Title · Semitic

ME-ZA

corvée gang, labour gang (personnel term); the word of MA-ZA

Reading
massu
Type
Title Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Haghia Triada
Attestations
2
Lexicon
ME-ZA

Commentary

Massu ‘corvée gang’, the word of MA-ZA: ME-ZA 3 closes the emmer issues of HT 10a, as Alalakh issues grain to the ma-zi (CAD M/1 327).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry ME-ZA.

  • Akkadianmassumassu ‘corvée worker’: idi LÚ.MEŠ ma-zi ‘wages for the corvée workers’ (Wiseman Alalakh 246:6); LÚ.MEŠ ma-as-sa.MEŠ (EA 365:14) (CAD M/1 327)
  • Hebrewmasmas ‘corvée, labour gang’ (1 Kgs 5:27)
Linear A Lexicon