melim [SPLENDOR]

(159 instances)

melim [SPLENDOR] (159x: ED IIIb, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. me-lim₄ "frightening splendor" Akk. melammu

[1]		me-lim₄ (me-lam₂)
+	-0 (134x/84%); -ma (25x/16%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		4	6	145

20 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. frightening splendor (159x/100%)

~ ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu me-lam₂ VS 25, 010 o vi 8; 1(aš@c) [2(diš)] [me]-lam₂^# kur-ra VS 27, 095 o iii 1. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown [dumu] me-lam₂ Nik 1, 041 o i 5. ELA/Ur III/Drehem 2(diš) u₈ 1(diš) udu [ki] me-lam₂-ta MVN 10, 141 7. ELA/Ur III/Ur mu me-lam₂-a-ni kur-kur-ra bi₂-in-dul₉ UET 3, 0260 3. unknown/ED IIIb/Girsu dumu me-lam₂ DP 593 o i 3.

See: e melim u; e melim an; e melim huš.

Akk. melammu "fearsome radiance, aura".

[1987] J. Bauer, AoN 1987/42.

See ETCSL: me-lem₄=(awesome) radiance.

ePSD contacts: Steve Tinney and Philip Jones.