Personal name · Semitic
DA-DU-MI-NE
Beloved of Minos (theophoric PN)
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- dādu-Mīnō
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- DA-DU-MI-NE
Commentary
KNZf31: continuous divided text on a silver dress pin from a Mavro Spelio tomb (Alexiou & Brice, Kadmos 11, 1972: 113–24; Olivier & Godart, BCH 100, 1976: 309–14), broken at both ends, no numerals or logograms.
Compared forms
From the lexicon entry DA-DU-MI-NE.
- Akkadiandādudādu ‘darling’ (CAD D 20)
- Ugaritic𐎄𐎄dddd ‘love, loved one’ (DULAT 262); ydd ‘loved’ (DULAT 943); lydd il ‘to the beloved of El’ (KTU 1.4 VII 46)
- Hebrewdōddōd ‘beloved’ (HALOT 215); Yədîdyāh ‘beloved of Yah’ (2 Sam 12:25; HALOT 390)
- Hurriantad-tad- ‘to love’, tadi-/tadu- in names (Laroche GLH 248); Tadu-Ḫepa (TLHdig KBo 27.93+)