dunāʾū
3Attestations
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ina 1 manāʾem ša PN ilqeʾū du-na-ú ulā nadʾū kaspum takīttam na-ší-e PIHANS 75, 83 Kt. / kt. a/k 516/b.10-14 12 “they have received it – weighed with the one-mina weight of PN; d. have not been layed down and the silver is the correct amount”. Cf. also takīttu. See Veenhof 2015, 261f. for add. ref. new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (n silver) balūm du-na-e ina 1 ma-na-i-a PN iddinam TPAK 1, 200: 25 “PN gave me n silver – (weighed) with my 1-mina weight – without surcharge(?)”. Cf. CCT 1, 26b: 5. new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) (n silver) balūm du-na-e ištē PN TPAK 1, 200: 1 “n silver without surcharge(?) is owed by PN”. Cf. also ib: 25; AKT 7a 141: 8; AKT 8, 199: 3, TC 3, 211: 12. new
Discussion
The transl. “increase, surcharge” is based on the etym. proposed by Veenhof 1972, 67: a PuRuSSāʾ form of danānu II, “to be(come) strong.” However, this is semantically tenuous. Another suggestion: dun(n)āʾū are small weight stones placed on a balance to compensate for deficiency (Veenhof 2015, 261f.). The etym. remains uncert. (Kouwenberg).