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Hi-inflected verbal *CóC-stems in Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Luwian [PDF]
1 In Luwian, as in Hittite, the *CóC- stem formation is the counterpart of PIE. perfect *C 1 e-C 1 óC 2 -. In Proto-Anatolian the PIE. perfect shows very few traces of reduplication; principally, it shows only the o- ablaut.
M. Vernet
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The Hieroglyphic Luwian genitive case
Descriptions of Hieroglyphic Luwian grammar assert that the genitive endings ‑as(a) and ‑asi are interchangeable; their distribution is said to be random rather than governed by any conditioning factor. However, recent studies have shown that the ending ‑
Axel. Palmer
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In this article, an edition of an unpublished inscription (MARAŞ 16) on a basalt bull statue of the 8th century BCE from Maraş is presented. Unlike the two rulers by the name of Larama known in Gurgum history, the author of the inscription is a third ...
Hasan Peker
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A Goddess and a City or How to Read the Hieroglyphic Luwian Sign MANUS+MANUS
This paper argues that the unusual determinative MANUS+MANUS of the goddess Pahalati in Hama that resisted explanation until now can be understood due to its new attestation in the logographic spelling of a Cilician toponym.
Zsolt Simon
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The "handedness" of language: Directional symmetry breaking of sign usage in words [PDF]
Language, which allows complex ideas to be communicated through symbolic sequences, is a characteristic feature of our species and manifested in a multitude of forms.
Ashraf, Md Izhar, Sinha, Sitabhra
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A New Funerary Stele from Karkemish and New Values for Some Anatolian Hieroglyphic Signs
Karkemish is located on the West bank of Euphrates River, about 60 kilometres southeast of Gaziantep, Turkey, and 100 kilometres northeast of Aleppo, Syria.
Hasan Peker
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In this article, the authors present a first edition of the recently found inscription TÜRKMEN-KARAHÖYÜK 1, propose an eighth-century dating and explore some of the consequences of this date for the group of inscriptions mentioning Hartapu, son of ...
P. Goedegebuure +5 more
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Syllable Weight Gradation in the Luwic Languages
Abstract This paper offers a new perspective on Čop's Law and Open Syllable Lengthening, two commonly accepted sound laws that lengthened both consonants and vowels in the Luwic languages. It is proposed that both developments take similar inputs and ultimately yield the same effect: neutralisation of the syllable weight opposition in accented ...
Alexander Vertegaal
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Tuwati and Wasusarma: Imitating the behaviour of Assyria [PDF]
This essay reviews the evidence concerning the Tabalian king Wasusarma and his father Tuwati, who appear in Neo-Assyrian and Urartian annals. The context for the removal of Wasusarma (Uassurme) from power by the Assyrian king is assumed to have lain in ...
Akdoğan +51 more
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After the Hittites: The Kingdoms of Karkamish and Palistin in Northern Syria [PDF]
The disappearance and weakening of the Late Bronze Age territorial empires in the Eastern Mediterranean shortly after 1200 BC is traditionally held to be followed by a so-called Dark Age of around 300 years, characterized by a lack of written sources ...
Weeden, Mark
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