mes [TREE] N (333x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. ^ŋešmes; mes; mes-mes; ^ŋešmes-mes "a tree, hackberry"

See mes halub[tree]N.

[1]	𒄑𒈩	^ŋešmes
[2]	𒈩	mes
[3]	𒈩𒈩	mes-mes
[4]	𒄑𒈩𒈩	^ŋešmes-mes

	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		6	6	2	55	75	81	6
[2]	1	10	4	2	60	19	4
[3]	1
[4]							1

16 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (2x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (16x/5%)

Old Akkadian (10x/3%)

Lagash II (4x/1%)

Ur III (115x/35%)

Old Babylonian (94x/28%)

Middle Babylonian (29x/9%)

Neo-Assyrian (24x/7%)

Neo-Babylonian (26x/8%)

Hellenistic (7x/2%)

unknown (6x/2%)

Senses:

1. a tree, hackberry (333x/100%)

Akk. mēsu.

Bibliography

[2011] W. Heimpel, CUSAS 6 130-131

[2004] G. Marchesi, OrNS 73 197 n253.

[2003] M. Powell, RlA 10 17.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 537.

[1992] M. van de Mieroop, BSA 6 159.

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 149.

Word ID: o0034190; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0034190; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)

mes [TREE] (N)

Attested in the following periods:

Senses:

Bibliography