Johnson 2004 - CDLI - UCLA

(61) A hymn to Haya for Rim-Sin (Rim-Sin B) [2.6.9.2]
39. en œi 6.par 3.e mu.ni.ib.huœ.en You appoint the high priest for the gipar and
saœ.se 3 mu.ni.ib.œar.re.en install him there as its caretaker,
40. sipa kalam.ma.ra œidru ma˙ You make the shepherd of the Land hold the
u 4 sud.ra 2 ßu.ni.ße 3
bi 2.ib.dab 5.e.en
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august sceptre until distant days,
41. d ˙a.ia 3 diœir kalam.ma a.ra.zu Haia, you are the god of the land who
uœ 3 ßar 2.ra œiß tuku me.en listens to the prayers of all people,
42. za.e diœir gal.gal.e.ne You make him (= the king) hold the
uœ 3 daœal.la ßu.ni.ße 3
bi 2.ib.dab 5.e.en
widespread people for the great gods,
I should note, as this point, that dethematization does not seem to be limited to *bi-√
prefix verbs, the following example, likewise, exhibits dethematization of the nominal
component of a compound verb but with mu.e.da-√ as prefix rather than bi-√.
(62) Dialogue between Enkihegal and Enkitalu 194 (Dialogue 2; unpublished, cf.
Karahashi 2000, 74)
eß 2.gar 3 ˙e 2 bi 2.ßid niœin ˙e 2 bi 2.gi.ne a 2.ße 3 mu.e.da.aœ 2
You ordered me to have the task computed and the grand totals corrected,