me [BATTLE] N (387x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. me₃; me₂; me₆; me₇; me₉; me; ^meme₃; me₃ⁱ-^ma; ^memeₓ(LAK526); me₁₁; meₓ(LAK526); meₓ(UZ₃×KASKAL) "battle; combat"

See a mek[equipment]N.

[1]	𒀞	me₃
[2]	𒈪	me₂
[3]	𒀝	me₆
[4]	𒃙	me₇
[5]	𒇞	me₉
[6]	𒈨	me
[7]	𒈨𒀞	^me me₃
[8]	𒀞𒄿𒈠	me₃ⁱ-^ma
[9]	𒈨	^memeₓ(LAK526)
[10]	𒀟	me₁₁
[11]		meₓ(LAK526)
[12]	𒍛𒍛	meₓ(UZ₃×KASKAL)

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		3	1		4	14	13	287	40
[2]								3	1	2
[3]								3	1
[4]							1		3
[5]									3	1
[6]								3
[7]					2
[8]									1
[9]			1
[10]
[11]
[12]

41 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (3x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (2x/1%)

Old Akkadian (6x/2%)

Lagash II (14x/4%)

Ur III (14x/4%)

Old Babylonian (296x/76%)

Middle Assyrian (1x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (4x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (19x/5%)

Neo-Babylonian (8x/2%)

Hellenistic (17x/4%)

unknown (3x/1%)

Senses:

1. battle (387x/100%)

2. combat

Akk. tāhāzu.

Bibliography

[2005] P. Attinger, ZA 95 213.

me₃

(OB Nippur Ea 529).

= tāhāzu (Ea 08 27, 28).

me₆

= epēšum (Ea 08 26).

me₇

= tāhāzu (Ea 04 269).

me₉

= tāhāzu (Ea 01 122).

Lexical Associations

epēšu[do]V (// me[battle])

me₆ = MIN<(e-pe-šum)> (Ea 08 26).

tāhāzu[battle]N (// me[battle])

me₃ = ta-ḫa-zu (Ea 08 27, 28; CT 11, pl. 19, BM 093030 o ii' 9).

me₇ = ta-ḫa-zu (AJSL 33, 170-171 r ii 20; Ea 04 269).

me₉ = ⸢ta⸣-ḫa-⸢zu⸣ (MSL 14, 173 E o ii' 8'; CT 35, pl. 01-08, BM 108862 o ii 3'; YOS 01, 53 o ii 25; Ea 01 122).

u₂-nu-ut tāhāzu[battle]N (// akar[implement] me[battle])

[a₂-kar₂ me₃^?] = ⸢u₂⸣-nu-ut ta-⸢ḫa-zi⸣ (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iv 46).

arītu[shield]N (// guru[shield] me[battle])

[^kuš]⸢guru₂₁⸣^ur₃ me₃ = MIN<(a-ri-tum)> (CT 12, pl. 39, K 07697 r ii' 7').

kabābu[shield]N (// guru[shield] me[battle])

^kušguru₂₁^ur₃ me₃^!(AK) = ka-[ba-bu] (CT 19, pl. 22-23, Rm 0344 r i 5).

Kakmu[of Kakmu]EN (// ig[door] me[battle])

[^ŋešig me₃] = ka-[ak]-⸢me⸣-tum MIN<(a-ri-tum)> (SpTU 2, 053 r ii 11; K 09970+ r ii' 6).

References for all phrases

me[battle]

menₓ(GA₂×KASKAL) = [...] (MSL 14, 369 r 8').

me₃ (MSL 14, 029 Lf r ii' 13; OB Nippur Ea 529; OB Nippur Izi Tab.I, 400; MSL 14, 026 Ih r ii 6'; PBS 05, 117 + 118 o v' 11'; MSL 14, 018 Bb r v 57).

⸢me₃⸣ = ⸢ta⸣-ḫa-zu-um (MSL 13, 35 D i 28').

me₆ = MIN<(e-pe-šum)> (Ea 08 26).

me₃ = ta-ḫa-zu (Ea 08 27, 28; CT 11, pl. 19, BM 093030 o ii' 9).

me₇ = ta-ḫa-zu (AJSL 33, 170-171 r ii 20; Ea 04 269).

me₉ = ⸢ta⸣-ḫa-⸢zu⸣ (MSL 14, 173 E o ii' 8'; CT 35, pl. 01-08, BM 108862 o ii 3'; YOS 01, 53 o ii 25; Ea 01 122).

akar[implement] me[battle]

[a₂-kar₂ me₃^?] = ⸢u₂⸣-nu-ut ta-⸢ḫa-zi⸣ (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r iv 46).

gigir[chariot] me[battle] tum[suitable]

[^ŋešgigir me₃^?] ⸢tum₂^?⸣-ma (Emar 6/1, p. 105-109, Msk 731030 r iv 4).

guru[shield] me[battle]

[^kuš]⸢guru₂₁⸣^ur₃ me₃ = MIN<(a-ri-tum)> (CT 12, pl. 39, K 07697 r ii' 7').

^kušguru₂₁^ur₃ me₃^!(AK) = ka-[ba-bu] (CT 19, pl. 22-23, Rm 0344 r i 5).

ig[door] me[battle]

[^ŋešig me₃] = ka-[ak]-⸢me⸣-tum MIN<(a-ri-tum)> (SpTU 2, 053 r ii 11; K 09970+ r ii' 6).

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