Elementary Sumerian Glossary

enmen, énmen thirst (ePSD reads now immen)
ensi(EN.ME.LI), énsi (OS) dream interpreter
énsi(k) ruler, governor; farmer (iššiakku) (Jacobsen,
AV Civil 113-121; Sjöberg, AV Limet 125; Frayne,
RIM Early Periods 1, 15f.) (Emesal ù-mu-un-si)
ér, ír tear(s); lament, wail
ér-du10-ga tears of joy
ér - du11 to perform a lament (Attinger, Eléments 501-
507)
ér - pà(d) to produce tears, (begin to) cry
ér - še8(š) (šéš) to cry, weep
ér-gig - še8-še8 (ši-ši) to weep bitter tears
ér-šà-hun-ĝá (a type of 1st person Emesal penitential
prayer)
ér-šèm-ma (a short Emesal lament or penitential
hymn, later a part of the temple liturgy)
ereš(NIN), eriš lady, queen (see Marchesi, Or 73
[2004] 186-189 on reading nin vs. ereš)
ereš-diĝir the human consort of a god (= the female
en); the attendent or companion of a goddess
(dependent upon the date of the text) (The reading
nin-diĝir is conventional, but the dictionaries now read
ereš-diĝir. See Flückiger-Hawker, Urnamma p. 171
and the exhaustive discussion by Steinkeller in Priests
and Officials in the Ancient Near East (Heidelberg,
1996) 120ff.)
érim evil; enemy (some read ne-ru)
érim-du evildoer; inimical one
érim-ĝál evil, hostile
èrim, èrin, erim/n5 storehouse, treasury
giš eren ( giš erin) cedar (tree, wood)
érin workers, work-gang; troop (Ur III and later; for
OS read → surx) (Selz, UGASL 43 n. 178; Steinkeller,
NABU 1990/12)
giš érin → ĝiš-rín
giš és-ad trap, snare
giš esi(g) ebony
na4 esi(g) diorite
esir, ésir bitumen
ésir-a-ba-al (a kind of bitumen)
ésir-é-a refined(?) bitumen
ésir-HÁD dry(?) bitumen (see HÁD)
eš, eš5 three (Edzard, AV Klein 100f.)
eš-bar, èš-bar oracle, divine decision, revelation
eš-bar - kíĝ to provoke an oracle, seek a divine
decision (paraphastic: eš-bar-kíĝ - du11, see Attinger,
Eléments 507f.)
eš-da (a cultic vessel, variant of šita)
éš rope, measuring-line; a length measure = 10 nindan
= 20 gi = 120 kùš = ca. 59.4 meters
éš-dam, é-éš-dam inn, tavern; brothel(?)
éš-gána field surveyor's measuring-line
éš-gàr assignment; song series, collection
ÉŠ.MAH → ébih
èš shrine, sanctuary (a smaller establishment than an é
temple, see Allred, AV Sigrist 12)
èš-èš (a regular offering held 2-4 times monthly at the
lunar phases) (eššešu)
eša(A.TIR) (a kind or quality of flour, sasqû)
éšemen(KI.E.NE.DI. d INANA) jump-rope (keppu)
eškiri(U.ENxKÁR), éš-kìri nose-rope, lead-rope (cf.
Veldhuis Education 175f.)
eštub ku6 (a kind of carp or barb)
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