eh [INSECT] N (241x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. eḫ; eḫ-eḫ; eḫi; u₄-uḫ-ḫu; ^u₂-^ḫueḫ; e; e-eḫ; eḫi-eḫi; ^u-^ḫueḫ; eḫₓ(ḪI×AŠ); u-ḫu "insect(s), bug(s); moth, louse, flea; head-louse; to have lice"

[1]	𒄴	eḫ
[2]	𒄴𒄴	eḫ-eḫ
[3]	𒀉𒌓𒁺	eḫi
[4]	𒌓𒄴𒄷	u₄-uḫ-ḫu
[5]	𒌑𒄷𒄴	^u₂-^ḫueḫ
[6]	𒂊	e
[7]	𒂊𒄴	e-eḫ
[8]	𒀉𒌓𒁺𒀉𒌓𒁺	eḫi-eḫi
[9]	𒌋𒄷𒄴	^u-^ḫueḫ
[10]	𒄮	eḫₓ(ḪI×AŠ)
[11]	𒌋𒄷	u-ḫu

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		3	1				9	31	171	6
[2]		1	1					1	5
[3]								3
[4]									3
[5]									2
[6]								1
[7]								1
[8]								1
[9]									1
[10]
[11]

17 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (4x/2%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (2x/1%)

Ur III (9x/4%)

Old Babylonian (38x/16%)

Middle Assyrian (19x/8%)

Middle Babylonian (6x/2%)

Neo-Assyrian (141x/59%)

Neo-Babylonian (16x/7%)

unknown (6x/2%)

Senses:

1. insect(s), bug(s) (236x/98%)

2. moth, louse, flea (3x/1%)

3. head-louse (2x/1%)

4. to have lice [V/i]

Akk. kalmatu; sāsu; uplu; uppulu.

Bibliography

[2002] A. Cavigneaux and F. Al-Rawi, ZA 92 43.

[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 110.

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