- Hamnuna Zuta
- (fl. 4th cent)Babylonian amora. His confession of sin, which he recited on the Day of Atonement, is included in the liturgy for this holy day.
Dictionary of Jewish Biography. Dan Cohn-Sherbok.
Hamnuna Zuta
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