Johnson 2004 - CDLI - UCLA

167. peß 2 tur.≠gin 7± kiri 3
ßu mu.na.ab.œal 2
150
Everyone prostrated themselves before
it/him like tiny mice,
This is the last of three examples involving the verb √e 11(d) “to go up/down,” here in a
causative *bi-√ verb construction with inim gal as causee: lines 164 and 165 provide
background information for the main assertion that “from Susa to Anshan, everyone
prostrated themselves (before it/him) ….” The three repetitions in Enmerkar and the Lord
of Aratta differ in certain ways, but crucially not in the form of the verb bi 2.in.e 11.de 3.
(55) Enmerkar and the Lord of Arattta [1.8.2.3], ll. 73 // 108 // 164
73. ˙ur.saœ zubi.ße 3 ˙e 2 bi 2.in.e 11.de 3 3¸ precative
108.˙ur.saœ zubi.ka ˙e 2 bi 2.in.e 11.de 3.en 2¸ precative
164.˙ur.saœ zubi.ße 3 Ø bi 2.in.e 11.de 3 3¸ indicative
(56) Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta [1.8.2.3], ll. 74 // 109 // 165
74. ˙ur.saœ zubi.ta ˙e 2 im.ma.da.ra.e 11.de 3 3¸ precative
109.˙ur.saœ zubi.ta ˙e 2 ≠im±.ma.da.ra.an.e 11.de 3.en 2¸ precative
165.˙ur.saœ zubi.ta Ø im.ma.da.ra.ab.e 11.de 3 3¸ indicative
There are two types of variation in the three occurrences of each of these two lines: (a)
the relatively minor alternation between zubi.ße 3 and zubi.ka in line 108 and (b) a
fascinating opposition between the pronominal agreement marker immediately before the
verbal root, which remains consistently *-n- in the progressive/imperfective