Babyloniaca, études de philologie assyro-babylonienne.

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ST. LANGDON

accusative 1. These few eases are not exhaustive but they illustrate
all the usages of this compound, which, originally construed wvith the
preposition,46, developed into the dative construction. For further
examples, cf. Gud. Cyl. A I 3; XXIII 17; St. C II 13; Cyl. B II 3;
St. B IX 18.
Gud. Cyl. A XXYIJ 3-ii e'-sa-gab-a-hi uzg-husi-AIn kalamr-ma ibri-mnni-ib —gal the temple Sagab, like a ferocious leopard, observed
the country". mi reproduces e', and tit the noun in apposition
Sagapb. ib is for the direct object igi; kalami-ma dative object.
2 0. (V jo- 19r i-Sam see " (BR. 9328).
IV R 26, 40 b a i~u-nu-1ah-ha igri-im-ma-an-sum "has he
seen wvater of hands unwashed? " Dative object reproduced by ma.
IV H 26, 13 b ki-ela 9iu nuz-lah-ha igi-im-m-ia-an —sumzz'' has he
seen a maiden who has not washed her hands?' Not only the construction demands the reading ki-ela, but the participle in agreement nui-lah-ha.
21. (ta- rii-dtz see"
Lugal-zaggisi OBI 87 III 29-314 kalam-e ki-'gr-gra igi-ha-mut-da",- ~may he behold the country with benevolence ". Second class.
Observe the da repeating the ablative of manner kis'agrga.
Gud. Cyl. A 1 18 gl'i-de-a en dlingr-ur gl-Mu-idPm
Gudea turned his gaze towards Ningirsu ". Verb construed with
r-a as igi-bar (no 18) was construed with M. The scribe might
have repeated the ra in mu-ra-ni but the classical language rarely
does this. These two examples show the development from the
construction with a preposition to the second class. No 1 8 developed only into the first class. We shall add here an interesting
example of the second class:
IV R 351 no 6 11 1-2 iti (BR. 9426) -M4g-ga-ni igri-ma-ni-in-dti-a=
"(when the god) beheld his favorable sign ". W~e have here a

i. See Babyl. 1 239 a.