Ad. [z]
The voiced sibilant sound [z] survived from Primitive Adûnaic into Classical Adûnaic (SD/418). It was unvoiced to [s] after (primitive) aspirates, [s] and [x], as well as before [s] and [x] (SD/421-2), although whether this was reflected in the spelling of words is unclear.
References ✧ SD/418, 422
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✧ SD/422 ([zɣ] > [zz]) |