𒌷𒀀𒉿𒅈𒈾

Hittite

𒌷𒀀𒉿𒅈𒈾

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Proper noun

𒌷𒀀𒉿𒅈𒈾 • (^URUa-wa-ar-na /awārna/)

1. Awarna, an ancient city identified with later Lycian Xanthus
   • ca. 1240 BCE, Milawata letter‎^[1]:

     𒅗 𒌷𒀀𒉿𒅈𒈾 𒅇 𒌷𒁉𒈾𒇷𒅀

     INIM ^URUa-wa-ar-na Ù ^URUpí-na-li-ya

     the matter of Awarna (Xanthus) and Pinali (Pinara)

Descendants

• → Lycian: 𐊀𐊕𐊑𐊏𐊀 (arñna)
• → Aramaic: 𐡀𐡅𐡓𐡍 (ʾwrn)

References

• Mark Weeden (2012) “KBo 18.117: A further join to the "Milawata Letter"”, in Nouvelles assyriologiques brèves et utilitaires‎^[2], volume 60, number 3, Antony, Hauts-de-Seine: Société pour l’étude du Proche-Orient ancien, →ISSN, pages 63-65
• Trevor R. Bryce (2005) “Territories and Early Rivals of Hatti”, in The Kingdom of the Hittites, Oxford: Oxford University Press, →DOI, →ISBN, page 41