Selslīm

Selslīm (Heb.) [salāi, clash], cymbals of ancient Israel, in use ca. 1100 B.C., called slasal in Talmudic writings. See also: metziltāyīm, sil, sil-sil, salāsil, sil-snyau, zil. Cf. shalishīm (170). Sachs, Curt. The History of Musical Instruments. New York, 1940.