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Syntax
oi cardinals.
Syntax
of ordinals.
Distributives.
122 SC"lERIA:'i' GR.UDU.E
§ 175. The cardinal numerals are ordinarily uninflected and tlsnal­
ly stand before the object num bered as 10 [fin, 'ten female slaves":
600 lzi-nim-¡!ú), 'six hundred EIamites' 2. Occasionally the cardinal
follows the object numbered, in which case it is treated as an ad­
jective. na-imin,' the seven statues' 3. ud-min ud-és, 'two days, and
three days'4. iti-12-sú, 'for twelve months'5. mu 18 in-aga, 'he
ruled 18 years ' 6.
§ 176. The ordinals are invariably placed after the object numbered
and inflected with the emphatic ending ám, an, or the stronger emphat­
ic lwm, ~,late form ~ 7, Assyrian ..&.H. ara 9-kam-ás, 'for the
ninth time' 8. min-kam,' a second man', ey!. A 5, 2 and 6, 3, but silim
min-nam, 'a second blessing' 21, 1. és-ám, 'third', ibid. 21,3'. udu
22-kam, 'twenty second day' 10. Both ám and kam occasionally appear
after cardinals; gar-gig ... 6-an, 'six rolls of black bread' 11 • iti-13-kam,
'thirteen months'12. ana arbi 6-kam, 'for six months'13. In ASKT.
55,35 f., más mu-l-kam, 'interest yearly', lwm is employed in a partitive
sense '"o
§ 177. The distributive relation by which a certain number is ap-
1. NIK. 21 obv. IV 2.
2. AO. 4238 obv. 11.
3. Gud. CyI. A 29, 1-
4. Ibid., 23, 2.
5. B. M. 12231obv. V 22.
6. BE. XX no. 47rev. 1. Notice lhat in the expressions for time the numeral
invariably foIlows the word.
7. Not to be confused with ~~.-
8. B. M. 12231 rey. VIII 9.
9. Notice in this passage the foIlowing ordinals : silim;lam, 'the fourth blessing',
evidently for silim lam-am,' silim-ia-ám, 'the fiflh blessing'; silim as-ám,
'the sixth blessing'; silim-imin, 'lhe se;enth blessing', where. imin-am is contracted
lo imin.
10. STRASSMAIER,'vVarka, no. 45, 35 and so passim in dates.
11. SAK. 1 46, col. VI 2.
12. CT. X 22 col. VIII, 17.
13. eode aJ HammuraiJi, VII, 17.
14. Also in cases like ana ki?ri shatt¿-kam, 'for the interest of one year'.