.

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unclear

tehlu[

TL 44b.43-44 (Xanthos)

Schürr 2012a:122 (following Neumann 2007a:343) connects the personal name tehluse (TL 51.3), the son of Qarñnaxa, with the last word of the line TL 44b.43, which is formally in order, except that the latter is not likely to be a personal name within the context. Moreover, it is unclear which case it is supposed to be, since the ending, expected at the beginning of line 44, is broken off; cf. Neumann 2007a:343 (tehlu[se]).

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Melchert (DLL:62) suggests that tehluse in TL 51.3 should be taken as a title modifying the personal name wezzeimi, but this should, in fact, be the other way around, i.e. tehluse is the name of the son and wezzeimi the attribute (see wezzeime/i-; and Meriggi 1978c:265). Schürr & Dönmez 2015a:142 suggest that tehlu[ in TL 44b refers a god of a town named *tehluwa, implying an ethnic formation in -s- for tehlus-. This is, however, highly speculative. Gehrisch 2018a:74 wishes to restore an ablative/instrumental and adduces an etymological connection with Hitt. takšul- ‘peace’ without elaborating on the phonological discrepancies. This is not convincing, either, and no other suggestion is offered here until further evidence has surfaced.

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On Lycian stems in -s-, see Schürr 2017-2018a.

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