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] cuneiform ZAG.SAL za3-mi2
[2] cuneiform GIŠ.ZAG.SAL ĝešza3-mi2 (gešza3-mi2)
[3] cuneiform |UB.RI| zamin
+ -0 (174x/100%).
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[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.


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