dadānu
1 Lexical
OB-LexOB-Lex: Old Babylonian lexical texts ⸢sa⸣ gú-ĝu₁₀ = ta-ta-a-ni CUSAS 12, 156 vi 14 (Ugumu) DCCLT “my neck tendon”. Ugumu.
3Further Attestations
MB-LitMB-Lit: Middle Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma ištu] uzuda-da-ni-[šu adi e]qbišu šerʾānūšu šagg[ū ...] Emar 6/4, 315 no. 694: 6′ “[if] his tendons are stiff [from his] neck tendons [to] his heel”. Cf. the younger parallel in Sakikkû X: 25 and Sakikkû XXXIII: 97 (both concerning the disease šaššaṭu). new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) da-da-nu-šú ikkalūšu Sakikkû XXVI 38′ “his neck tendons hurt him”. Corresponds to 51′f. in Heeßel 2000. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [šumma ištu da-d]a-ni-šú adi eqbīšu šerʾānūšu šaggū Sakikkû XXXIII 97 “if his tendons are stiffened from his neck tendon to his heels”. See the partly parallel Sakikkû X 25 (noting SA.GÚ-šú). Diff. Heeßel 2000, 357 ([DIŠ TA SA.G]Ú-ni-šú). new
Discussion
Since UM 5, 137: 6 has the spelling di-a-da-a-nu-ú-a, AHw 148 analyzes the word as diadānu ＞ dâdānu. The new Ugumu ref. in CUSAS 12, from a text which never contracts /ia/ ＞ /â/ (see ra-bi-a-tum CUSAS 12 p. 155 v 18; e-pi-pi-a-tu-⸢ú-a⸣ ib. iii 12), does not favor this analysis. Therefore, the first syllable is analyzed here with a short /a/. di-a-da- might be a mistake.
For the plant, see dadânu.