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verbal suffix, *-e, but such an interpretation would make this verb nearly unique in the
entire set of BNBV inal predicates, which do not, as a rule, occur in the marû.
(46) Enlil Hymn A [4.05.1], l. 40 (Falkenstein 1959, 44; Karahashi 2000, 82)
37. bara 2 nam.˙e 2 e 2.kur e 2 za.gin 3
sa˙ar.ta ßa ba.ra.an.il 2
He made the dais of abundance, the Ekur,
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the shining temple, rise from the soil,
38. ˙ur.saœ il 2.la.gin 7 ki sikil.la He has made it grow in the pure place like
bi 2.in.mu 2
39. nun.bi kur gal a.a d en.lil 2
40. e 2.kur eß 3 ma˙.a bara 2.ba dur 2
a mountain lifted up,
As for its prince, the Great Mountain, father
Enlil,
He has taken his seat on the dais of the
bi 2.in.œar Ekur, the lofty shrine,
41. e 2.a me.bi diœir sag 2 nu.di As for the rituals of the temple, no deity
scatters them,
42. ßu.lu˙ sikil.bi ki.gin 7 nu.silig.ge As for its hand-washing rites, they are
everlasting like the earth,
(47) Collection of Temple Hymns [4.80.1], l. 466 (Sjöberg and Bergmann 1969, 136;
Karahashi 2000, 82; cf. Michalowski 1993, 154)
463. nun.zu d gir 3.ra lugal As for your prince, Gira, the
meß 3.lam.ma lord of Meshlam,
464. diœir ˙uß ki.a lugal u 4.ßu 2.[uß] The fierce god of the underworld, the
lord of Udshush,