Metziltāyīm

Metziltāyīm [Heb. salāl, clash], ritual cymbals of ancient Israel, used in the Temple. Their use is recorded from ca. 1100 B.C. to ca. 400 B.C. Possibly they are identical with the selslīm (170). Sachs, Curt. The History of Musical Instruments. New York, 1940.