Babyloniaca, études de philologie assyro-babylonienne.

COMPOUND VERB3S IN SUMERIATN 8i

r-,
8 a

of kuannu, that is zaininat~t kilnu=to regulate
the caretaking "
Gud. Cyl. B VII 55-8 gar-ud-da ga maig-lulir-ra d-gig-e duna.. inqr-ukh-a nag-a-ta-bi IL'i-a-mi-zi-zi ''Ningirsu
regulated the while I)read and the milk of the goats which are
brought in day a'hd night along with 'the things to eat and drink "
Compound of first class. Notice the, agreement of the participle
teim-a with the dative objects and the accusative of duration of
time ucl-yig-e in the direct case. The same phrase in Cyl. B VI 4-7.
48. <y-'J~ 44 V "lie down ", var. of no 44,
The root sig fl var. duig, sib -4 " be low " has here the
nominal prefix h'; the phrase then means "1 bring to a state of
lo-wness ";the form is found only in participle 6-dug-gar-ra-im,
Gud. Cyl. B IV 21.
49. " ~Placee
Used only in inf., Gud. Cyl. B XII 1-2, apparently with direct
ohj ect.
50. ~~~~salalu " rest, cease
Formation from KU-KU.-saatiu BR. '10550 and for probable
reading - 9g --- nahii, ~alaltu, cf. Cyl. B X 16; Cyl. A VII 5;
XVIII 2, all with ending -ga'. Ini late texts -,b, CT XV, 50 rev. 7;
nahti is written in classical texts with P a n d I, but never
with ~t lu, which excludes a reading tugr for nahui, ~aalti1.
CT XVI 31,121 gal-la htil iz1-nu-Kui-Kuz-ne-" (the evil utukku's)
and gallu's who rest not ".
Only as adjective: CT XVII 42, 12 igri-.bi-ta du-du-ni i'-il-la=
mna mahar- lal-lak]-ti-s~uz aqidi, " before his path (ie. high way)"l
This passage is to be added to SAl 3362.
1, Sumerian: before him, in his high-way "