Annick Payne Hieroglyphic Luwian An Introduction with Original Texts 2nd Revised Edition 2010 Harrassowitz Verlag . Wiesbaden ISSN 1867-8165 ISBN 978-3-447-06109-4 Contents Contents................................................................................................................v Preface.................................................................................................................ix Abbreviations.......................................................................................................xi 1 Introduction................................................................................................ 1 1.1 Language and Inscriptions ........................................................................ 1 1.1.1 Luwian ....................................................................................................... 1 1.1.2 Hieroglyphic Inscriptions.......................................................................... 2 1.2 The Script................................................................................................... 5 1.2.1 Writing Materials and Appearance ........................................................... 5 1.2.2 The Signs ................................................................................................... 6 1.2.2.1 Logograms ............................................................................................. 6 1.2.2.2 Determinatives ....................................................................................... 6 1.2.2.3 Syllabograms.......................................................................................... 7 1.2.2.4 Words ..................................................................................................... 7 1.3 Research..................................................................................................... 8 1.3.1 The Story of Decipherment....................................................................... 8 1.3.2 Research Tools ........................................................................................ 10 1.3.2.1 Text Editions........................................................................................ 10 1.3.2.2 Sign Lists.............................................................................................. 11 1.3.2.3 Dictionaries .......................................................................................... 11 1.3.2.4 Grammars............................................................................................. 12 2 Phonology ................................................................................................ 13 2.1 Signs and Sounds..................................................................................... 13 2.2 The Regular Syllabary............................................................................. 14 2.3 Graphic Representation of Sounds.......................................................... 15 2.4 Phonological Rules.................................................................................. 16 2.5 Reading Aids ........................................................................................... 17 3 Morphology ............................................................................................. 19 3.1 The Noun ................................................................................................. 19 3.1.1 Formation................................................................................................. 19 3.1.1.1 Suffixes ................................................................................................ 19 3.1.1.2 Compound Nouns ................................................................................ 20 3.1.2 Inflection.................................................................................................. 20 3.1.2.1 Categories............................................................................................. 20 vi Contents 3.1.2.2 Endings .................................................................................................21 3.1.2.3 i-Mutation.............................................................................................22 3.1.2.4 Examples ..............................................................................................22 3.1.2.5 Comparison...........................................................................................23 3.2 The Pronoun.............................................................................................24 3.2.1 Personal Pronouns....................................................................................24 3.2.2 Enclitic Forms..........................................................................................24 3.2.3 Reflexive Pronouns..................................................................................25 3.2.4 Possessive Pronouns ................................................................................26 3.2.5 Demonstrative Pronouns..........................................................................26 3.2.6 Interrogative and Relative Pronouns .......................................................27 3.2.7 Indefinite Pronouns..................................................................................27 3.3 Numerals ..................................................................................................28 3.3.1 Numeral Signs..........................................................................................28 3.4 The Verb...................................................................................................29 3.4.1 Formation .................................................................................................29 3.4.1.1 Suffixes.................................................................................................29 3.4.1.2 Reduplication........................................................................................29 3.4.1.3 Preverbs ................................................................................................29 3.4.2 Inflection ..................................................................................................30 3.4.2.1 Categories.............................................................................................30 3.4.2.2 Verbal Endings.....................................................................................30 3.4.2.3 Examples ..............................................................................................31 4 Syntax...................................................................................................33 4.1 Agreement ................................................................................................33 4.2 Use of Cases.............................................................................................33 4.2.1 Nominative...............................................................................................33 4.2.2 Genitive ....................................................................................................33 4.2.3 Dative-Locative........................................................................................34 4.2.4 Accusative ................................................................................................34 4.2.5 Ablative-Instrumental ..............................................................................35 4.3 Comparison ..............................................................................................35 4.4 Adverbs ....................................................................................................36 4.5 Postpositions ............................................................................................36 4.6 Pronouns...................................................................................................37 4.7 Verbs.........................................................................................................37 4.7.1 Voices.......................................................................................................37 4.7.2 Tenses.......................................................................................................37 4.7.3 Moods.......................................................................................................38 4.7.4 Verbal Nouns ...........................................................................................38 4.8 Word Order ..............................................................................................39 Contents vii 4.9 Negatives ................................................................................................. 39 4.10 Questions ................................................................................................. 39 4.11 Particles.................................................................................................... 39 4.11.1 Quotative Particle ................................................................................ 40 4.11.2 Locative Particle .................................................................................. 40 4.11.3 Connective Particles ............................................................................ 40 4.11.4 Disjunctive Particles ............................................................................ 40 4.12 Subordinate Clauses ................................................................................ 40 4.12.1 Causal Clauses ....................................................................................