zinasa-

This lexeme is found once in the poetical inscription engraved on the lion sarcophagus of Antiphellos, dated on stylistic grounds to the beginning of the 4^th century BCE (Zahle 1979a:318, Mühlbauer 2007a:91).

[D.S.]

dat./loc. pl.

zinase

TL 55.5 (Antiphellos)

Schürr 2005a:156 hesitates between a genitive singular in -se of a personal name zina- and a dative plural of a genitival adjective in -ase/i- (the latter is preferred in DLL:137, although this appears to presuppose a substantivization). For the chosen stem formation and the grammatical assignment, see under Meaning.

[D.S.]

Based on the context, the referent of the word zinase must be the recipient of a sacrificial offering. Sasseville 2018a:309 shows the existence of a Lyc. B suffix -asa- c. equating to Luwian -ašša- c. (thus without i-mutation), which designates either deities or agent nouns. Thus, zinase can be best interpreted as a substantive in -asa- c. designating a group of deities or humans. Shevoroshkin 2002c:420 assumes likewise a group of deities, though without concrete arguments.

epe palarã : wzzaijesi : q̣ãṇaụ xi : zinase : trqqiz : ki=kikiti : seb(e)=[u]we{:}dṛiz : qlei : masai^!{:}z (TL 55.5)

‘I qãnau an epepalarã of the wzzaije as sacrificial offering to the zinase, which the Storm-god and all the (other) gods in the precinct require as payment.’

Shevoroshkin 2011a:34 points out that zinase is surely a derivative of Lycian B zini. Unfortunately, his semantics assignment of zini as the Greek god ‘Zeus’ is not convincing. Gehrisch 2018a:108 leaves it untranslated, but because of the relative clause, her division of zinase into zina=se is syntactically impossible. Pending elucidation of the noun zini, no semantic assignment can be provided for zinasa- c.

[D.S.]

For the probable derivational base, see Lyc. B zini.