Cuneiform Luwian in the Hattuša Archives

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Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Ilya Yakubovich

Yayın yılı:

2023

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en

What Is (Cuneiform) Luwian and Where Is Luwiya? 1.1The Luwian Corpus in Cuneiform Transmission Unlike most other languages of ancient Anatolia, the Luwian language is attested in two different writing systems: the Anatolian adaptation of Mesopotamian cuneiform (cf.Chapter 6) and Anatolian hieroglyphs.1It was previously believed that these two corpora corresponded to two closely related languages, named faute de mieux Cuneiform Luwian and Hieroglyphic Luwian.By now it has become clear that the differences between some Luwian dialects attested in cuneiform transmission exceed the postulated distance between Cuneiform and Hieroglyphic Luwian, and one of the dialects attested in cuneiform transmission, namely Hattuša Luwian, displays a particular resemblance to the early form of Hieroglyphic Luwian.Therefore, it makes more sense to speak of one Luwian language, and reserve the terms 'cuneiform' and 'hieroglyphic' for the writing systems associated with specific Luwian corpora (Yakubovich 2010:68-73).However, all the Luwian cuneiform texts predate the abandonment of Hattuša, whereas the bulk of Luwian hieroglyphic texts postdate this watershed event in ancient Anatolian history, so the Luwian cuneiform corpus can be used as the basis for the study of areal phenomena involving the Luwian language before the 13th century bce.This justifies the separate treatment of Cuneiform Luwian and Hieroglyphic Luwian in the present volume.This chapter will address the evidence of Luwian cune…

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