Peter George Van Soesbergen

Broschiertes Buch

The Decipherment of Minoan Linear A, Volume I, Part V

Hurrians and Hurrian in Minoan Crete: Indices and glossaries 3

Beschreibung

One feature of Minoan-Hurrian appears to corresponds specifically with the evidence from Nippur, where Hurrian personal names are attested with the theophorous element irmi / ermi as a variant of erwi at Nuzi and ewri / ibri 'Lord' and 'king' in the Türatta letter and elsewhere, cf. Ir-me/mi-ta-at-ta and Ir-me-ta-ta at Nippur (Clay PNCP, 93), to be read Erme/i-tatta, i.e. *Erwi-tatta, according to P.M. Purves (NPN, 263). But Linear A erwi also occurs. Several personal names with the element e-mi / i-mi are attested in Linear A. They can be identified with ermi / irmi, since according to Linear A and B orthographic conventions -r- preceding -m- is not expressed in consonant clusters. Linear A wa-du-ni-mi (HT 6b.1; HT 85b.4-5) at Hagia Triada can be analysed as an Old Hurrian indicative sentence name wad=u=n-irmi or wand=u=n-irmi 'The Lord has made him/her (the child) good, just'. Linear A i-mi-sa-ra (HT 27+HT 48a.3), Hurrian *Irmi/Ermi-¿arra, can be analysed as Irmi/Ermi-¿arr(=i)=a, 'The Lord is like the King of Gods'. Linear A ja-re-mi (HT 87.3) from Hagia Triada, second sequence in a list of 7 personal names, can be analysed as i=ar-/ij=ar-Ermi 'Make (the child) good, oh Lord !'. It can be compared with the Hurrian name ia-ru-¿é-pa, analysed as i=ar/ij=ar=u-¿é-pa '¿ebat made (the child) good' or 'Make (the child) good, oh ¿ebat !'. The Linear A inscription te-we-mi (¿) (PS Zf 1), read from top to bottom, among the repoussé designs on a bronze tablet from the Dictaean Cave of Psykhro (Chapter 11: 'Religious' Linear A inscriptions) can be analysed as tew-ermi, 'speak, oh Lord !', consisting of ti-/te- / tiw-/tew- 'to speak, say words' + ermi = erwi/ewri 'Lord'. The imperative 'speak, oh Lord !' may well reflect the prayer pronounced by the dancing worshipper portrayed on the bronze tablet. Linear A -e-mi/-i-mi = Hurrian ermi / irmi is the form in which the Mycenaean Greeks inherited the theonym ¿¿¿¿¿ < ¿¿¿¿¿¿ < ¿¿¿¿¿¿ (form with intervocalic -h-), cf. Linear B e-ma-a2 a-re-ja (PY Tn 316 r. 7), singular dative ¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿ 'for ¿¿¿¿¿¿ ¿¿¿¿¿¿', 'for Hermes the Martial'. The intervocalic -h- of Mycenaean Greek moved to the front of the name. The etymology of Hermes is 'Lord'.

Autor

Peter G. van Soesbergen (born in Amsterdam, 7th February 1945) studied Classics at the University of Amsterdam (Doctoral Examination cum laude). He pursued research on The archaeological context of Minoan Linear A for "The Netherlands Organization for Pure Research" (report of 400 pp.), published several articles and gave papers at international colloquia and congresses (Heraklion, Bucharest, Sheffield, Nottingham, Prague, Rome, Naples), a Mycenaean Seminar on "The historical significance of onomastic data from Linear A and B texts" (Institute of Classical Studies, University of London) and special papers on Linear A at Cambridge and Groningen. He pursued research as a Leverhulme European Visiting Fellow and Independent Research Worker at the University of Sheffield, where he received the degree of Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) on the thesis "The onomastics of the 'Minoan Linear A' and 'Linear B' documents and their historical significance". He taught Greek, Latin, Ancient History, Archaeology, Mycenology and Andrological examination. After his retirement he is still pursuing research.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Peter G. van Soesbergen
• Completely revised and extended edition
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 297mm x 210mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 1319g
• ISBN-13: 9789083275444
• ISBN-10: 9083275442
• Artikelnr.: 65949222