šarlamiš-

In Hittite context, the word is attested only twice in the same line of a Kizzuwatna ritual text.

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nom./acc. sg.	šar-⸢la⸣-mi-iš-ša	KUB 15.34 ii 21’	(CTH 483, MS)
	šar-l[a-mi-i]š-ša	KUB 15.34 ii 21’	(CTH 483, MS)

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The lexeme is part of a list of words for divine blessings in the accusative, with šarlamišša occurring twice in juxtaposition: dingir^MEŠ-aš šarlamišša antuḫšaš šarl[ami]šša “šarlamišša of gods (and?) šarl[ami]šša of men.” The meaning ‘glory’ was first suggested by Sturtevant 1931c:58 and followed by Zuntz 1937a:539, HW:186, CHD Š:275, and EDHIL:736. Yet, most scholars prefer a translation that is metaphorical, but still closer to the concrete locational meaning inherited from the adjectival base šarla/i- ‘high, superior’, viz. ‘elevation, exaltation’ (thus already Götze 1930a:226f. for šarlā(i)-^(mi), which he translated as ‘beheben’ and ‘erheben, erhöhen, verherrlichen’, and later Laroche 1959c:291f., DLL:86, Kronasser 1966a:290, Haas & Wilhelm 1974a:190, Starke 1990a:119, CLL:191, HHw:145, HEG Š:914, Ünal 2007a:615, HED SA:182).

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The identification of the stem class is still a matter of debate due to the ambiguity of the form. In the context, šarlamišša can be formally interpreted as the acc. sg. of an s-stem šarlamiš-ša with secondary ending -ša or šarlamišš-a with geminating -a ‘and’ (HW:186, Neu 1982b:210 with n. 23, Starke 1990a:119, CLL:191, HHw:145, EDHIL:736, CHD Š:275, Rieken 1999a:216 with n. 1021). Alternatively, an abstract noun in -iššar or -eššar with loss of word-final -r has been suggested (Laroche 1959c:297, Kronasser 1966a:290, DLL:86, Ünal 2007a:615, HED SA:182; undecided HEG Š:914). On account of the spelling with -i- and the Luwian origin of the base, the first solution, i.e. the s-stem, is preferable. While Starke 1990a:119 assumes an innovated suffix -miš-, it is easier to pose a stem in -mi- which is transferred to the class of s-stem like wit-ri-š- (see Rieken 1999a:216 n. 1021).

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A Luwian borrowing was assumed, or at least considered, for šarlamišša in DLL:86, Starke 1990a:119, CLL:191, Rieken 1999a:216 n. 1021, HHw:145, Melchert 2005a:452, EDHIL:736, CHD Š:275. Although not stated explicitly, the reason must have been the Luwian base word and stem formation.

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For the lemma head see CLuw. šarri.