paparta-⁽ⁱ⁾

The word is attested only once in the Ritual of Pittei.

[E.R.]

part. nom./acc. sg. n.!

pa-pa-ar-ta-ma-〈an〉

KBo 13.241 rev. 19 + KUB 44.4 rev. 32

(CTH 766, NS)

For the issue of the attested form in -ma in ^Dištar-an papartama representing a participle in -ma-〈an〉 without morphological agreement (expected is -mmin), or a neuter abstract noun in -m(ma)n- in a partitive apposition, see the parallel discussion under palḫa-^(ti), but cf. under /tapar-^(ti).

[E.R.]

Checked against the photographs in the Mainzer Fotoarchiv.

[E.R.]

Regardless of the nominal or verbal status of papartama, the context seems to indicate that the phrase denotes a destructive act against the goddess Ištar; cf. Starke 1990a:276, CLL:165, Shevoroshkin 1994a:146. +[No suggestions beyond “an epithet of Ištar” (vel sim.) are made in Beckman 1983a:178f., 198, CHD P:100, HHw:119, HEG P:424, Giorgieri 2004a:416, Ünal 2007a:510, Bachvarova 2013a:138, DCL:174; phonologically impossible: HED P:69. Melchert (DCL:174) further assumes that the stem underlying pa-pa-ar-ta-ma-〈an〉 is related to papartam(i)-. If so, and furthermore, if paparta-⁽ⁱ⁾ (probably attested in papartamienzi, s.v. papartama/i-) is the reduplicated variant of the root verb part- ‘to escape (?)’, then the relevant sentence ^Dištar-an pa-pa-ar-ta-ma-〈an〉 a-uš-du means “let him see the goddess Istar fleeing!”, similar to “likewise (= let him see) the wolf fettered!” and other phrases in the immediate context that describe dire or impossible actions and states (see Beckman 1983a:178f.).

An analogous interpretation as ‘dismembered’ (Yakubovich 2017d:s.v.) is probably based on an assumed relationship with a reconstructed denominative verb derived from parta- ‘(furniture) leg (?)’, i.e. the lexeme belongs to same word family, but relates to a different lexeme with a separate semantic development.

[E.R.]

Following Starke 1990a:276, the verb that constitutes the base of pa-pa-ar-ta-ma-〈an〉 can very likely be classified as a reduplicated -a-⁽ⁱ⁾ verb. Among the two options, viz. participle and -m(ma)n- abstract noun, the former is preferred here on account of the parallel participial phrases in the context and in spite of the wrongly built form in -an (instead of -in).

[E.R.]

The Luwian origin of pa-pa-ar-ta-ma-〈an〉 was never in doubt (Beckman 1983a:198, Starke 1990a:276, CLL:165, Shevoroshkin 1994a:146, CHD P:100, HHw:119, Giorgieri 2004a:416, van den Hout 2006a:247, Ünal 2007a:510, Bachvarova 2013a:138, Yakubovich 2017d:s.v., DCL:174).

[E.R.]

For the lemma head see CLuw. part-.