/wanattiyad(i)-/, FEMINA-ti-ia-ti-

This lexeme is attested in two inscriptions dated to approximately the same period, i.e. KARKAMIŠ A11b+c (reign of Katuwa, late 10th or early 9th c. BCE) and ALEPPO 2 (reign of Hamiyata, late 10th or early 9th c. BCE).

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For the grammatical interpretation of FEMINA-ti-ia-ti (ALEPPO 2, §23) see Hawkins 1980a:154, Hawkins 2000a:238, contra Poetto 1979c:502 n. 9.

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The logogram FEMINA indicates that the lexeme FEMINA-ti-ia-ti- refers to something pertaining to the woman. The meaning ‘female’ is established by the fact that it agrees once with /muwida-/ ‘seed’ (KARKAMIŠ A11b+c, §29), i.e. ‘female seed’, and once with /massan(i)-/ ‘god’ (KARKAMIŠ A11b+c, §18f), i.e. ‘female gods’ (Meriggi 1951a:47, followed by Mittelberger 1963a:106, Hawkins 1980a:154, Morpurgo Davies 1987a:227, Payne 2012a:72). The interpretation of the third attestation found in ALEPPO 2, §23 is dependent on the first two, since the sentence is not entirely preserved. Hawkins 1980a:154 (and Hawkins 2000a:238) suggests a convincing restoration of the missing part, i.e. [/tanimi=ha massani/ VIR-ti-]ia-ti FEMINA-ti-ia-ti  ‘for each god, male (and) female’; cf. Payne 2012a:96.

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1. /wanattiyadiya-/