Johnson 2004 - CDLI - UCLA

199. uruda ˙a.zi.in 2(diß) ma.na lu 2
u 3.mu.ra.an.ßum 2 edin.zu.ße 3
ba.du.un
When someone gives a two mana axe to you,
78
you go off to your steppe,
(64) Winter and Summer [5.3.3], ll. 288-291 (Karahashi 2000, 99)
288. en.te.en.e inim.ma gu 4 ma˙.gin 7
saœ im.il 2.il 2.e to speak:
289. a.a d en.lil 2 nam.ku 5.œal 2
mu.e.ßum 2 a he 2.œal 2.la mu.e.de 6
Like a great bull Winter raised his head
"Father Enlil, you gave irrigation-control
and brought abundant waters,
290. a.gar 3.a.gar 3.ra za 3 ba.ni.tag.tag The plantations were set up, lit., adjoined,
guru 7 gu 2 bi 2.gur.gur in order to fill the granaries,
291. ße ab.sin 2.na gu 2 ba.ni.in.peß The grain grew thick in the furrows,
292. d ezina 2.e ki.sikil sa 6.ga.gin 7
And Ezina came forth in splendor like
ni 2 pa e 3 bi 2.ak a beautiful maiden,
ETCSL translates the line in question as “I made one meadow adjacent to another and
heaped high the granaries,” whereas Karahashi translates: “I will remove (the floor
water) from the cultivated fields and pile up silos” (Karahashi 2000, 99). a.gar 3
presumably refers to what is known in German as der Flur, meaning a collection of
farmlands; the use of a.gar 3.a.gar 3 here would seem, therefore, to refer to the entire
expanse of collected farmland in a community. I have translated it as “plantations” for
lack of a better term. This example is dealt with further in section 2.3, example (34).