Sūmponiāh / Sumponja(h) / Sumponya(h) / Sûmpōnyâ / Śumponiā(h) (gender unknown)
original: סוּמְפֹּנְיָה
A bagpipe? (perhaps only a double-clarinet); In Podnos spelt "Śumponiāh", referring to Sachs, who uses, however, 3 slightly different deviating spellings; NB: ➺ homonym (Sumponyah, Iraq).
Sachs, Curt: Real-Lexikon der Musikinstrumente: zugleich ein Polyglossar für das gesamte Instrumentengebiet [Berlin, 1913]. Hildesheim, 1964 [facsimile] (Sumponjah; »Dan.[iel] III, 5, 10, 15).
Sachs, Curt: The history of musical instruments. New York, 1940, p.84 (Sūmponiāh), 121 (Śumponiâ).
Baines, Anthony: Bagpipes [1960]. Oxford, 1973 (revised), p.64 (Sūmponiāh).
Leydi, Roberto: La zampogna in Europa. Como, 1979, p.25 (Sūmponiāh; »Moore).
Širola, Božidar: Sviraljke s udarnim jezičkom [Aerophones with a beating tongue]. Zagreb, 1937, p.349 (Sumponjah).
Airs du temps: cornemuses du monde, musiques des régions. Ploezal, 1996, p.10 (Sumponya).
Podnos, Theodor H.: Bagpipes and tunings. Detroit, 1974, p.45 (Sumponyah, Śumponiāh), 46 (Śumponiāh).
Stainer, John: The music of the Bible. With an account of the development of modern musical instruments from ancient types. London, s.a. [1879], Sumponyah: p.vi, [118], 119.