meze [DRUM] N (19x) Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic wr. me-ze₂; meze; meze^me-^ze₂  ^zabar; me-ze₂-eŋ₃^zabar; me-ze₂^zabar; mezem; mezeₓ(AB₂×GAN₂^t)^zabar; ^kušmeze; meze^zabar "a drum; rattle"

[1]	𒈨𒍢	me-ze₂
[2]	𒀙	meze
[3]	𒀙𒈨𒍢𒌓𒅗𒁇	meze^me-^ze₂  ^zabar
[4]	𒈨𒍢𒉘𒌓𒅗𒁇	me-ze₂-eŋ₃^zabar
[5]	𒈨𒍢𒌓𒅗𒁇	me-ze₂^zabar
[6]	𒋄	mezem
[7]	𒀘𒀘𒃸𒌓𒅗𒁇	mezeₓ(AB₂×GAN₂^t)^zabar
[8]	𒋢𒀙	^kuš meze
[9]	𒀙𒌓𒅗𒁇	meze ^zabar

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]								6	4
[2]									2
[3]									2
[4]								1
[5]								1
[6]								1
[7]								1
[8]									1
[9]

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (10x/53%)

Neo-Assyrian (5x/26%)

Hellenistic (4x/21%)

Senses:

1. a drum (16x/84%)

2. rattle (3x/16%)

Akk. manzû.

Bibliography

[2008] U. Gabbay, ICONEA 2008 23-27

[1981] P. Steinkeller, OA 20 247 n23.

meze

= manzû (K 04263+ r i 25').

Lexical Associations

manzû[(a type of drum)]N (// meze[drum])

meze = [man]-⸢zu⸣-u (K 04263+ r i 25').

meze^me-^ze₂  ^zabar = ma-zu-[u₂] (Ura 12 Seg.1, 115; SpTU 3, 111 o iii 10).

References for all phrases

meze[drum]

me-ze₂ (BM 085983 r ii 31).

me-ze₂-⸢eŋ₃^zabar⸣ (HS 1633 o 8).

me-ze₂^zabar (OB Nippur Ura 2 566).

mezeₓ(AB₂×GAN₂^t)[^zabar] (IB 1612b r i 8).

meze = [man]-⸢zu⸣-u (K 04263+ r i 25').

meze^me-^ze₂  ^zabar = ma-zu-[u₂] (Ura 12 Seg.1, 115; SpTU 3, 111 o iii 10).

meze[drum] kugbabbar[silver]

[meze kug-babbar] = [...] (Ura 12 Seg.1, 188).

Word ID: o0034229; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0034229; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)