νάβλα

νάβλα, ἡ,

• a musical instrument of ten or (acc. to J. AJ 7.12.3) of twelve strings, cj. in S. Fr. 849, cf. LXX 1 Ki. 10.5, al.:—also νάβλας, α, ὁ, Sopat. 16, Philem. 44, Str. 10.3.17; cf. ναῦλον I. (Semitic word, cf. Hebr. nēbel; Phoenician, acc. to Ath. 4.175b.).
• • II dub. sens. in acc. τὸν νάβλα, OGI 175.9 (Egypt, ii B.C.).