{"title":"The Wording of Inana’s ‘Blessing’ and the Characterisation of the Gardener in Inana and Šukaletuda","authors":"A. Pinter","doi":"10.52093/hara-202201-00026-000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202201-00026-000","url":null,"abstract":"The present paper examines the wording of the fate decree in the mythic story Inana and Šukaletuda (ll. 296–301). Šukaletuda receives eternal fame from Inana, which resembles the fates destined for great kings. Nonetheless, Šukaletuda’s fate subtly differs from the kings’ share. According to administrative documents, milk churners, shepherd-boys, and novice singers are low-class workers. Thus, the characters who are selected to transmit Šukaletuda’s story belong to his own class, and thus, relativise the benefits of his destiny.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"109 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132683115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lycian relative clauses","authors":"H. C. Melcher","doi":"10.52093/hara-202101-00013-000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202101-00013-000","url":null,"abstract":"Lycian relative clause syntax generally matches that of Hittite and other Anatolian IndoEuropean languages, with some minor differences due to Lycian SVO word order. One putative major contrast is that Lycian seems to have at least one example showing “overt wh-movement”. Arguments are made that opening formulas with enclitic =ti in funerary inscriptions contain a reflexive particle, not “cleft” structures with the relative pronoun.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128844592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CaR vs. Ca-aR spellings in Hittite: evidence for a phonemic distinction between /ə/ and /a/","authors":"Kloekhorst Alwin, Mens Erik","doi":"10.52093/hara-202102-00022-000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202102-00022-000","url":null,"abstract":": Inspired by earlier work on the distribution between the sign kán and the sign sequences k/g/qa-an in Hittite texts (Frotscher fthc.), this article investigates the Hittite usage of three more cuneiform signs of the structure CaR ( pár , ḫal and tar ) vis-à-vis their corresponding Ca-aR spellings ( pa-ar , ḫa-al , t/da-ar ). It is argued that the distribution between CaR and Ca-aR spellings is not random, but etymologically determined: consistent spelling with CaR reflects PIE * CR̥ and * CeR [ C ], whereas alternation between CaR and Ca-aR reflects PIE * CoR . This is interpreted as evidence for a synchronic phonetic / phonemic distinction between the two types of spelling: consistent CaR renders the vowel /ə/, whereas alternation between CaR and Ca-aR denotes the vowel /a/.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124541889","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Distribution of -a- and -e- in the Lycian genitival adjective suffix","authors":"S. Norbruis","doi":"10.52093/hara-202101-00014-000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202101-00014-000","url":null,"abstract":"The Lycian genitival adjectival suffix A -Vhe/i-, B -Vse/iis attested both with -aand with -e-. The present treatment suggests that the main principle behind this variation is morphological, and tries to determine the default variant for each stem type, as well as to find explanations for the seeming exceptions. Lycian A and B are treated separately, but give comparable results. The ultimate origin of the suffix is argued to have been *-osio(-), which directly accounts for the variant with -e-. The variant with -ais its counterpart in the a-stems. Some additional light is shed on the workings of Lycian vowel assimilation processes.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"30 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116001105","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Lycian Wexssere, Waxssepddimi and related forms","authors":"I. Adiego","doi":"10.52093/hara-202101-00011-000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202101-00011-000","url":null,"abstract":"In this paper, I address the problem of the Lycian coin legends attributed to two dynasts of the same name – Wexssere I and Wexssere II – on the basis of some very recent re-readings and novelties published by Koray Konuk. Now we actually have different forms (wexssere, waxssebllimi, waxssepddimi, uxssepddimi), that seem to be chaotically distributed. The present paper proposes to consider Waxssebllimi to be older than Waxssepddimi and Uxssepddimi, and to analyze it as a foreign name, possibly Carian, later adapted to Lycian as WaxssepddimiUxssepddimi; thus, contra Konuk, I suggest that these names may refer to the same person. As for the relationship of waxssebllimi-waxssepddimi-uxssepddimi with wexssere, the existence of an apparent interchangeability between the two can be attributed either to a double denomination practice or to the fact that wexssere was a place name, not a personal name. By accepting either hypothesis, the alleged chaotic distribution disappears and much simpler models of dynastic sequence can be envisaged. Although the interpretation of wexssere as a place name seems much more attractive, it cannot be accepted definitively at present due to certain numismatic objections.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"50 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"122490231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The property of the city, the property of the king? A new fragment of YOS 12, 321","authors":"Zsombor Földi J.","doi":"10.52093/hara-202001-00004-000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202001-00004-000","url":null,"abstract":": The paper contains the re-edition of an Old Babylonian court document from Kār-Šamaš/Sippar, half of which has already been known as YOS 12, 321, the other half was previously unpublished. In order to reach a satisfactory legal interpretation, the archival and prosopo-graphical background of the document are likewise studied.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"147 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131768052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Palaeographic Dating of Lycian Inscriptions. A Critical Review of Former Studies and a New Approach","authors":"B. Christiansen","doi":"10.52093/hara-202101-00012-000","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52093/hara-202101-00012-000","url":null,"abstract":": The aim of this article is a critical examination of earlier palaeographic studies of Lycian inscriptions. The starting point is the corpus of inscriptions whose contents provide information on their dating. On the basis of a survey of the letter forms attested in these texts, an attempt will be made to reconstruct their development. This is intended to provide a solid foundation for future palaeographic studies and other research on Lycian history, culture and language. The study will demonstrate that some letters actually show developments that can be used for palaeographic dating of inscriptions without a text-internal indication of their date of origin. However, it should be taken into account that most of the letter variants already appear in inscriptions that were composed during the reign of Erbbina / Arbinas, and thus in the beginning of the 4 th century BCE This fact has been overlooked in previous studies. It therefore cannot be ruled out that an inscription showing these variants may date back to the first half of the 4 th century, although these variants are more frequently attested in younger inscriptions. In addition, palaeographic dating is made more difficult by other circumstances too. The letter forms should therefore only be taken as a rough indication of the inscription’s date of origin. Greater certainty might be achieved through a cumulative approach. However, the starting point has always to be the inscriptions with text-internal information about their dating. It is therefore essential to examine them carefully with regard to their palaeographic characteristics before using other criteria.","PeriodicalId":224972,"journal":{"name":"Hungarian Assyriological Review","volume":"14 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1900-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114366837","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}