TU-NU

Tunu (Hurrian personal name, owner's name on a double axe)

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Reading
Tunu
Confidence
Speculative
Root
—
Kind
Personal name
Language
Hurrian
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • Hurrianelement tun-element tun- ‘H.’, cf. tu-u-ni, du-u-ni (KUB XXV 44, 45) (NPN 269); Nuzi TUN-TEŠUP, Du-un-te-šu-up, var. Du-un-te-šup, f. of Arbi (NPN 158)
  • Middle AssyrianTunuya, tu-nu-ia (MARV 9 95, Aššur)

Attestations1 cited

  1. KA Zf 13DTU-NUTunu (Hurrian personal name), the owner

Commentary

KA Zf 1, a bronze double axe from Kardamoutsa (BM 1954,10-20.1), TU and NU · on either side of the shaft hole, whole and undotted (GORILA IV 149). tu-nu on primary values: the Hurrian element tun- (NPN 269), as in the Nuzi name Tun-tešup (NPN 158). One witness.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

KA Zf 1Kardamoutsatu-nu
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