eš [THREE] NU (255x) Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Persian, unknown wr. eš₅; eš; 3(diš); eš₆; eš-a-bi; eš₁₆; uš; 3(diš^t); e-še; eš₃; ^ki-ⁱⁿ-^ke-^ešeš₅; eš₁₀; eš₂ "three; triplets"

See eš.kam us[~quality]AJ, limmu.kam us[~quality]AJ.

[1]	𒁹𒁹𒁹	eš₅
[2]	𒌍	eš
[3]	𒐈	3(diš)
[4]	𒐁	eš₆
[5]	𒌍𒀀𒁉	eš-a-bi
[6]	𒀼	eš₁₆
[7]	𒍑	uš
[8]		3(diš^t)
[9]	𒂊𒊺	e-še
[10]	𒀊	eš₃
[11]	𒆠𒅔𒆠𒌍𒁹𒁹𒁹	^ki-ⁱⁿ-^ke-^ešeš₅
[12]	𒀀	eš₁₀
[13]	𒂠	eš₂
+	--ša=š.a (5x/2%).

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]			2		1	2	1	71	51	4
[2]			4				45	15	12	1
[3]						1	2	12
[4]								2	8
[5]							9
[6]									4	1
[7]									3
[8]					1
[9]									1
[10]								1
[11]									1
[12]
[13]

29 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIb (6x/2%)

Old Akkadian (2x/1%)

Lagash II (3x/1%)

Ur III (57x/22%)

Old Babylonian (101x/40%)

Middle Assyrian (6x/2%)

Middle Babylonian (25x/10%)

Neo-Assyrian (37x/15%)

Neo-Babylonian (11x/4%)

Persian (1x/0%)

unknown (6x/2%)

Senses:

1. three (255x/100%)

2. triplets [N]

Akk. takšû; šalāš.

Bibliography

[1998] H. Hunger, St Römer 181.

eš

= šalalti (Ea 02 169a; OB Nippur Ea 168; CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 o iii 24').

= šu-ul-lu-šum (OB Nippur Aa 168:1).

eš₁₆

= šalašti (Ea 02 220).

eš₅

= šalašti (Ea 02 247).

eš₆

= šalašti (Ea 02 129; AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 24).

Lexical Associations

mādūtu[numerousness]N (// eš[three])

eš = ma-du-u₂-tum (MSL 14, 87 A r iii 18').

šalāš[three]NU (// eš[three])

eš = ša₂-[lal-ti] (Ea 02 169a).

eš₁₆ = ša-la-aš₂-ti (Ea 02 220; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r i 50).

eš₅ = [ša-la-aš₂-ti] (Ea 02 247).

eš₆ = ša₂-lal-ti (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 24).

eš₆ = ša-la-aš₂-ti (Ea 02 129; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 43).

šalāšā[thirty]NU (// eš[three])

eš = ⸢ša₂⸣-la-ša₂-a (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 5).

eš = še-la-ša₂-a (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 o iii 24').

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// eš[three])

eš = šu-ul-lu-šum (MSL 14, 87 A r iii 17').

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// eš[three] bala[turn])

eš₅ bala = šu-ul-lu-⸢šum⸣ (YBC 13524 e 315).

šalāš[three]NU (// eš[three] giŋ[unit])

eš₅ giŋ₄ = ša-la-al-tum (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iv 32).

^ki-⸢ⁱⁿ⸣-^ke-^ešeš₅ giŋ₄ = ša-⸢la⸣-[al]-tum (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 35').

šalāš[three]NU manû[unit]N (// eš[three] mana[unit])

eš₅ ⸢ma⸣-na = ⸢ša⸣-[la-al-ti] ma-ne₂-e (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 28').

šalāš[three]NU qû[unit]N (// eš[three] sila[unit])

[eš₅ sila₃] = [ša-la]-⸢al⸣-ti ⸢qa⸣-[a] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iv 26).

3 uṭṭatu[grain]N (// eš[three] še[barley])

[eš₅] še = 3 uṭ-ṭi₃ (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 44').

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// x eš[three])

[...] ⸢eš₅^?⸣ = ⸢šul⸣-lu-šu₂ (LTBA 1, 43 o 1').

ša[of]DET 3 šinnu[tooth]N (// al[hoe] zu[tooth] eš[three])

al zu₂ eš₆ = ša 3 ZU₉-šu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iii 56').

3(U) būru[(a surface measure)]N (// bur[unit] eš[three])

bur₃ eš = 3(U) ⸢bur⸣ (Ea 02 169b).

šutāhû[paired (off) one]N (// duggan[bag] eš[three] maštab[twin])

^kušdug₃-gan eš₅ maš-tab-ba = šu-ta-ḫa-a-tum (Ura 11 section 1, 171; LTBA 1, 33 o iii 4'; Iraq 06, 67 + 68 o ii' 18').

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// dur[bond] ana[upper] eš[three])

[^gi]⸢dur an⸣-na eš₅ = EŠ₅<(šu-ul-lu^?-[šu^?])> (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 51).

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// dur[bond] eš[three])

[^gi]⸢dur⸣ eš₅ = MIN<(šu-ul-lu^?-[šu^?])> (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 50).

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// dur[bond] eš[three] tab[double])

^gi⸢dur eš₅⸣ tab-ba = šu-ul-⸢lu^?⸣-[šu^?] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 49).

šalāš[three]NU ikû[field]N (// iku[unit] eš[three])

iku eš₆ = KIMIN<(ša-la-aš₂-ti)> GAN₂ (Ea 02 130; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 44).

abnu[stone]N šalāš[three]NU (// na[stone] eš[three] giŋ[unit])

na₄ eš₅ ⸢giŋ₄⸣ = MIN<(aban)> ša₂-⸢la⸣-[aš-ti] (MSL 10, 004 S13 o 4').

šalāš[three]NU (// na[stone] eš[three] giŋ[unit])

na₄ eš₅ giŋ₄ = ša₂-la-[aš-ti] (Ura 16 Seg.16, 4).

abnu[stone]N parrasu[one half]NU manû[mina]N (// na[stone] igi[~mathematics] eš[three] ŋal[be])

na₄ igi eš₅ ŋal₂-la = MIN<(a-ban)> SA₉ MA.NA [...] (CT 14, pl. 03-04, K 04205+ o ii' 9').

nirru[(a rope or braided string)]N (// nunuz[egg] eš[three] tab[double])

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = nīri (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5; UET 6, 0406 r 9’).

ṣipirtu[(a gem stone)]N (// nunuz[egg] eš[three] tab[double])

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = ṣiprēti (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5a).

šullušu[trebled]AJ (// piriŋ[lion] zag[side] eš[three])

piriŋ zag eš₅ = šul-lu-šu₂ (Ura 14 134; LTBA 1, 40 o ii 60).

tilmuttu[(a musical instrument)]N (// sa[sinew] eš[three])

[sa uš] = ta-al-mu-ut-tum (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r ii 26).

tilmuttu[(a musical instrument)]N tikitlû[lute]N (// sa[sinew] eš[three] tigidlu[instrument])

[MIN<(sa)> uš tigidla] = ⸢MIN⸣<(ta-al-mu-ut-tum)> ⸢ti^?-ki⸣-it-le-e (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r ii 27).

tilmuttu[(a musical instrument)]N (// tigidlu[instrument] sa[sinew] eš[three])

[MIN<(tigidla])> ⸢sa⸣ [uš] = ta-al-mu-ut-tu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r ii 25).

ša[of]DET tak-x (// uzud[goat] eš[three])

uzud ⸢eš₅⸣-ta-am₃ = ša₂ ⸢tak^?⸣-[...] (AOAT 275, 757 Katalog o 6').

ša[of]DET takšû[triplets]N (// uzud[goat] eš[three])

⸢uzud⸣ eš₅-⸢ta-am₃^?⸣ = ⸢ša₂ tak⸣-ši-⸢i⸣ [...] (LTBA 1, 52 (+) LTBA 1, 87 o 27''; Ura 13 Seg.1, 192; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 r i 4').

ša[of]DET takšû[triplets]N (// uzud[goat] sila[lamb] eš[three])

[uzud] ⸢sila₄⸣ eš₅-ta-am₃ = ša₂ taš-ki-[i^?] (MSL 08/1, 005 E r i 8').

uzud ⸢sila₄^?⸣ eš₆ = ⸢ša⸣ tak-ši-i (OIP 011, 044 o ii' 18').

3(diš) šūši[sixty]N (// ŋeš[sixty] eš[three])

ŋeš₂ eš₅ = [3(diš) šu-ši] (Ea 02 248).

3(diš) nēr[600]NU (// ŋešu[600] eš[three])

ŋešʾu eš₅ = 3(diš) KIMIN<(ne₂-er)> (Ea 02 263; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 15).

šušlušu[trebled one]N (// šaga[drinking utensil?] eš[three] tab[double])

^urudšaqa₂ eš₅ tab-ba = šu-uš-lu-šu (Ura 11 section 3, 183; K 08676 r ii 6'; BM 033426 r ii' 18').

x x x maqqû[libation (vessel)]N (// šu[hand] eš[three] bala[turn])

[šu eš₅ bala] = [x x] ⸢x⸣ ma-⸢aq⸣-[qi₂] (YBC 13524 c 177).

zīru[twisted]AJ (// šum[garlic] eš[three] tab[double])

[šum₂ eš₅ tab-ba]^sar = zi-ru-[tu₂] (Ura 17 Seg.7, 15; KADP 38 r i 6').

References for all phrases

eš[three]

eš (MSL 14, 023 Fq o i 12'; OB Nippur Ea 168; MSL 14, 023 Fr r i' 10'; MSL 14, 028 Kn o i 9'; MSL 14, 018 Bb o v 5; Ni 05077 r ii' 7').

eš = šu-ul-lu-šum (OB Nippur Aa 168:1).

eš = ma-du-u₂-tum (MSL 14, 87 A r iii 18').

eš = ša₂-[lal-ti] (Ea 02 169a).

eš₁₆ = ša-la-aš₂-ti (Ea 02 220; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r i 50).

eš₅ = [ša-la-aš₂-ti] (Ea 02 247).

eš₆ = ša₂-lal-ti (AJSL 36.2,158-160 r ii 24).

eš₆ = ša-la-aš₂-ti (Ea 02 129; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 43).

eš = ⸢ša₂⸣-la-ša₂-a (MSL 03, 094 ST r i 5).

eš = še-la-ša₂-a (CT 11, pl. 27, BM 093033 o iii 24').

eš = šu-ul-lu-šum (MSL 14, 87 A r iii 17').

eš[three] TAK₄-x

eš ⸢TAK₄^?-x⸣ (OB Nippur Lu 562a).

eš[three] bala[turn]

eš₅ bala = šu-ul-lu-⸢šum⸣ (YBC 13524 e 315).

eš[three] giŋ[unit]

eš₅ giŋ₄ = ša-la-al-tum (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iv 32).

^ki-⸢ⁱⁿ⸣-^ke-^ešeš₅ giŋ₄ = ša-⸢la⸣-[al]-tum (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 35').

eš[three] mana[unit]

eš₅ ⸢ma⸣-na = ⸢ša⸣-[la-al-ti] ma-ne₂-e (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 28').

eš[three] sila[unit]

[eš₅ sila₃] = [ša-la]-⸢al⸣-ti ⸢qa⸣-[a] (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iv 26).

eš[three] še[barley]

[eš₅] še = 3 uṭ-ṭi₃ (Emar 6/2, p. 501, Msk 74203e r iii 44').

x eš[three]

[...] ⸢eš₅^?⸣ = ⸢šul⸣-lu-šu₂ (LTBA 1, 43 o 1').

a[water] šu[hand] eš[three] bala[turn]

a šu eš₅ bala (OB Nippur Kagal 296; HS 1814 r ii 1).

ab[cow] eš[three]

ab₂ eš (ED Animals A 5).

al[hoe] zu[tooth] eš[three]

^ŋešal zu₂ eš₅ (TCVC 782 r i 7; Education in the Earliest Schools no. 019 r i 29; BRM 4, 29 + 30 o iv 15; OB Nippur Ura 1 481; CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 b iii 38; CUSAS 12, 3.1.07 o i 6, o i 13, o ii 6, o ii 13; MSL SS 1 96 c i 36'; IB 1512c + o iv 22).

al zu₂ eš₆ = ša 3 ZU₉-šu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iii 56').

am[bull] eš[three]

am eš (ED Animals A 83).

amar[young] eš[three]

amar eš (ED Animals A 57).

ašag[field] igi[eye] eš[three] ŋal[be]

a-šag₄ igi eš₅ ŋal₂ (CUNES 50-02-050 o 2; OB Nippur Ura 5 106).

bur[unit] eš[three]

bur₃ eš = 3(U) ⸢bur⸣ (Ea 02 169b).

duggan[bag] eš[three] maštab[twin]

^kušdug₃-gan eš₅ maš-tab-ba = šu-ta-ḫa-a-tum (Ura 11 section 1, 171; LTBA 1, 33 o iii 4'; Iraq 06, 67 + 68 o ii' 18').

duggan[bag] eš[three] tab[double]

⸢^kuš⸣dug₃-kam₂ eš₅ tab-ba = [...] (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b r i 5').

dur[bond] ana[upper] eš[three]

[^gi]⸢dur an⸣-na eš₅ = EŠ₅<(šu-ul-lu^?-[šu^?])> (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 51).

dur[bond] eš[three]

[^gi]⸢dur⸣ eš₅ = MIN<(šu-ul-lu^?-[šu^?])> (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 50).

dur[bond] eš[three] tab[double]

^gi⸢dur eš₅⸣ tab-ba = šu-ul-⸢lu^?⸣-[šu^?] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 49).

gag[nail] si[horn] eš[three]

^ŋešgag si eš (OB Nippur Ura 1 559).

gag[nail] šu eš[three]

[^ŋeš]gag šu ⸢eš^?⸣ (UET 6, 0677 + 0678 + UET 7, 087 + 091 r iv 41').

gilim[foliage] eš[three]

^gigilim eš₅ = šu-ul-⸢x⸣-[...] (HS 1928 + HS 1929 o iii 30).

gud[ox] eš[three]

gud eš (ED Animals A 31).

gud[ox] mu[year] eš[three]

⸢gud⸣ [mu eš₁₆^?] = [...] (Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 r ii 33').

gud [mu] eš₁₆ = x-[...] (Ura 13 Seg.1, 274; CTMMA 2, 055 r ii 48).

gud mu eš₆ (MSL 11, A 07895 xi 17; CUNES 52-10-161 a ii 7').

igi[~mathematics] eš[three] ŋal[be]

igi eš₅ ŋal₂ (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a o iv 38).

⸢igi⸣ eš₅ ⸢ŋal₂⸣-[la] = [...] (MKT 1, 029, K 08687 r i' 4).

iku[unit] eš[three]

iku eš₆ = KIMIN<(ša-la-aš₂-ti)> GAN₂ (Ea 02 130; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 o ii 44).

kaš[beer] mah[great] eš[three]

kaš ⸢maḫ⸣ eš₅-ta-am₃ (MSL 11, 111 K r ii 3'; SLT 017 o iii 2).

kugsig[gold] eš[three]

kug-sig₁₇ eš₅-[ta]-am₃ (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 r iv 37; OB Nippur Ura 2 630).

maš[goat] eš[three]

⸢maš₂^?⸣ eš₅ (CUNES 52-10-146 a iv 8'; OB Nippur Ura 3 148).

mu[year] us[follow] eš[three]

mu us₂-⸢sa⸣ [eš₅] (NMI BK 00554 o 2; HS 1781 r 6).

na[stone] eš[three] giŋ[unit]

na₄ eš₅ giŋ₄ (AlT 447 r i 2; OB Nippur Ura 4 194).

na₄ eš₅ ⸢giŋ₄⸣ = MIN<(aban)> ša₂-⸢la⸣-[aš-ti] (MSL 10, 004 S13 o 4').

na₄ eš₅ giŋ₄ = ša₂-la-[aš-ti] (Ura 16 Seg.16, 4).

na[stone] eš[three] mana[unit]

na₄ eš₅ ma-na (OB Nippur Ura 4 186; CUNES 48-08-188 o 3, r 3; SLT 76 o iii 7).

na[stone] eš[three] še[barley]

na₄ eš₅ še (AlT 447 r i 14; OB Nippur Ura 4 206a; MSL 10, 054 V13, 120 C o ii 1').

na[stone] igi[~mathematics] eš[three] ŋal[be]

na₄ igi eš₅ ŋal₂-la = MIN<(a-ban)> SA₉ MA.NA [...] (CT 14, pl. 03-04, K 04205+ o ii' 9').

niŋ[thing] eš[three] giŋ[unit]

⸢^ŋeš⸣niŋ₂ eš₅ ⸢giŋ₄⸣ (CM 22, pl. 35-36 o v 16; MSL SS 1 96 c ii 16).

niŋ[thing] eš[three] sila[unit]

^ŋešniŋ₂ eš₅ sila₃ (CUSAS 12, 3.1.1 b ii 42; MSL SS 1 96 c ii 9).

nunuz[egg] eš[three] tab[double]

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = nīri (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5; UET 6, 0406 r 9’).

^na₄nunuz eš₅ tab-ba = ṣiprēti (Ura 16 Seg.3, 5a).

piriŋ[lion] zag[side] eš[three]

piriŋ sa eš₅ = [...] (AOAT 275, 244, BM 036384 r 6').

piriŋ zag eš₅ = šul-lu-šu₂ (Ura 14 134; LTBA 1, 40 o ii 60).

sa[sinew] eš[three]

[sa uš] = ta-al-mu-ut-tum (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r ii 26).

sa[sinew] eš[three] tigidlu[instrument]

[MIN<(sa)> uš tigidla] = ⸢MIN⸣<(ta-al-mu-ut-tum)> ⸢ti^?-ki⸣-it-le-e (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r ii 27).

tigidlu[instrument] sa[sinew] eš[three]

^ŋeštigidla sa eš₅ (OB Nippur Ura 1 615).

[MIN<(tigidla])> ⸢sa⸣ [uš] = ta-al-mu-ut-tu (Emar 6/2, p. 508-515 and Emar 6/2, p. 730, Msk 74209a r ii 25).

ud[sun] eš[three]

[ud] eš₅-kam (MHET 1/2, 038 r i 7; Emar 6/1, p. 127, Msk 731046 o iv 21').

ud eš₅-[kam₂] = [...] (MB Ura 01 Seg.5, 17; CT 19, pl. 10, K 05434B+ o ii' 4').

ud[sun] ul[distant] eš[three]

[ud ul]-li eš-a = ša-al-šu-mi (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] xi 6'=788).

uzu[flesh] sa[sinew] eš[three]

uzu sa eš = ⸢x^?⸣-[...] (MSL 09, 004 P r i' 6'; Ura 15 Seg.2, 6).

uzud[goat] eš[three]

uzud eš₅-ta-⸢am₃⸣ = [...] (AOAT 275, 277, BM 036714 r 3').

uzud ⸢eš₅⸣-ta-am₃ = ša₂ ⸢tak^?⸣-[...] (AOAT 275, 757 Katalog o 6').

⸢uzud⸣ eš₅-⸢ta-am₃^?⸣ = ⸢ša₂ tak⸣-ši-⸢i⸣ [...] (LTBA 1, 52 (+) LTBA 1, 87 o 27''; Ura 13 Seg.1, 192; Iraq 06, 175-176, 76 r i 4').

uzud[goat] sila[lamb] eš[three]

[uzud] ⸢sila₄⸣ eš₅-ta-am₃ = ša₂ taš-ki-[i^?] (MSL 08/1, 005 E r i 8').

uzud ⸢sila₄^?⸣ eš₆ = ⸢ša⸣ tak-ši-i (OIP 011, 044 o ii' 18').

zid[flour] eš[three]

zid₂ eš₅-kam-ma-še₃ (SLT 018 ii 7').

zidgu[flour] us[follow] eš[three]

[zid₂]-gu us₂ eš₅-kam-ma (SLT 033 r ii 3).

ŋeš[sixty] eš[three]

ŋeš₂ eš₅ = [3(diš) šu-ši] (Ea 02 248).

ŋeš[tree] eš[three] giŋ[unit]

ŋeš eš₅ giŋ₄ (OB Nippur Ura 1 525a).

ŋešnimbar[palm] saŋ[head] eš[three]

^ŋešŋešnimbar ⸢saŋ⸣ eš₅ (Anonymous 447996 o v 36).

ŋešu[600] eš[three]

ŋešʾu eš₅ = 3(diš) KIMIN<(ne₂-er)> (Ea 02 263; SA Vokabular Ass. 523 r ii 15).

ŋušur[beam] eš[three]

ŋeš-ur₂ eš₅ (OB Nippur Ura 1 642).

šaga[drinking utensil?] eš[three] tab[double]

[^urud]⸢šaqa₂⸣ eš₅ tab-⸢ba⸣ = [...] (BaM 10, 129 W 23830d r ii' frg.a 8').

^urudšaqa₂ eš₅ tab-ba = šu-uš-lu-šu (Ura 11 section 3, 183; K 08676 r ii 6'; BM 033426 r ii' 18').

šu[hand] eš[three] bala[turn]

šu eš₅ bala (Nippur Nigga 204).

[šu eš₅ bala] = [x x] ⸢x⸣ ma-⸢aq⸣-[qi₂] (YBC 13524 c 177).

šum[garlic] eš[three] tab[double]

[šum₂ eš₅ tab-ba]^sar = zi-ru-[tu₂] (Ura 17 Seg.7, 15; KADP 38 r i 6').

Word ID: o0027295; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0027295; version 2.7.2 (built 2024-08-31)