Luwian Studies

I have an enduring interest in the Luwic languages, in particular Luwian. My work in this field is best described as philological with a strong undercurrent of linguistics. Most of my work is lexicographic (#1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 15 (talk)) and about how to read the script (#7, 16 (talk)), but I also try to ‘close the gaps’ in paradigms. Thus, I found the missing ablatives of the demonstratives (#3), and the missing local adverb ‘down’ (#4).

Articles

  1. ‘The Hieroglyphic Luwian Particle REL-i-pa.’ In Acts of the IIIrd International Congress of Hittitology, Çorum, September 16-22, 1996, Ankara 1998, 233-245
  2. Review of H. Craig Melchert (ed.), The Luwians (Handbuch der Orientalistik I/68). Brill: Leiden, Boston 2003. In Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 49.3: 364-366
  3. ‘The Hieroglyphic Luwian demonstrative ablative-instrumentals zin and apin.’ In Alfonso Archi & Rita Francia (eds.), VI Congresso Internazionale di Ittitologia, Roma, 5-9 settembre 2005 (SMEA 49). Roma 2007, 319-334
  4. ‘The Luwian adverbs zanta “down” and *ānni “with, for, against”’. In: Acts of the VIIth International Congress of Hittitology, Çorum, 25-31 August, 2008, Ankara 2010, 299-318
  5. ‘The Luwian Demonstratives of Place and Manner’. In Itamar Singer (ed.), ipatami kistamati pari tumatimis. Luwian and Hittite Studies Presented to J. David Hawkins on the Occasion of his 70th Birthday. (Emery and Claire Yass Publications in Archaeology). Tel Aviv: Institute of Archaeology, Tel Aviv University 2010, 76-94
  6. Review of Annick Payne, Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions (Writings from the Ancient World 29). Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2012. In Journal of Near Eastern Studies 76/1 (2017): 175-180
  7. ‘The Hieroglyphic Luwian signs *128 (AVIS ‘bird’) = wax and *30 = HAPA’. In Aygül Süel (ed.), IXTH ULUSLARARASI HİTİTOLOJİ KONGRESİ BİLDİRİLERİ, Çorum 08-14 Eylül 2014 / Acts of the IXth International Congress of Hittitology, Çorum 08-14 September 2014. Ankara 2019, 295-316
  8. ‘TÜRKMEN-KARAHÖYÜK 1: a new Hieroglyphic Luwian inscription from Great King Hartapu, son of Mursili, conqueror of Phrygia’. With Theo van den Hout et al. Anatolian Studies 70 (2020): 29-43 [first proofs, with corrections marked]

Talks

  1. The Hieroglyphic Luwian Particle REL-i-pa, September 1996, IIIrd International Congress of Hittitology, Çorum, Turkey
  2. Emfase in the Karatepe-bilingue (Fenicisch-Luwisch) (Emphasis in the Karatepe bilingual (Phoenician-Luwian)). October 16, 1998, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Amsterdam
  3. The Hieroglyphic Luwian pronominal demonstrative ‘ablatives’ zin ‘from this’ and apin ‘from that’. September 6, 2005, VIth International Congress of Hittitology, Rome
  4. Exerting power on the crossroads of three cultures: the steward of the king in Luwian, Phoenician and Assyrian society. July 25, 2008. Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale 54, Würzburg
  5. hbrk bcl or tiwadamis zidis, the steward of the king in Luwian and Phoenician society. February 14, 2009. AOS session People, Power and Politics 2, Midwest AOS/ASOR/SBL/CSBR Annual Meeting 2009, Bourbonnais, February 13-15, 2009
  6. The Cuneiform Luwian adverb zanda “down, (along) with, together, jointly”. August 28, 2008, VIIth International Conference of Hittitology in Çorum, Turkey
  7. The Deeds (?) of Suppiluliuma II – The Südburg inscription reconsidered, September 5, 2011, VIIIth International Conference of Hittitology, Warsaw, Poland
  8. The Hieroglyphic Luwian signs *128 (AVIS) and *30 and the words for ‘bright (day)’, ‘mountain’, ‘to remove’, ‘to carry’, ‘to destroy’, ‘riverland’ and ‘to trade’, September 1, 2014, IXth International Congress of Hittitology, Çorum, Turkey
  9. Luwian Hieroglyphs. An indigenous Anatolian writing system. February 5, 2015. Volunteer Day, Oriental Institute, Chicago (45 min.)
  10. Luwian Hieroglyphs: An Indigenous Anatolian Syllabic Script From 3500 Years Ago. February 3, 2016. Members Lecture Series, Oriental Institute, Chicago (45 min.)
  11. Waraika, king of not only Hiyawa, but also of the lands west of the Euphrates? March 18, 2016, 226th Annual Meeting of the American Oriental Society 2016, Boston, Massachusetts (15 min.)
  12. The newly found Hartapu inscription, with Theo van den Hout and James Osborne, December 6, 2019, Anatolian Circle, Oriental Institute
  13. Inaugural speaker, The Luwian Inscription Türkmen Karahöyük 1, Anatolian Seminar Series at Oxford University, November 11, 2021
  14. The State of Hieroglyphic Writing in the mid-late 8th c. BCE: Resisting and Emulating Empire. April 9, Phrygia between the East and the West. A joint conference of UNIPV and ISAW-NYU, Pavia, Italy – April 7th-9th, 2022
  15. The Luwian word for ‘city’ and the a5-la-nu oaks from Armi. March 10, 2023, 233rd Annual meeting of the American Oriental Society, Los Angeles
  16. The phonetic values of the signs L.175 , L.319 <la/i>, L.172 <lá/í> in Iron Age Luwian. September 6, 2023. The 12th International Congress of Hittitology, İstanbul Universitesi, İstanbul, Turkey

 

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