Tabarna or labarna was a royal title used by the Hittites. It was used from at least the 17th century BC until the end of the Hittite empire, except for the brief period from Suppiluliuma I to Muwatalli II. It was in origin possibly a personal name, borne by the first two Hittite kings, Labarna I and Labarna II. In that regard, it is comparable to the Latin title caesar. Its etymology, however, is uncertain.[1][2] Ilya Yakubovich calls it "the single most discussed word of the Hittite lexicon".[3]
References
edit- ^ Oğuz Soysal, "On the Origin of the Royal Title Tabarna / Labarna", Anatolica 31 (2005): 189–209. doi:10.2143/ANA.31.0.2011757
- ^ Miguel Valério, "Linear A du-pu2-re, Hittite tabarna and Their Alleged Relatives Revisited", Journal of Language Relationship 13.3–4 (2016): 329–354. doi:10.31826/9781463236984-008
- ^ Ilya Yakubovich, "Labyrinth for Tyrants", in A. S. Kassian and A. V. Sidel'tsev (eds.), Studia Linguarum, Vol. 3 (Moscow: Languages of Slavonic Culture, 2002): 93–116.