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(22) The Young Scribe and his Father, ll. 114-117, manuscript Z<br />

(Sjöberg 1973, 112, 117-118, 128; Karahashi 2000, 87)<br />

[ Topic nam d en.lil 2.la 2] [ Focus lu 2.u 18.lu.a nam [ Presupposition bi 2.ib.tar.re]]<br />

As for the fate (assigned) by Enlil, it is not AMONG THE PEOPLE that it is<br />

decided, (but rather AMONG THE GODS),<br />

114. œiß gid 2 ad.da.œu 10.ße 3<br />

geßtu 2 ga.œar nu.ub.be 2<br />

284<br />

You didn’t say, “I want to listen to the ... for<br />

my father,”<br />

115. nam d en.lil 2.la 2 lu 2.u 18.lu.a It is not among humanity that the fate of<br />

nam bi 2.ib.tar.re Enlil is determined,<br />

116. dumu kiœ 2.gi 4.a ad.da.na.ka That a son should follow in the occupation<br />

ib 2.us 2.e of his father,<br />

117. a.ra 2 na.me.ka ka.tar Haven’t you heard these precious statements<br />

du 11.du 11 œiß li.bi 2.in.tuku.am 3<br />

made innumerable times?<br />

Sjöberg notes that his version of this manuscript is based on a handcopy by Kaneva, but I<br />

have not yet been unable to locate the publication: the foregoing transliteration is based<br />

on Sjöberg’s composite text in conjunction with his list of variants. This manuscript<br />

essentially changes the mood from interrogative to indicative, so, for example, in line<br />

117, what is a question in the majority text becomes an assertion in this manuscript, “you<br />

have heard . . . innumerable times!” The meaning of the passage is still quite uncertain<br />

and I have taken the absence of an explicit agreement marker before the verbal root in

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