𒈨

𒈨 (me) is only used as a copula. To express the existential meaning of "to be somewhere", "to be there" the verb 𒅅 (g̃al₂ /⁠g̃al⁠/) is used instead.
The copula is inflected like an intransitive verb in the perfective. Independent and enclitic forms are in complementary distribution: the enclitic form is used when the copula would otherwise only consist of a vocalic prefix, verbal stem and person suffix; the independent form is used in all other cases.
The copula lacks the distinction of tense and aspect. Only the context can clarify whether the copula refers to past, present or future.
In Old Sumerian, the final consonant of the person suffixes was not written (so both 𒈨𒂗 (me-en /⁠men⁠/) and 𒎌 (me-eš /⁠meš⁠/) were written 𒈨 (me)); the third person enclitic form was written 𒀭 (am₆ /⁠am⁠/).
After clitics ending in a vowel, the third person enclitic form 𒀀𒀭 (am₃ /⁠am⁠/) was reduced to /m/ already in Old Sumerian. Like other syllable-final consonants, it was never written during that period and only occasionally from Old Akkadian on:
𒂍𒈬 ― e₂-g̃u₁₀ /eg̃ûm/ ― it's my house

𒈨 • (me /mē/)

The /e/ of 𒈨 (me) does not contract with the locative case marker:
𒌷𒈨𒀀 ― iri-me-a /irimē'a/ ― in our city
The /e/ of 𒈨 (me) contracts with the vowel of the genitive case marker, resulting in /ê/:
𒂕𒁾𒈨𒅗 ― egir dub-me-ka /egir dubmêka/ ― on the reverse of our tablet

𒈨 • (išib)

𒈨 • (išib)

“𒈨 (me)” in ePSD2
“𒈨 (išib)” in ePSD2
Jagersma, Bram (2010) A Descriptive Grammar of Sumerian‎^[1] (doctoral thesis), page 677

Sumerian possessive pronouns
		singular	plural
1st singular		𒈬 g̃u	𒈨 mē
2nd singular		𒍪 zu	𒍪𒉈𒉈 zunēnē
3rd singular	hum.	𒀀𒉌 ane	𒀀𒉈𒉈 anēnē
3rd singular	nhum.	𒁉 be

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