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THE VERB 147
ka dü-dé gú-de-a zür-zur-[niJ mu-da-an-sü-sü-gi-es, 'To build the tem­
ple of Ningirsu Gudea instituted prayers', CyI. A 14,2-4.
Inasmuch as suffixed cla was occasionally confused with ta (§ 109), da for ta.
we naturally expect to find the same confusion in the infixes. clul-cla­
ta nam-mu-un-cla-tUT'-tUl'-ne, 'may they not come in out of the caves' '.
Occasionally cla becomes cli, de, clu by vowel harmony.
sag-bi galu nu-mu-un-clu-tur-tur-ne, 'into whose midst man has not
entered' 2. ba-e-clé-til= tagclamar (context mutilated) 3. mur-du-zu-sú
dagal-gal cl.ninlil ba-e-di-!Ju-lu!J-e, 'By thy thurrder the great mother
N inlil is terrified' '. !Ju-di-clúg = lil!l!abM, V R. 50 a 23.
§ 200. ta, infixed, preserves for the most part the original force ta.
'from, out of', (§ 101), but the locative force (§ 102) occurs also_
uru-ta im-ta-e, 'from the city he caused to go away". pilian u-sub-ba­
ta síg ba-to-ií, 'from the mould he lifted the brick' 6. en-ig-gal nu­
banda sag engar-ge-ne é-ki-lam-ka-ta iti ezen d·ne-sü-ka e-ne-ta-gar,
'Eniggal the secretary to the chief of the farmers from the mercantile
house in the month of the feast of Nesu has withdrawn (grain) for
them' 7.
ta locative; gis-ká-na-ta ba-ta-durun, 'within the lintel he caused
to repose' 8. gisdúr-gar galu mu-na-gub-a-ni sa/,¡ar-7'O!Je-im-ta-clurun,
'the throne which anyone may set up for him may lie in the dust'".
ta confused with da passi ve occurs frequently id.innina-ge 10 ki-an-na- Ja passive'
ág-ga-cla 11 nam-pa-te-si sir-pur-la-(1ú)-ta nam-lugal Jús-(ki) mu- na-ta-
sum, 'by Innina who loves him the patesi-shi p of Lagash and the
1. ASKT. 92, 38.
2. IV R 15* b 62. The force of da (= da) escapes me here.
3. IV R 11 b 46.
4. SBP. 280, 14. ba-e prononnced ba.
5. Gnd. B 4, 4.
6. Cyl. B 19, 13.
7. RTC. 68 rey. II 7.
8. Cyl. A 21, 15.
9. Gnd. B, 910-11.
10. Sic! one expects ha, or ha-ha (v. § 139).
11. For ken-agga-da, later kenag.