Nuziadj.n.

Brit.

/ˈnuːzi/, U.S.

/ˈnuzi/

Forms: 1900s– Nuzi, 1900s– Nuzu (rare).

Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Nuzi, Nuzu.

Etymology: < Nuzi or Nuzu, the name of the site of an ancient Mesopotamian city located close to Kirkuk in present-day Iraq.In the Old Akkadian period the settlement was called Gasur. Later it was renamed Nuzi and was a local administrative centre within the Mitanni empire. The modern name is Yorghan Tepe.

Archaeology.

A. adj.

1. Designating cuneiform documents mostly dating from 1500–1350 b.c. excavated at Nuzi in present-day Iraq; (also) designating a dialect of Akkadian known from these documents.

ΚΠ

1929 E. Chiera Excavations at Nuzi I. p. xii (heading) List numbers of the Nuzi tablets published in this volume.

1937 M. Berkooz Nuzi Dial. Akkadian 5 The Nuzi dialect of Akkadian is known from several thousand cuneiform tablets discovered in the ruins of ancient Nuzi, about 10 miles southwest of modern Kirkūk, Iraq.

1943 F. Steele (title) Nuzi real estate transactions.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 450/1 The Nuzu material has..made possible an insight into specific Hurrian family law and societal institutions and has clarified many difficult passages in the contemporary patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis.

2002 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 22 Nov. 7 According to the ancient Mari and Nuzi documents, the patriarch of pagan families would bequeath the household goods to the firstborn or favored son.

2. Designating a style of painted ceramic ware dating from the Mitanni empire of the 15th and early 14th centuries b.c., found in sites throughout western Asia but originally excavated at Nuzi.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration

cane-coloured1787

blue-printed1797

crackled1876

rice grain1876

soufflé1878

fingertip1914

rusticated1916

Nuzi1941

1941 J. L. Myres in Man 41 134/1 The so-called ‘Nuzu’ pottery, with its decoration of flowers and birds in white paint on a reddish or brown clay, so incongruous with other fabrics of the Near East.

1961 S. Lloyd Art Anc. Near East iv. 145 (caption) The pots are ornamented in white on a dark ground... Such ‘Nuzi ware’ is found throughout Assyria and North Syria from the fifteenth to thirteenth centuries b.c.

1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 449/3 (caption) Offering table of Nuzu ware, green glazed terracotta.

B. n.

The Nuzi dialect of Akkadian.

ΚΠ

1938 Language 14 139 This form of the suffix is known from Old Akkadian, and recurs in the Epic of Creation in the same fashion as in Nuzu.

1987 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 29 742 The syllabically written masculine and feminine terms for ‘singer’..also show a weak middle radical..nu-a-ra-ti/du, nu-a-ru, nu-'a-ri (Nuzi).

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nuzi
释义	Nuziadj.n. Brit. /ˈnuːzi/, U.S. /ˈnuzi/ Forms: 1900s– Nuzi, 1900s– Nuzu (rare). Origin: From a proper name. Etymons: proper name Nuzi, Nuzu. Etymology: < Nuzi or Nuzu, the name of the site of an ancient Mesopotamian city located close to Kirkuk in present-day Iraq.In the Old Akkadian period the settlement was called Gasur. Later it was renamed Nuzi and was a local administrative centre within the Mitanni empire. The modern name is Yorghan Tepe. Archaeology. A. adj. 1. Designating cuneiform documents mostly dating from 1500–1350 b.c. excavated at Nuzi in present-day Iraq; (also) designating a dialect of Akkadian known from these documents. ΚΠ 1929 E. Chiera Excavations at Nuzi I. p. xii (heading) List numbers of the Nuzi tablets published in this volume. 1937 M. Berkooz Nuzi Dial. Akkadian 5 The Nuzi dialect of Akkadian is known from several thousand cuneiform tablets discovered in the ruins of ancient Nuzi, about 10 miles southwest of modern Kirkūk, Iraq. 1943 F. Steele (title) Nuzi real estate transactions. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 450/1 The Nuzu material has..made possible an insight into specific Hurrian family law and societal institutions and has clarified many difficult passages in the contemporary patriarchal narratives of the Book of Genesis. 2002 Jerusalem Post (Nexis) 22 Nov. 7 According to the ancient Mari and Nuzi documents, the patriarch of pagan families would bequeath the household goods to the firstborn or favored son. 2. Designating a style of painted ceramic ware dating from the Mitanni empire of the 15th and early 14th centuries b.c., found in sites throughout western Asia but originally excavated at Nuzi. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective] > having specific decoration cane-coloured1787 blue-printed1797 crackled1876 rice grain1876 soufflé1878 fingertip1914 rusticated1916 Nuzi1941 1941 J. L. Myres in Man 41 134/1 The so-called ‘Nuzu’ pottery, with its decoration of flowers and birds in white paint on a reddish or brown clay, so incongruous with other fabrics of the Near East. 1961 S. Lloyd Art Anc. Near East iv. 145 (caption) The pots are ornamented in white on a dark ground... Such ‘Nuzi ware’ is found throughout Assyria and North Syria from the fifteenth to thirteenth centuries b.c. 1974 Encycl. Brit. Micropædia VII. 449/3 (caption) Offering table of Nuzu ware, green glazed terracotta. B. n. The Nuzi dialect of Akkadian. ΚΠ 1938 Language 14 139 This form of the suffix is known from Old Akkadian, and recurs in the Epic of Creation in the same fashion as in Nuzu. 1987 Compar. Stud. Society & Hist. 29 742 The syllabically written masculine and feminine terms for ‘singer’..also show a weak middle radical..nu-a-ra-ti/du, nu-a-ru, nu-'a-ri (Nuzi). This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1929
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