*512-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 3780
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
*512-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
This lexeme is attested once in an inscription from Malatya dating to the 12th century BCE.
[A.P.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg. | /…/ | *512-i(a) | KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §5 (Malatya) |
[A.P.] [AH.B.]
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
Unclear, as neither meaning nor phonological form of *512 are known. In addition to tha, the following sign *209 is ambiguous during empire times, and the spelling of the ending may hence be interpreted as either 〈°i〉 or 〈°ya〉.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
The meaning of this word is quite opaque. Neither the shape of the logogram nor the context aid in narrowing down the options. The clause at KARAHÖYÜK (ELBİSTAN), §5 reads: a-wa/i *512-i(a) *484 SUPER sa-SUPER, approx. /a=wa …-i(a) … sarra sarlatta/, perhaps meaning ‘He (scil. the aforementioned great-king Ir-Tešub or better: Ini-Tešub) offered up *484 to *512’ vel sim. (cf.Hawkins 2000a:289).
[AH.B.]