dīnu
11Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (PNN) ina di-in-ni-i[a] izzizzūma u arnam ul īšû MARI 3, 178 no. A.2518: 6 “PNN stood in my trial and were (declared) free of guilt”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) bēl di-ni-ša AbB 8, 140: 19 “her legal adversary”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ib-birīt Ḫabur u Purantim ina ašri Adad idīnu di-na-aš-šu iddī rigmaššu qinnašu uparrir Zimrī-Līm Epic i 19 SEAL “between the rivers Ḫabur and Euphrates, where Adad renders his judgement, he cast his voice (and) scattered his (viz., the enemy’s) clan”. For the construct state dīnášu, see Streck 2022, 385 § 5.186f.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) di-né-tim CUSAS 18, 298: 46. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) atta ana šībūtišunu taššakkinma ana lā di-ni-ka ubbalūka ana kunni Counsels of Wisdom: 36 eBL “they will appoint you as witness so that they can bring you (forth) to give evidence in a lawsuit not of your concern”.
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) [...ē? t]ubaʾʾi di-i-ni Counsels of Wisdom: A+65 eBL “[... do not(?) s]eek a lawsuit!”
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [di]-⸢nat⸣ ⸢mī⸣šāri ša Ḫammu⸢rā⸣pi [ša]rru maḫrî idīnu Frazer/Adalı 2021, 233 i 1 “[the jud]gements of justice that Ḫammurāpi, the former ki[ng,] had made”. See similar CH xlvii 1. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) di-na-a-[t]i adīnu epšēti ēp[ušu] ⸢tallak⸣ti attallaku ina nar[ê] altaṭṭarma Frazer/Adalı 2021, 234 ii 8 “the judgeme[nt]s I have rendered, the achievements I have acc[omplished,] the way I have lived I wrote altogether on a stele”. new
SBSB: Standard Babylonian (ca. 1000–0 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) [ašši q]ātī usappa bēl Bābili šar ilī DN ⸢u⸣ DN₂ bēl dīn kītti ⸢u⸣ m[īšā]ri Frazer/Adalı 2021, 233 i 18 “[I raised] my [ha]nds praying to the lord of Babylon, the king of the gods, DNand DN₂, the lord of just judgement and ju[st]ice”. For the certain restoration and parallel instances (witnessing two times áš-ši qá-ti uṣalla) see Frazer/Adalı 2021, 241. It is the first attestation of this particular epithet; see ib. note on l. 18. new
NANA: Neo Assyrian (ca. 1000–600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) de-e-nu uzakkī SAAS 5, 25: 6 “he has cleared the dispute”. on the NA dēnu-texts see Jas 1996. new
NBNB: Neo Babylonian (ca. 1000–626 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ašar di-nu īdû u lā di-nu idabbubū OIP 114, 23: 9 “where one knows the law and one litigates without due process”. cf. NA ina lā dēnišu dabābu (Cole ib 30). new
Discussion
For dīnu in OB, see extensively Dombradi 1996, 2ff. and 312ff. with disc. and ref. On OB dīna šūḫuzu “to deliver the verdict”, i.e. to inform the parties about the judgement, see Wilcke 1987, 101 no. 100.