The Survival of the God Name Šarruma in Cilician Names in the Greek Sources
This paper studies some Cilician names attested in Greek sources that contain the element ζαρμα-. The two main interpretative hypotheses – a connection to Luwian zalma- , or a connection to the god name Šarruma / Šarma- – are critically analysed. The conclusion reached is that while the ambiguity of...
| Published in: | Altorientalische Forschungen |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | German |
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De Gruyter
2019
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Altorientalische Forschungen
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| Further subjects: | B
Hurrian personal names
B Anatolian linguistics B Luwian personal names |
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| Summary: | This paper studies some Cilician names attested in Greek sources that contain the element ζαρμα-. The two main interpretative hypotheses – a connection to Luwian zalma- , or a connection to the god name Šarruma / Šarma- – are critically analysed. The conclusion reached is that while the ambiguity of ζαρμα- cannot be resolved, it is highly likely that both - sarma and - zarma really existed as different elements in the formation of personal names in Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian. There was probably a tendency towards confusion between -sarma and - zarma , caused by phonological proximity and semantic crossing of certain names. |
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| ISSN: | 2196-6761 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Altorientalische Forschungen
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1515/aofo-2019-0010 |