Reading akkadian PRayeRs & Hymns An Introduction

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READING AKKADIAN PRAYERS AND HYMNS: AN INTRODUCTION
27. IŠ 8.DAR i-ni-li a-ta-ar na-az-za-zu-uš
28. ka-ab-ta-at a-ma-as-sà el-šu-nu ḫa-AB-ta-at-ma
29. šar-ra-as-su-un uš-ta-na-ad-da-nu si-iq-ri-i-ša
30. ku-ul-la-as-su-un ša-aš ka-am-su-ú-ši
31. na-an-na-ri-i-ša i-la-ku-ú-ši-im
32. iš-šu-ú ù a-wi-lum pa-al-ḫu-ši-i-ma
(11); CDA (106) and AHw (321) take it from ḫapātum. Whatever one’s decision on this, all
three lexica agree that the verb means “to prevail, to triumph.”
kabtat amāssa elšunu ḫabtat-ma
Line 27: Once again the previous couplet is repeated with the predictable substitution
of the deity’s name in the first line.
Ištar inilī atar nazzāzuš
Line 28: The goddess’s position and the effectiveness of her word are inextricably
linked.
kabtat amāssa elšunu ḫabtat-ma
Line 29: Šarratum, “queen.” The form šarrassun is a 3fs predicative with a shortened
3mp pronominal suffix, –šun(u), attached to it. Šutadunnum (Št lex. of nadānum), “to deliberate,
to discuss something (with others).” The form is a 3mp durative. Siqrum is a by-form
of zikrum, “utterance, speech, command.” See GAG §30c for the occurrence of s for an
expected z.
šarrassun uštanaddanū siqrīša
Line 30: Kullatum, “all of, totality.” Šâš is an OB poetic form of the dative pronoun
šâšim, “to her.” Kamāsum, “to kneel, to crouch.” The 3fs dative suffix (without the final m)
on the predicative is redundant with šâš earlier in the line.
kullassun šâš kamsūši
Line 31: Nannārum (nannarum), “luminary, light of the sky, moon.” This is a common
epithet of the moon god Sin and occasionally for Ishtar. Thureau-Dangin reads the final
verb as i-la-qú-ši-im, deriving it from leqûm, “to receive.” Others have suggested the present
reading, which derives the verb from alākum, “to go.” See Foster, 88 at the note for line 31
for references.
nannārīša illakūšim
Line 32: Iššū, “women.” Awīlum, “man, human being.” In light of the first plural noun,
the singular one that follows is probably either a mistake or functioning as a collective.
Palāḫum, “to fear.” Given the fact that there is an object on the verb, we should understand
the form as a transitive parsāku construction.
iššū u awīlum palḫūšī-ma