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(81) Enmerkar and Ensu˙girana [1.8.2.4], ll. 75-79 (Karahashi 2000, 165)
77. [im].gin 7 ßu bi 2.in.ra im.gin 7
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He patted it into (the form of) a tablet and
igi i.ni.in.bar looked at it like a tablet,
78. [e.ne] d inanna.da e 2.za.gin 3
aratta.ka ˙u.mu.da.an.ti Aratta,
He may dwell with Inanna in the Ezagin of
79. œa 2.e [x] ≠an±.ta ki.a gub.ba.ni But I dwell with her . . . as her earthly
˙u.mu.da.an.ti.en companion,
(82) The Marriage of Sud [1.2.2] ll. 83-87 (Karahashi 2000, 171)
83. [ßu] ≠ki±.ta.ni sukkal The minister opened his left hand and gave
mu.un.ßi.in.bar gi 16.sa her the jewellery,
mu.na.an.ßum 2
84. [...] x.ka.ni niœ 2.nam œar.œar . . . everything . . . and set it before her,
igi.[ni].ße 3 mu.na.an.gub
85. [...] umbin niœ 2.ba ßu bi 2.in.ti She took the gift with fingertips,
86. [...] ≠nibru± ki .ße 3 œiri 3 ba.an.dab 5
He . . . directed his steps to Nibru,
87. [...] x d en.lil 2.ra [ki] mu.un.su.ub . . . kissed the ground before Enlil,
Although the examples are relatively few and difficult to differentiate, it does appear that
those examples in which ßu serves an entirely syntactic purpose (so as to reintroduce an
agent into an achievement predicate that would normally exclude an agentive argument)
can be distinguished by the fact that the verbs that they appear in conjunction with are