M. Hilgert, Akkadisch in der Ur III-Zeit, IMGULA 5 (Münster 2002) 76, understands this name as Dīn-Ilī “Judge, oh my god!” or Dīnni-Ilī “Judge me, oh my god!” In note 96, he refers to the Old Akkadian name DI.KU₅-i₃-li as alternative interpretation. Following W. Sommerfeld, he understands the latter spelling as Dīn-ilē “Judgment of the gods.”

The alternation between DI and di-ku₅ in the spelling of the name DI-NI-NI is also found in the text of PDT 2, 1353 and the legend of the seal that is impressed on this tablet. I cannot resolve the inherent difficulties: on the one hand, the equation di-ku₅ = dīnu is suspect because di = dīnu, and di-ku₅-ra₂, but not di-ku₅ could qualify as synonym of di. On the other hand, DI does not seem to be scribal abbreviation for di-ku₅= dayyānum “judge,” because TI.NI.NI is found in Ur III texts as a variant spelling of DI-NI-NI.

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	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-01-20]},
	address = {Oxford; Berlin; Los Angeles},
	author = {Heimpel,  Wolfgang},
	journal = {Cuneiform Digital Library Notes},
	issn = {1546-6566},
	number = {1},
	year = {2003},
	publisher = {Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative},
	title = {The {Akkadian} {Personal} {Name} {DI}-{NI}-{NI}},
	url = {https://cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/articles/cdln/2003-1},
	volume = {2003},
}

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