eš [TREE] N (19x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. ^ŋešeš₂₂; eš₂₂; ^ŋešešₓ(LAM); ^ŋešeš₂ "a tree; a terebinth; almond (tree)"

[1]	𒄑𒇵	^ŋeš eš₂₂
[2]	𒇵	eš₂₂
[3]	𒄑𒇴	^ŋešešₓ(LAM)
[4]	𒄑𒂠	^ŋeš eš₂

	ED IIIb	OAkk	OB	Post-OB
[1]		2	4	5
[2]			3	2
[3]			2
[4]	1

4 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (1x/5%)

Old Akkadian (2x/11%)

Old Babylonian (9x/47%)

Neo-Assyrian (2x/11%)

Neo-Babylonian (5x/26%)

Senses:

1. a tree (9x/47%)

2. a terebinth

3. almond (tree) (10x/53%)

Akk. lammu; lupānu; šiqdu; šiqittu.

Bibliography

[1997] N. Veldhuis, EEN 168.

[1992] P. Steinkeller and J.N. Postgate, LAT 58-60.

[1987] M. Powell, BSA 3 147.

eš₂₂

= šiqdu (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 23).

(OB Nippur Ea 915).

Lexical Associations

lammu[(a tree)]N (// eš[tree])

^ŋeš⸢eš₂₂⸣ = ⸢lam^?⸣-[mu] (MSL SS 1, 122 o ii 5').

lupānu[(a terebinth)]N (// eš[tree])

⸢^ŋešeš₂₂⸣ = ⸢lu⸣-[pa-nu] (MSL SS 1, 122 o ii 4').

šiqdu[almond (tree)]N (// eš[tree])

eš₂₂ = ši-iq-du (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 23).

eš₂₂ = ši-iq-du (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 34).

References for all phrases

eš[tree]

eš₂₂ (MSL 14, 022 Ez o 3'; OB Nippur Ea 915; MSL 14, 027 Jj o? i 4').

^ŋešeš₂₂ (X.3.319 o 2; Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 ii 26; OB Nippur Ura 1 24; CUSAS 12, 3.1.10 o 7').

⸢^ŋešeš₂₂⸣ = [...] (MSL SS 1, 011 o 2'; MSL SS 1, 122 o ii 3').

⸢^ŋešeš₂₂⸣ = ⸢x⸣-[...] (MSL SS 1, 011 o 3').