zamin [LYRE]

(174 instances)

zamin [LYRE] (174x: Old Babylonian, unknown) wr. za₃-mi₂; ^ĝešza₃-mi₂; zamin "praise; lyre; a geometric figure" Akk. sammû; tanittu

[1]		za₃-mi₂
[2]		^ĝešza₃-mi₂ (^gešza₃-mi₂)
[3]		zamin
+	-0 (174x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]				161			1
[2]				7
[3]

13 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. praise (174x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur ^dnisaba za₃-mi₂ OB Nippur Ura 3 507; ^ĝišza₃-mi₂ OB Nippur Ura 1 610; ^dnisaba za₃-mi₂ OB Nippur Ura 1 707; ^kušzag-mi₂ OB Nippur Ura 2 471; ^[dnisaba za₃-mi₂] OB Nippur Ura 2 658; ^dnidaba za₃-mi₂ OB Nippur Ura 5 432; ^dnisaba za₃-mi₂ OB Nippur Lu 848; ^dnisaba za₃-mi₂ OB Kagal 551; ^dnisaba [za₃]-mi₂ Nigga 579. LEX/unknown/unknown ^dnisaba zag-mi₂ SLT 015 prism iii 9.

See: dub zamin; kul zamin.

2. lyre

3. a geometric figure

Akk. sammû "lyre, harp"; tanittu "(hymn of) praise".

[1999] E. Robson, Mesopotamian Mathematics 50-54.

[1990] A. Kilmer, Artistic Environments 86.

[1990] T. Krispijn, Akkadica 70 6-7.

See ETCSL: za₃-mi₂=lyre; za₃-mi₂=praise.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.