eme [DONKEY] N (790x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, unknown wr. eme₆; eme₃; eme₅; eme₆(ANŠE×SAL); ama; eme₇; eme₅^me; emeₓ(SAL.EN) "female donkey"

[1]	𒀲𒊩	eme₆
[2]	𒊩𒀲	eme₃
[3]	𒊩𒄸	eme₅
[4]		eme₆(ANŠE×SAL)
[5]	𒂼	ama
[6]	𒊩𒀠	eme₇
[7]	𒊩𒄸𒈨	eme₅ ^me
[8]	𒊩𒂗𒊩𒂗	emeₓ(SAL.EN)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		1	1		20		384	5
[2]	4	3	22		28		224	13	7
[3]							2	59	10	1
[4]					4
[5]									1
[6]									1
[7]
[8]

12 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (4x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (4x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (23x/3%)

Old Akkadian (52x/7%)

Ur III (610x/77%)

Old Babylonian (77x/10%)

Middle Babylonian (9x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (6x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (4x/1%)

unknown (1x/0%)

Senses:

1. female donkey (790x/100%)

Akk. atānu.

Bibliography

[1999] A. Cavigneaux, Mesopotamian Magic 261 n55.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 539.

[1992] M. Sigrist, Drehem 30-31.

eme₃

(OB Nippur Ea 439; CUSAS 12, 1.2.1 r ii' 23').

= atānu (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 6).

eme₅

(OB Nippur Ea 438).

= atānu (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 4).

eme₇

= atānu (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 5).

Lexical Associations

atānu[she-ass]N (// eme[donkey])

eme₃ = MIN<(a-ta-nu)> (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 6; Ura 13 Seg.2, 31; CTMMA 2, 055 r iii 18'; CBS 11303 r ii 6'; CUSAS 12, 1.2.1 r ii' 23').

eme₅ = a-ta-nu (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 4).

eme₆ = a-ta-nu (OB Nippur Diri Seg.6, 19).

eme₆ = ⸢a-ta⸣-nu-um (OECT 04, 152 b.e. ii 39).

eme₇ = MIN<(a-ta-nu)> (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 5).

References for all phrases

eme[donkey]

eme₃ (K 01520 7š; MSL 02, pl. 01-02 r i' 3'; HS 1710 o 6'; OB Nippur Ea 439; HS 1799 c i 2; MSL 14, 021 Dk o i 6'; MSL 14, 026 Hy o i 4; MSL 14, 018 Bb r iv 20).

eme₃(SAL.ANŠE) (OB Nippur Ura 3 253).

eme₅ (MSL 02, pl. 01-02 r i' 4'; HS 1710 o 5'; OB Nippur Ea 438; Moussaieff Lentils 68 o 1; HS 1799 c i 3; MSL 14, 021 Dk o i 5'; MSL 14, 026 Hy o i 3; OB Nippur Ura 3 254).

⸢eme₆⸣ (CUNES 52-10-145 a iv 6').

eme₃ = MIN<(a-ta-nu)> (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 6; Ura 13 Seg.2, 31; CTMMA 2, 055 r iii 18'; CBS 11303 r ii 6'; CUSAS 12, 1.2.1 r ii' 23').

eme₅ = a-ta-nu (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 4).

eme₆ = a-ta-nu (OB Nippur Diri Seg.6, 19).

eme₆ = ⸢a-ta⸣-nu-um (OECT 04, 152 b.e. ii 39).

eme₇ = MIN<(a-ta-nu)> (CT 18, pl. 21, DT 105 r i 5).

eme[donkey] hunu[weak]

MIN<([eme₅])> ḫu-nu-[me-a] (Emar 6/1, p. 251, Msk 74102d r i' 4', r i' 5').

eme[donkey] ib[hips] gig[sick]

eme₅ ib₂ gig (OB Nippur Ura 3 261).

eme[donkey] mu[year] 1

MIN<([eme₅])> mu [1^?] (Emar 6/1, p. 251, Msk 74102d r i' 8').

eme[donkey] mu[year] 1(aš)

eme₅ mu 1(aš) (SLT 051 o iii 5').

eme[donkey] mu[year] 2

MIN<([eme₅])> mu [2^?] (Emar 6/1, p. 251, Msk 74102d r i' 7').

eme[donkey] mu[year] 2(aš)

eme₅ mu 2(aš) (SLT 051 o iii 6').

eme[donkey] mu[year] 3

MIN<([eme₅])> mu [3^?] (Emar 6/1, p. 251, Msk 74102d r i' 6').

eme[donkey] mu[year] 3(aš)

eme₅ mu 3(aš) (SLT 051 o iii 7').

eme[donkey] peš[thick]

eme₆ ⸢peš₅^?⸣ (CUNES 52-10-145 a iv 7').

eme[donkey] si[horn] tuku[acquire]

MIN<([eme₅])> ⸢si^?⸣ [nu-tuku] (Emar 6/1, p. 251, Msk 74102d r i' 3').

eme[donkey] sisi[horse]

eme₃^! ^munusANŠE.KUR.RA (K 04405 r i 9).

eme[donkey] utud[bear]

[eme₅] ⸢nu⸣-u₃-tud (HS 1799 c i 7; OB Nippur Ura 3 258).

eme₅ u₃-nu-tu (SLT 051 o iii 4').

eme₅ u₃-tu (SLT 051 o iii 3').

[eme₅] u₃-tud (HS 1799 c i 6; OB Nippur Ura 3 257).

eme[donkey] x

⸢MIN⸣<([eme₅])> [...] (Emar 6/1, p. 251, Msk 74102d r i' 1', r i' 2').

eme[donkey] ŋeš[penis] zu[know]

⸢eme₅^?⸣ ŋeš₃ nu-zu (HS 1799 c i 9; OB Nippur Ura 3 260).

⸢eme₅^?⸣ ŋeš₃ zu-zu (HS 1799 c i 8; OB Nippur Ura 3 259).

eme[donkey] šag[heart]

eme₅ ⸢šag₄⸣ (Moussaieff Lentils 68 o 2; HS 1799 c i 4; OB Nippur Ura 3 255).

eme[donkey] šag[heart] sur[press]

eme₅ šag₄ sur (OB Nippur Ura 3 262).

eme[donkey] šagpeš[pregnant]

[eme₅] šag₄-peš₁₃(ŠA₃×TUR) (HS 1799 c i 5).

⸢eme₅⸣ šag₄-peš₂^! (SLT 051 o iii 2').

eme₅ šag₄-peš₄ (Moussaieff Lentils 68 o 3; OB Nippur Ura 3 256).

dur[donkey] eme[donkey]

dur₃^!(MIN+ARAD) ⸢eme₅(SAL.ḪUB₂)^!⸣ (Emar 6/1, p. 251, Msk 74102d r i' 9').

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