Nuzianadj.n.
/ˈnuːzɪən/, U.S. /ˈnuziən/ Archaeology.
A. adj.
Of or relating to a Hurrian people whose culture flourished at Nuzi (see Nuzi adj. and n.) in the mid second millennium b.c.
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1929 E. Chiera Excavations at Nuzi I. Introd. p. ix We have here a bird's-eye view of the whole Nuzian social life.
1942 H. Lewy in Orientalia 11 1 (title) The Nuzian feudal system.
1962 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 81 242 It is worthwhile to dwell a moment on some of the striking agreements between classical and Nuzian interpretation of religion and economics.
B. n.
A member of the Hurrian people at Nuzi.
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1936 Ann. Rep. Board of Regents Smithsonian Inst. 1935 555 The military organization and equipment of the Nuzians did not save their city from conquest and destruction.
1957 G. E. Wright Biblical Archaeol. iii. 43/1 The Nuzians were Hurrians, a people mentioned in the Bible as Horites.
1962 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 81 242 The Nuzi texts..shed only oblique light..on the inner religious life of the Nuzians.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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