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MES
English: seal (ORACC ePSD2 glossary, CC0)
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| eBL name | MES |
|---|---|
| Unicode | U+12229 CUNEIFORM SIGN MES |
| Sign lists | HZL 112 · MZL 486 · OBZL 112a · SLLHA 314 · ABZ 314 |
| Corpus uses | 11,538 tokens |
| Live count | tablets with “mes” |
English gloss
| kišib[seal]N | seal | 359 attestations |
| mes[tree]N | tree | 331 attestations |
| mes[hero]N | hero | 43 attestations |
| kišibla[wrist]N | wrist | 30 attestations |
| mes[blackness]N | blackness | 18 attestations |
Source: ORACC ePSD2 glossary (CC0).
Readings
dubₓkišibmesmesamesimeṣmeš3mezmismišmiṣredretridritritiriṭ
Use by period
| Archaic | 41 | |
| Early Dynastic | 770 | |
| Old Akkadian | 345 | |
| Ur III | 4,620 | |
| Old Babylonian | 1,719 | |
| Middle Bab./Assyr. | 424 | |
| Hittite | 0 | |
| Neo-Assyrian | 1,857 | |
| Neo-/Late Babylonian | 562 |
Sign list: eBL (LMU Munich), with OGSL readings and Unicode (ORACC, CC0). Counts: Unread Atlas corpus. Credits.