mes [HERO]

mes [HERO] (29x: ED IIIa, ED IIIb, Old Akkadian, Ur III, Old Babylonian) wr. mes "hero; (to be) manly; young man" Akk. eţlu

[1]		mes (meš₃)
+	-0 (29x/100%).

	3500	3000	2500	2000	1500	1000	(no date)
[1]		7	2	16

10 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

1. hero (29x/100%)

~ LEX/ED IIIb/Ebla [[mes]] = MES = me-šum Ebla Sign List 21. LEX/Old Babylonian/Nippur [[MES]] = me-eš₃ = MES = eţ-lum OB Aa 187:1; [[MES]] = = = zi-qa₂-ru OB Aa 187:5. ELA/ED IIIb/Girsu a-mes^# VS 25, 002 o ii 4. ELA/ED IIIb/unknown a-mes-ra Nik 1, 124 r i 1; a-mes-ra Nik 1, 124 r ii 1. ELA/Old Akkadian/unknown 1(aš@c) mes-abzu MAD 4, 080 5. ELA/Ur III/Umma diri mes^!?-mes^?-e gu₇-a CST 660 2; 1(diš) gin₂ mes-an-ne₂ MVAG 21, 22 FH 5 o ii 15. unknown/ED IIIb/unknown 1(diš) mes-abzu OIP 104, 022 o ii 2'.

See: šum tukul mes; umbisaĝ mes.

2. (to be) manly

3. young man

Akk. eţlu "young man".

[2004] G. Marchesi, OrNS 73 191-193; 197 n253.

See ETCSL: meš₃=hero.

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