Johnson 2004 - CDLI - UCLA

1.5 BNBV inal verbs of adversity
The earliest attestation of a BNBV inal predicate, a 2-√dar, dates to the Ur III period and is
adversarial. The four exemplars of a 2-√dar are included at the beginning of this section,
but it should be noted that a 2-√dar does not occur in BNBV inal in the Old Babylonian
materials; the rest of the examples in this section are from the Old Babylonian period.
(34) Nik 2, 447, ll. 11-13 (Karahashi 2000, 75)
10. niœ 2.gur 11 ur.TAR.LUH.ka As for the property of UrTARLUH,
11. ur.ab.zu u 3 dam ur.ab.zu.ka.ke 4
12. a 2 bi 2.dar ba.an.de 6
Ur’abzu and his wife
(35) NG 145 (ITT 3, 6572), obv. 2 (Karahashi 2000, 75)
1. ≠ße± [x x x]
illegally seized it and took it away,
2. ße lu 2.≠nin.œa 2.ka± na.≠gu± Nagu illegally appropriated Lunina’s grain,
a 2 bi 2.in.≠dar±
3. na.gu lu 2.sukkal.≠ke 4± ma.an.bala Nagu said, “one of the sukkal’s servants
bi 2.in.du 11
(36) SNAT 535 (BM 106157)
7. 1(diß) ma.na 1(u) 5(diß) gin 2
lugal.ußur 4.e
8. ur. d ˙al.mu.DU.ra in.na.an.ßum 2
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exchanged it with me,”
Lugal’ushur gave 1 mana 15 gin
to Ur-halmuDU,