Babyloniaca, études de philologie assyro-babylonienne.

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72 ~~~~~ST. LANG~DON

IV li 17, 13 a hul-li —es sub-be A'a-mu-ra-da-an~-sar-sar - " 4gladly
he offers thee presents ". The object, is sub-he, repeated by an (for ni),
ra " to thee ", da probably repeats the idea of agent; the line is
incomplete and hence the verb form obscure. The verb belongs
then to those compounds which take a direct object ie. to the
second class.
Gud. CyO. A I 1 3 nig-gal-gal-la S'u-imi-ni-sar-sar _- he offered
large offerings '". Here the verh takes the oblique case as usual after
compound verbs. The classical usage had become changed so that
the compound sank into the second class in the variant (liscussed
above (a late text). Classical verb first class, post-classical second
class.
10. g u-d~i. This reading is -assured by the variant
~~ ~ in the name of the month 4 and
Gud. Cyl. A IV 25 gi-duib-ba a~ag-gap-a su-imn-mi-d~i~ a shining tablet she held in her hand ". The exact meaning of.S'u-diii is
not known. The construction employs the dative. The infinitive
occurs Cyl. B VII 12 gag-gig' sag-irnin S'u-dii-a-da -" for holding
the ensign of seven heads ". Again VIII 10-11 nam-X ki-gir-bar-la(ki) s'u-dii-a- da ~"for receiving the prayers of Sirpurla ". Whatever
be the exact meaning, -the verb is a compound of the first class.
I1I.IR Y stu-tr " deface"
Gud. St. Ki 1 1-2 galu mnu-sar-hi [S'u-ijhb-ta-abh-Ftr1-a = "whoever
defaces this inscription ". Compound of second class with direct
object muz-sar-bi repeated by ab.
Gud. St. B VIII 8-9 mu-sar-ra-bi gu-ib-ta-ab-(ir-a. -z Idem.
Gud. St. C IV 8 mui-sar'-a-ba ~tu-ne-ib-(zr-a. The verb here takes
the dative. The sense of" deface "is also lost in favor of the idea
of " applying the hand ";this is evident from the omission of the
infixe ta. We have here an example of a compound in process of
change towards the second class.