abzaza [ZEBU]

abzaza [ZEBU] (12x: Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. ab₂-za-za "zebu; ~ figurine" Akk. apsasû

[1]		ab₂-za-za
+	-0 (12x/100%).

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[1]			6	5

2 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. zebu (10x/83%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ab₂-za-za OB Nippur Ura 3 221. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 4(diš) ab₂-za-za AnOr 07, 154 i 11; ŠU+LAGAB 5(diš) ab₂-za-za AnOr 07, 154 i 20; 1(u) ab₂-za-za AnOr 07, 154 i 2; 2(diš) ab₂-za-za AnOr 07, 154 r i 12. ELA/Ur III/Ur ab₂-za-za ^na₄za-gin₃ UET 3, 0415 2.

See: gud abzaza.

2. ~ figurine (2x/17%)

~ kugsig[gold]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ab₂-za-[za kug-sig₁₇] OB Nippur Ura 2 649.

~ zagin[lapis]LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^na₄ab₂-za-za za-gin₃ OB Nippur Ura 4 Seg.1, 37a.

Akk. apsasû "(an exotic bovid); (a myth. animal with the body of a cow), sphinx".

See ETCSL: ab₂-za-za=water buffalo?.

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