Reading akkadian PRayeRs & Hymns An Introduction

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READING AKKADIAN PRAYERS AND HYMNS: AN INTRODUCTION
50. ki-ib-ra-at er-bé-e-em a-na še-pí-i-šu
51. ù na-ap-ḫa-ar ka-li-šu-nu da-ad-mi
52. ta-aṣ-ṣa-mi-su-nu-ti a-ni-ri-i-ši-ù
53. bi-be-el li-ib-bi-i-ša za-ma-ar la-le-e-ša
54. na-ṭù-um-ma a-na pí-i-šu si-iq-ri é-a i-pu-is-si
55. eš-me-e-ma ta-ni-it-ta-a-ša i-ri-us-su
bow down, submit.” The 3fs verb ends with both a ventive and a 3ms dative pronominal
suffix. The verb’s object occurs in the following line.
siqrušša tušaknišaššum
Line 50: Kibrum, “edge, bank, shore, rim.” The plural form of the word bound to the
word erbûm, “four,” means “the whole world, all the lands” (kibrāt erbêm). Šēpum, “foot.”
kibrāt erbêm ana šēpīšu
Line 51: Napḫarum, “total, all, the whole.” Kalûm, “all, totality. Dadmū, “inhabited
world, villages, settlements.”
u napḫar kalīšunu dadmī
Line 52: Ṣamādum, “to yoke, to tie up.” The form is a 3fs perfect with a 3mp accusative
pronominal suffix, which is redundant with the object expressed already in the previous
line. The t of the perfect infix assimilates to the sibilant first root letter (–ṣt– become –
ṣṣ –). Also, the –dš– cluster at the boundary of the verb and suffix becomes –ss–. Nīru,
“yoke.” Ana + nīru + 3ms pronominal suffix –šu results in anīrīšu. With regard to the last
two signs in the line, see lines 39 and 54 for a similar orthography.
taṣṣamissunūti anīrīšu
Line 53: Biblum means “the (action of) bringing, things brought.” But the phrase bibil
libbim means “heart’s desire.” Zamārum, “song.” Lalûm, “exuberance, desire, (sexual)
charms.” CAD L, 50 translates zamār lalêša as “her favorite song.”
bibel libbīša zamār lalêša
Line 54: Naṭûm, “suitable, fitting.” The word describes the phrases in the previous
line. The “his” of ana pīšu is probably king Ammiditana. Ea is the god of wisdom, magic,
and water (see page 227). Epēšum, “to do, to make,” but with an object in the semantic
domain of speech or speaking (here, siqrum), “to speak.” Īpussi is the 3cs preterite plus a
3fs dative pronominal suffix (–šim). The subject is the king.
naṭûm-ma ana pīšu siqri Ea īpussi
Line 55: Šemûm, “to hear.” The verb is 3cs; Ea is the subject. Tanittum, “praise.”
Riāšum, “to rejoice, to exult in, to exult over.” Irīš is a 3cs preterite with a 3ms pronominal
suffix. The verbal action is sequential.
ešmē-ma tanittaša irīssu