/ahharku^?/, á-ha+ra/i-ku

Attested six times, this lexeme is used solely on the pithoi from Altıntepe, which are dated to the 8th century BCE.

[AH.B.]

Despite attestation in only one location and in the same form throughout (save for what seems to be a scribal omission on pithos 6), the phonological interpretation of this lexeme can be regarded as fairly certain. HLuw. /ahharku/ corresponds to <a-qar-qi>, a measure term attested in cuneiform script and likely from Urartian (see already Laroche 1971a:58, 60f. and Hawkins, Morpurgo Davies & Neumann 1973a:12).

[AH.B.]

Linked to the probably Urartian noun <a-qar-qi>, it is clear that HLuw. /ahharku^?/ denotes a measure term, likely a volume measure due to its usage on pithoi. The more specific properties of the measure remain in the dark, however.

[AH.B.]

Unclear. In similar contexts in Urartian, measure terms are used in their stem forms, and it seems possible to assume the same for the present contexts (Hawkins, Morpurgo Davies & Neumann 1973a:11f.).

[AH.B.]

This lexeme has been suggested be a loanword from Urartian (Laroche 1971a:55-61; Hawkins, Morpurgo Davies & Neumann 1973a:11f.).

[AH.B.]