# DU-DA-MA (Dūdāma)

> Beloved (personal name, √d-w-d + -ma); rival the Aegean name of the Keftiu board and Linear B di-du-me

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Dūdāma
- Type: Personal name; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [DU-DA-MA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/DU-DA-MA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Dūdāma 'Beloved', √d-w-d + -ma, as the Amorite DA-DU-MA (Gelb 1980, no. 1433); the d-d-m name of the Keftiu board and Linear B di-du-me.

## Attestations

- [HT 6b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT6b/index.md>)

## References

- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

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