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dnt/dnh, dntˀ n.f. document, contract
document, contract
(1)
(absolute)
OAEast, OfAEg
AECT.49 1.4↗ šn[nˀ]d | dnt | lqḥ : PN received a contract† ; TAD B3.1 V.23↗ ספר כסף דנה זי כתבת יהוחן ברת משלך‏ : the financial contract that PN daughter of PN wrote†
(2)
(construct)
OAEast
(1)
with the object contracted for
OAEast
AECT.10 1.1↗ dnt ḥql[ˀ] ; AECT.17 1.1↗ dnt ˀmtˀ ; AECT.37 1.1↗ [d]nt | ḥqlyˀ
(2)
with the name of a contracting party
OAEast
AECT.23 1.1↗ dnt | ˀlmlk | zy ˀrq | ḥmˁ ; AECT.27 1.1↗ text not cited ; AECT.F .I↗ dnt zbdy mn kpr nbšmn
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On OA mesopotamian tablets, the absolute form still seems to be dannat, following the Akkadian. By the time of OfA it appears to have been internalized to dannā. See note.
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From Akkadian dannatu.
The OfA example is taken to be this word rather than the demonstrative pronoun dnh since every other example (of hundreds!) of the latter is spelled znh.
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