eš [ROPE] N (507x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. eš₂; ^ŋešeš₂; eš; eš₁₆; eše₃; eš₇; ^kušAB "rope, thong, string; a unit of measurement"

See eš rah[measure]V/t, eš tug gid[~loom]N.

[1]	𒂠	eš₂
[2]	𒄑𒂠	^ŋešeš₂
[3]	𒌍	eš
[4]	𒀼	eš₁₆
[5]	𒅂	eše₃
[6]	𒁁	eš₇
[7]	𒋢𒀊	^kušAB

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		19	155	3	82	13	127	72	13	3
[2]			1					2	5
[3]		1	1					2
[4]					4
[5]		1							2
[6]									1
[7]

15 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (21x/4%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (157x/31%)

Ebla (3x/1%)

Old Akkadian (86x/17%)

Lagash II (13x/3%)

Ur III (127x/25%)

Old Babylonian (76x/15%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (5x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (8x/2%)

Neo-Babylonian (6x/1%)

Hellenistic (1x/0%)

unknown (3x/1%)

Senses:

1. rope, thong, string (507x/100%)

2. a unit of measurement

Akk. eblu.

Bibliography

[1993-1997] W. Röllig and H. Waetzoldt, RlA 8 327.

[1972] M. Powell, ZA 62 207-208.

Word ID: o0027287; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0027287; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)