eš [ROPE] N (517x) 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	^ŋeš eš₂
[3]	𒌍	eš
[4]	𒀼	eš₁₆
[5]	𒅂	eše₃
[6]	𒁁	eš₇
[7]	𒋢𒀊	^kuš AB

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		19	155	3	82	13	127	82	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/30%)

Ebla (3x/1%)

Old Akkadian (86x/17%)

Lagash II (13x/3%)

Ur III (127x/25%)

Old Babylonian (86x/17%)

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 (517x/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.

eše₂

= x (BM 023645 r i 3).

(OB Nippur Ea 61).

= eblum (Moussaieff OB Aa r iii 32, r iii 33).

eše₃

= ebel (Ea 02 87).

eš₂

= eblu (Ea 01 182).

= eblum (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 25).

eš₇

= eblum (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 19).

Lexical Associations

ašlu[rush]N (// eš[rope])

eše₂ = aš-lum (Moussaieff OB Aa r iii 33).

eblu[rope]N (// eš[rope])

eše₂ = eb-lum (Moussaieff OB Aa r iii 32).

eše₃ = e-be-el (Ea 02 87; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 1).

eš₂ = eb-lu (CT 35, pl. 01-08, BM 108862 o ii 57'; YOS 01, 53 o ii 76; Ea 01 182).

eš₂ = eb-lum (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 25).

eš₇ = eb-lum (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 19).

^ŋešeš₂ = eb-[lu] (K 02026 r ii' 15).

eblu[rope]N aškuttu[locking bar]N (// eš[rope] aškud[~door])

[eš₂] ⸢MIN^?⸣<(aškudₓ(A₂.ZA.AN.MUŠ₃))> = ⸢eb-li⸣ MIN<(a-šu-ku-ut-tu)> (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o i 35').

ebēṭu[bind?]V (// eš[rope] dadara[tied] ak[do])

⸢eš dara₂⸣-še₃ ak-ab = it-bi-iṭ (PBS 05, 140 [OBGT XII] 6).

eblu[rope]N sikkūru[bar]N (// eš[rope] galam-ma)

^ŋešeš₂ galam-ma = MIN<(eb-lu)> sik-[ku-ri] (K 02026 r ii' 16).

šummannu[halter]N (// eš[rope] ma[ship])

^ŋešeš₂ ma₂ = šu-ma-mu-u₂ (IrAnt 31,79 282 2).

massaku[tow-rope]N (// eš[rope] mazeb[boat])

eblu[rope]N x (// eš[rope] saŋkul[bolt])

eš₂ saŋ-kul = eb-[li ...] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o i 29').

rēhu[rest]N eblu[rope]N (// lu[person] kun[tail] eš[rope])

lu₂ kun eš₂ = re-eḫ EŠ₂ (NBC 09830 r i 4).

References for all phrases

eš[rope]

eše₂ (N 5087 r ii' 3'; OB Nippur Ea 61; MSL 14, 020 Ck r i' 10'; MSL 14, 020 Cu r ii' 3'; MSL 14, 018 Az r ii 20'; MSL 14, 029 Kx o ii 17; MSL 14, 018 Ai (+) Fg c 1; MSL 14, 019 Bn r ii 5'; MSL 14, 019 Bq r ii' 5'; MSL 14, 020 Cv r i' 3; MSL 14, 020 Cn r i 8'; MSL 14, 020 Cp r i' 6'; PBS 05, 111 & 127 r iii 7; MSL 14, 020 Cq r i' 5'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o ii 18).

eše₂ = [...] (BM 023645 r i 3).

eš₂ (ED Vessels and Garments 85; OB Nippur Ura 5 411).

eše₂ = aš-lum (Moussaieff OB Aa r iii 33).

eše₂ = eb-lum (Moussaieff OB Aa r iii 32).

eše₃ = e-be-el (Ea 02 87; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 1).

eš₂ = eb-lu (CT 35, pl. 01-08, BM 108862 o ii 57'; YOS 01, 53 o ii 76; Ea 01 182).

eš₂ = eb-lum (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 25).

eš₇ = eb-lum (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 19).

^ŋešeš₂ = eb-[lu] (K 02026 r ii' 15).

eš[rope] EN

eš₂ EN (ED Vessels and Garments 86).

eš[rope] absaŋ[strap]

eš₂ ab₂-saŋ (OB Nippur Ura 5 424).

eš[rope] absaŋ[strap] murub[middle]

eš₂ ab₂-saŋ murub₄ (OB Nippur Ura 5 425).

eš[rope] anta[upper]

eš₂ an-ta (OB Nippur Ura 5 422).

eš[rope] aškud[~door]

[eš₂] ⸢MIN^?⸣<(aškudₓ(A₂.ZA.AN.MUŠ₃))> = ⸢eb-li⸣ MIN<(a-šu-ku-ut-tu)> (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o i 35').

eš[rope] dadara[tied] ak[do]

⸢eš dara₂⸣-še₃ ak-ab = it-bi-iṭ (PBS 05, 140 [OBGT XII] 6).

eš[rope] dara[belt]

eš dara₂ (OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 428).

eš[rope] diš[one] kuš[unit]

eš₂ diš kuš₃ (OB Nippur Ura 5 420).

eš[rope] galam-ma

^ŋešeš₂ galam-ma = MIN<(eb-lu)> sik-[ku-ri] (K 02026 r ii' 16).

eš[rope] gud-tug₂

eš₂ gud-tug₂ (OB Nippur Ura 5 414).

eš[rope] ma[ship]

^ŋešeš₂ ma₂ = šu-ma-mu-u₂ (IrAnt 31,79 282 2).

eš[rope] magid[boat]

eš₂ ma₂-gid₂-da (OB Nippur Ura 5 413).

eš[rope] mazeb[boat]

[eš₂ ma-ze₂]-eb = eš₂ ma₂^!-[gid₂] [...] (VS 24, 004 r ii 4'; UM 29-15-134 r ii 12').

eš[rope] pel[defile]

eš₂ pe-el-la₂ (OB Nippur Ura 5 417).

eš[rope] peš[thick]

eš₂ peš (OB Nippur Ura 5 426).

eš[rope] peš[thick] murgu[shoulder]

eš₂ peš murgu₂ (OB Nippur Ura 5 427).

eš[rope] pešturzi[descendants]

eš₂ peš-tur-zi (OB Nippur Ura 5 428).

eš[rope] pu[well]

eš₂ pu₂ (OB Nippur Ura 5 416).

eš[rope] sa[half] kuš[unit]

eš₂ sa₉ kuš₃ (OB Nippur Ura 5 421).

eš[rope] saŋ[head]

eš₂ saŋ (OB Nippur Ura 5 423).

eš[rope] saŋkul[bolt]

^ŋešeš₂ saŋ-kul (OB Nippur Ura 1 400; CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 a iv 7').

eš₂ saŋ-kul = eb-[li ...] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o i 29').

eš[rope] usan[whip]

⸢^ŋeš⸣eš₂ ⸢usan₃⸣ (Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 r iv 43).

eš[rope] usan[whip] anše[equid]

[^ŋeš]⸢eš₂⸣ usan₃ anše (Syria 12, pl. 46-47, 03 + pl. 47, 04 r iv 6').

eš[rope] šusar[string]

eš₂ šu-sar (OB Nippur Ura 5 418).

eš[rope] šusar[string] anta[upper]

eš₂ šu-sar an-ta (OB Nippur Ura 5 419).

dubsar[scribe] gana[field] eš[rope]

dub-sar gana₂-gana₂ eš₂ (MEE 03, 043 o vii 10b).

kuš[official] gana[field] eš[rope]

suš₃ gana₂ eš₂ (MEE 03, 043 o vii 1b).

lu[person] eš[rope]

⸢lu₂⸣ eš₂ (ED Personal Names and Professions 76; MEE 03, 043 o iv 6b).

lu[person] kun[tail] eš[rope]

⸢lu₂⸣ kun eš₂ (MSL SS 1, p. 07 A o ii' 27).

lu₂ kun eš₂ = re-eḫ EŠ₂ (NBC 09830 r i 4).

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