A New Interpretation of the Opening Lines of the Assur Letters
Including a Discussion of the Hieroglyphic Luwian Lexemes hatura -, api and (*205) atun ( i )
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20324348 |
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| Authors | Willemijn Waal (0000-0002-2800-3647, University of Leiden The Netherlands Institute for the Near East (NINO) Leiden The Netherlands, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 111 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 263-281 |
| Publication date | 2021-11-25 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Zeitschrift für Assyriologie und Vorderasiatische Archäologie (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0084-5299 • E-ISSN: 1613-1150 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/za-2021-2006 |
| OpenAlex | W3217635623 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 4 |
In this paper a new interpretation of the hatura -clauses in the Hieroglyphic Luwian Assur letters will be presented. First of all, it will be argued that the Hieroglyphic Luwian lexeme hatura -, which is usually connected to the Hittite verb ḫatrae - ‘to send’, ‘to write’ and translated as ‘letter’, is in fact related to the Hittite word ḫattuli - and Cuneiform Luwian ḫattulaḫid- , meaning ‘health’,‘wellbeing’. Secondly, the article will suggest that the Hieroglyphic Luwian word api, which is usually translated as ‘back’, or ‘again’, primarily functions as a discourse marker. Lastly, it will be proposed that the Hieroglyphic Luwian word for ‘letter’ or ‘message’ is (*205) atun ( i ) - . These new interpretations yield a better understanding of the opening lines of the Assur-letters and elucidate some other opaque passages of this intriguing correspondence. 1
Ancient history · Art · Cuneiform · Epistemology · Hittite language · Interpretation (philosophy) · Lexeme · Linguistics · Literature · Meaning (existential) · Verb · Word (group theory) · Ancient Near East History · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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