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5. œuruß ki.sikil unug !ki .ga saœ.tuku The young men and the young women of
≠bur.ßum 2±.ma ≠kul.[aba ki ] Uruk and the male and female elites
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of Kulaba,
6. alan.bi igi mu.un.bar.bar.re.ne As for their statue, as they were staring at it,
im.ma.˙ul 2.˙ul 2.la they rejoiced,
Likewise, an interpretation of this passage in which the terminative *mini-√ construction
in line 3 referred to the causer, namely Gilgamesh, while the locative *mini-√
construction in line 4 referred to a causee such as Gilgamesh’s soldiers “made to rejoice”
in Gilgamesh’s palace, would yield a nice sequence of the various constituencies who
participate in the celebration of the new statue: Gilgamesh himself, his soldiers, the
young men and women, and the male and female elites.
(27) Winter and Summer [5.3.3], ll. 102-106
(Gragg 1973a, 57, 72; Vanstiphout 1997, 586)
102. u 2.kuß 8 en.[te.en.na x] ßa 3 sug 4
ßeg 7 saœ.œa 2 x […] e 3.a
… brought forth in the early rain,
sar ?
103. lu.ub2 gal.gal AGA gal.e Large turnips, large …, cut down with an
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ku5.da TUN3.LA2 ga.raß
gid 2.da
104. en.te.en.e gu 2.un œar.ra.bi.ße 3
axe(?), long leeks,
Since Winter was the one who brought the
ni 2.ba mi.ni.in.œar.œar tribute he had collected himself,
30 This line is relatively straightforward except for TUN3.LA 2, which could be interpreted as a cutting device or,
alternatively as a depression in the ground (= Akk. mußpalu).