Table Of ContentONOMASTIC ON OF THE HITTITE PANTHEON
HANDBOOK OF ORIENTAL STUDIES
HANDBUCH DER ORIENTALISTIK
SECTION ONE
THE NEAR AND MIDDLE EAST
EDITED BY
H. ALTENMULLER . B. HROUDA . B.A. LEVINE . R.S. O'FAHEY
K.R. VEENHOF . C.H.M. VERSTEEGH
VOLUME THIRTY-THREE, PART THREE
ONOMASTIC ON OF THE HITTITE PANTHEON
ONOMASTICON
OF THE
HITTITE PANTHEON
Part Three
BY
BEN H.L. VAN GESSEL
BRILL
LEIDEN . BOSTON· KOLN
2001
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CONTENTS
Part Three
Preface vu
Consulted dictionaries and glossaries ix
List of abbreviations xi
Glossaries
A. Hittite 3
B. "Glossenkeil"words 85
C. Sumerograms 87
D. Akkadograms 153
E. Hattic 169
F. Hurrian 173
G. Palaic 233
H. Luwian 235
I. Unknown 245
K. Numbers 247
Personal names 249
Geographical names 251
Festivals 281
Addenda et corrigenda ad
- Divine names 289
- Deities not mentioned by a proper name 391
- Unclassifiable fragments of divine names 397
- Hurrian divine attributes 401
PREFACE
Whereas Parts One and Two of the Onomasticon of the Hittite Pantheon 1
were almost exclusively intended for Hittitologists, the present Part Three
will be accessible for a wider circle. It consists mainly of glossaries, in
which all words and forms mentioned in the Onomasticon have been listed.
Each form is explained according to its function in the quotation at
issue. The form mekki (of mekki- adj.; "much, many"), for instance, is
mentioned as nom.-acc. sg. n. only, whereas outside the quotations given in
the Onomasticon the form is also used as an adverb (meaning "greatly,
much; very").
Statement of the meaning( s) of a word is based on the context of the
quotation in which this word is used. This implies that not in all cases all
meanings of a word have been given. In some instances the choice of a
meaning has been a subjective one. Where the meaning of a word or an
explanation of a form is given, in a few cases other possibilities are offered
also. Furthermore, words and forms occur of which meaning or function
have not (yet) been established.
What distinguishes the glossaries from others is that, where relevant,
mention is made of the relation between the use of the word( form) and the
deity involved. This applies to genitive collocations (as d Memiiartii
nepiiai taknai, "Memisarti of heaven (and) earth", dTelipinupas karpis,
Telipinu's anger"), as well as adjectives (as nakkii dTeiipinui, "honoured
Telipinu"), and epithets (as d'sulinkattei LUGAL-ui, "king Sulinkatte").
This restriction explains why, e.g. in relation with NINDA.G~.RA
only four names of deities are mentioned, whereas this bread is sacrificed
to many other deities also.
The quotations recorded in the three parts of the Onomasticon in
which either a genitive form, an adjective, or an epithet occur in relation to
1 The following reviews of Parts One and Two have been published:
M. Popko, BiOr 55 (1998) 855-858; G. Wilhelm, ZA 88 (1998) 294-295;
G. Beckman, JBL 118 (1999) 575-576; M. Hutter, Numen 46 (1999) 329-332;
R. Lebrun, OLZ 94 (1999) 674-676; G.F del Monte, JAOS 119 (1999) 703-704;
. H.A. Hoffner, Jr., JNES 59 (2000) 293-295.
PREFACE VIII
the name of a deity, have, for the convenience of the user, been repeated in
the glossaries2, in a few cases in a slightly more concise form, for practical
reasons.
The glossaries are followed by a list of personal names. In each case
mention is made of the relation between the deity (deities) and the use of
the name (e.g. dZawalli (SA) fDanu/Jepa). The same applies to the list of
geographical names (e.g. dAla Alatarrna). The survey of festivals not
URU
only indicates for which deities festivals were celebrated, but where
relevant, also in which temple, in which town and in which season.
Following publication of Parts One and Two of the Onomasticon of the
Hittite Pantheon, new (fragments of) tablets have appeared in KBo XXXI,
XL, and XLI, Ku§aklI-Sarissa 1,1, and in Hittite and Human Cuneifonn
Tablets from Ortak6y (t;orum), Central Turkey. Names of deities from
these editions are mentioned here in a similar way as was done in Parts One
and Two. Also, new additions of names of deities and corrections of entries
in the previously published volumes have been included here.
Less important alterations, as for instance reading UO.KAM instead of
UOKAM and m Tutfjalija (a personal name) instead of m Tud/Jalija are not
given.3 Minor printing errors have not been recorded either.
Prof. Th.P.I. van den Hout has advised and assisted me frequently also
this time. He has contributed to the realization of the Onomasticon to a
great extent. For this I am very grateful to him.
I wish to thank Or. O. Soysal for his assistance in the compilation of the
Hattic glossary. I am indebted to Patricia Radder of Koninklijke Brill N.V.
for our agreeable cooperation.
Abcoude, february 2001 B.H.L. van GesseI
2 This does not apply to F. Hurrian. Because it has not in all cases been established
what the fonetical values of the (constellations of) cuneiform script used by the Hittites
in Hurrian are, the use of broad transcription, as applied in the other glossaries, has been
omitted here. Quotations in Hurrian may be found in the appropriate entries in all three
parts of the Onomasticon . In some very exceptional cases quotations have been
repeated for the sake of clarity.
3 For altered readings one is referred to the appropriate glossary.
CONSULTED DICTIONARIES AND GLOSSARIES
The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
(U. Gelb, A.L. Oppenheim, E. Reiner, M.T. Roth, eds.)
Chicago 1956-
J. Friedrich, Hethitisches Worterbuch
Heidelberg 1952
J. Friedrich, Hethitisches Worterbuch 1.-3. Erganzungsheft
Heidelberg 1957-1966
J. Friedrich, A. Kammenhuber, I. Hoffmann, Hethitisches Worterbuch 2nd ed.
Heidelberg 1975-
The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
(H.G. Gtiterbock , H.A. Hoffner, eds.)
Chicago 1980-
H.A. Hoffner, Jr., An English-Hittite Glossary (RHA XXV/80, 7-99)
Paris 1967
E. Laroche, Dictionnaire de la langue louvite
Paris 1959
E. Laroche, Glossaire de la langue hourrite (RHA XXXIV-XXXV)
Paris 1976-1977
H.C. Meichert, Cuneiform Luvian Lexicon (Lexica Anatolica, Vol. 2)
Chapel Hill 1993
1. Puhvel, Hittite Etymological Dictionary
Berlin, New York, Amsterdam 1984-
W. von Soden, Akkadisches Handworterbuch
Wiesbaden 1965-1981
J. Tischler, Hethitisches etymologisches Glossar
Innsbruck 1977-
LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
1. Texts, Authors, Literature (see also OHP I, XIII-XXIII)
ABoT Ankara Arkeoloji Mtizesinde Bulunan Bogazkoy Tabletleri
Istanbul 1948
AfO Archiv fUr Orientforschung
Berlin, Graz, Horn, Vienna 1926-
Archivum Anatolicum Ankara 1995-
BiOr Bibliotheca Orientalis
Leiden 1943-
Bo Inventory numbers of Bogazkoy tablets excavated 1906-1912
C.W. Carter, Diss. C.W. Carter, Hittite Cult Inventories
(diss., University of Chicago)
Chicago 1962
ChS Corpus der hurritischen SprachdenkmaIer
Roma 1984-
CRRAI Compte rendu de la ... Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale
(cited by date of congress, not date of publication)
FHL J.-M. Durand and E. Laroche, Fragments hittites du Louvre, in:
Mem. Atattirk (1982) 73-107
FsClausen Style and Tradition. Studies in Honor of WendelI Clausen
(P. Knox, C. Foss, eds.)
Stuttgart, Leipzig 1998
FsSchlerath Die Indogermanen und das Pferd
Akten des Internationalen interdiszipliniiren Kolloquiums
Freie Universitat Berlin, 1.-3. Juli 1992
Bernfried Schlerath zum 70. Geburtstag gewidmet
Budapest 1994
XII ABBREVIATIONS
GLH E. Laroche. Glossaire de la langue hourrite (RHA XXXIV
XXXV)
Paris 1976-1977
GsAkyurt-Devam "In Memoriam I. Metin Akyurt bahattin Devam Am Kitabl"
(A. Erkanal et alii. eds.)
Istanbul 1995
J.J.M. Hazenbos. J.J .M. Hazenbos. The Organization of the Anatolian Local
Diss. Cults during the 13th Century B.c. An appraisal of the Hittite
cult inventories
(diss .• Universiteit van Amsterdam)
Amsterdam 1998
HED J. Puhvel. Hittite Etymological Dictionary
Berlin. New York. Amsterdam 1984-
HFAC G. Beckman and H.A. Hoffner. Jr. • Hittite Fragments in
American Collections in: JCS 37 (1985) 1-60
Philadelphia
HFPC O.R. Gurney. Hittite Fragments in Private Collections in:
FsGtiterbock2 59-68
HHCTO A. Unal. Hittite and Hurrian Cuneiform Tablets
from Ortakoy (<;orum). Central Turkey
Istanbul 1998
HT Hittite Texts in the Cuneiform Character from Tablets in the
British Museum
London 1920
J. Friedrich. A. Kammenhuber. I. Hoffmann.
Hethitisches Worterbuch 2nd ed.
Heidelberg 1975-
HZL C. Rtister and E. Neu. Hethitisches Zeichenlexikon. Inventar
und Interpretation der Keilschriftzeichen aus den Bogazkoy
Texten (StBoT. Beiheft 2)
Wiesbaden 1989
IBoT Istanbul Arkeoloji Mtizelerinde Bulunan Bogazkoy
Tabletleri(nden Se~me Metinler) I-IV
Istanbul 1944. 1947. 1954. Ankara 1988
