damuttu
HAPAXHapax legomenon: this word is attested only onceNEWNot documented in AHw or CAD
Meanings:
blood bonds
de:German: Deutsch Blutsbande
fr:French: Français alliance par le sang
ar:Arabic: العربية روابط دم
Distribution: OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE)
Domain: Kinship and household; nomadic life
Grammar:
pos: subst.Substantivepattern: PaSFrom roots i--gem. with /r/ as second or third consonant; concrete nouns designating the quality expressed by the adjective + -ūtAbstractum suffix -ūt
Etymology: Derived ＜ damu
1Attestations
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) da-mu-ut-tum ina [b]īrini iššakkana RATL, 89: 34 ARCHIBAB “(until you and I meet and swear an oath to each other) and blood bonds are established between us”. See Eidem ib. p. 315; ref. to the slaughter of a donkey as a symbolic act accompanying the making of a treaty.
Discussion
See SAD D 16.