za [BEAD] N (159x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Hellenistic wr. za; za₂; za₇; za-a "bead; (precious) stone, gem"

[1]	𒍝	za
[2]	𒎎	za₂
[3]	𒕁	za₇
[4]	𒍝𒀀	za-a

	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB
[1]	1	4	23	4	43	61	1
[2]						1	11
[3]			9
[4]							1

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (4x/3%)

Old Akkadian (32x/20%)

Lagash II (4x/3%)

Ur III (43x/27%)

Old Babylonian (62x/39%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/1%)

Middle Babylonian (1x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (10x/6%)

Hellenistic (1x/1%)

Verbal prefixes: ha ; mu.i .

Senses:

1. bead (150x/94%)

2. (precious) stone, gem (9x/6%)

Akk. abnu.

Bibliography

[1995] P. Steinkeller, BiOr 52 696; 706-707.

za

(OB Nippur Ea 167; OB Nippur Aa 167:2).

za₂

= abnu (Ea 02 28).

Lexical Associations

abnu[stone]N (// za[bead])

za = ab-nu (MSL 14, 87 A r iii 14').

za₂ = KIMIN<(ab-nu)> (Ea 02 28; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o i 27).

za₂^? = ⸢ab⸣-nu-[um] (OECT 04, 153 b 56).

uqnû[lapis lazuli]N (// za[bead])

za = uq-nu-u₂-um (MSL 14, 87 A r iii 13').

šakāku[harrow]V ša[of]DET abnu[stone]N (// za[bead])

za-a = MIN<(ša₂-ka-ku)> ša₂ [NA₄] (CT 18, pl. 33-35, K 04370+ r i 19').

References for all phrases

za[bead]

za (MSL 14, 023 Fq o i 11'; OB Nippur Ea 167; MSL 14, 023 Fr r i' 9'; PBS 12, 56 r iii' 22'; MSL 14, 028 Kn o i 8'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o v 4; Ni 05077 r ii' 6').

za = ab-nu (OB Nippur Aa 167:2).