Bonus2.vir2 is the conventional
Latin
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transliteration
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for the
Anatolian hieroglyphic expression given by the signs L362.L386. This expression is typically present in
Hittite glyphs
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from the late imperial period, and are usually considered an expression of good luck (note Güterbock 1975 ). According to recent studies (Massi 2009
[L. Massi, Meaning and derivation of Anatolian hieroglyphic Bonus2.Vir2 in the second millennium B.C., Studi Epigrafici e Linguistici sul Vicino Oriente Antico (SEL) 2009, pp. 1-13.]) Bonus2.vir2 is likely to be considered an indicator of a specific
social class
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, probably the
nobility
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.
References
Anatolian hieroglyphs
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