eš [THREE]

eš [THREE] (16x: ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. eš₅; eš-a-bi; eš₁₀; am₃-mu-uš "three; triplets" Akk. takšû; šalāš

[1]		eš₅
[2]		eš-a-bi
[3]		eš₁₀
[4]		am₃-mu-uš (ES)
+	-0 (16x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		1	5	2
[2]			1
[3]
[4]

6 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. three (16x/100%)

~ LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[eš]] = eš = EŠ = šu-ul-lu-šum OB Aa 168:1. ELA/Ur III/Girsu e₂ ^dba-ba₆ eš-a-bi TCTI 2, 03691 4. ELA/Ur III/Umma 3(diš) sila₃ eša₅ 3(diš) sila₃ zu₂-lum Nik 2, 322 9; 2(aš) gur ur-^gešgigir eš₅ Princeton 2, 379 6. unknown/ED IIIb/Lagash 1(aš@c) lagaš LA eš₅-am₆ BiMes 03, 27 o ii 2. unknown/Ur III/Umma [...] eš₅ [...] UTI 4, 2886 o i 1; u₃ zubi eš₅-am₃ a bala UTI 4, 2926 6.

See: ab eš; am eš; amar eš; gag si eš; gud eš; ĝušur eš; maš eš.

2. triplets

Akk. takšû "triplets"; šalāš "three".

[1998] H. Hunger, St Römer 181.

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