𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀

Lycian

Etymology

Derived from the earlier Hittite 𒌷𒀀𒉿𒅈𒈾 (^URUa-wa-ar-na /⁠awārna⁠/) toponym.

Proper noun

𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 (arñna)

1. Xanthus, a major city of Ancient Lycia
   • 4th century BCE, Letoon trilingual:

     𐊖𐊁(𐊊)𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀: 𐊀𐊖𐊀𐊜𐊍𐊀𐊈𐊒: 𐊁𐊕𐊗𐊗𐊆𐊎𐊁𐊍𐊆

     se(j)arñna: asaχlazu: erttimeli

     and as governor of Xanthus, Artemelis

References

• Trevor R. Bryce (2005) “Territories and Early Rivals of Hatti”, in The Kingdom of the Hittites, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41
• Elena Martínez Rodríguez (2022) “Milyan dialectal divergence and its traces in onomastics”, in Kadmos, volume 60, number 1/2, Berlin: De Gruyter, →DOI, →ISSN, pages 137-156

Further reading

• Xanthus (city) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia