/zam(m)arni-?/, (VIR2)za-mara/i-ní-
‘(unknown)’
- Language
- Hieroglyphic Luwian
- Grammar
- subst
- ID
- 821
1. Individual Anatolian Languages
1.1 Hieroglyphic Luwian
/zam(m)arni-?/, (VIR2)za-mara/i-ní-
‘(unknown)’1.1.1Transmission
A hapax legomenon, this word is attested once in an inscription on a lion statue from Aleppo, dated to the 11th century BCE.
[AH.B.]
1.1.2Forms
| dat./loc. sg. | /zam(m)arni?/ | (VIR2)za-mara/i-ní | ALEPPO 7, §11 (Aleppo) |
1.1.3Graphic Features
1.1.3.1Phonological Interpretation
The phonological interpretation of this lexeme is not certain, although the attestation is spelt fully syllabically. However, the word could so far not be linked to any cognates either within HLuw. or in the other Anatolian languages. The HLuw. spelling attested in ALEPPO 7, §11 could therefore be also interpreted as /zam(m)aran(n)i/ vel sim.
[AH.B.]
1.1.4Meaning
Even though the meaning of this lexeme is opaque and the entire text of ALEPPO 7, §11 is heavily damaged, its context and use of the logogram VIR2 (*386) suggests that it denotes a person: [...] *a-pa-sa-na DOMINUS.NA *a-pa-sa-ha (VIR2)za-mara/i-ní […], i.e. /abassan nanni abassan=ha zamarni/ ‘… for/to his lord and for/to his zamarni- …’ (Hawkins 2011b:48f.). It does not become clear, however, in what way the person is referenced, e.g. by their status or function or other.
[AH.B.]
1.1.5Origin
No etymology possible.
[AH.B.]