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150 SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
changes his decision' '. dúg-dúg-na su-nu-bal-e, 'none shall change
his commands' 2.
ly' 3.
dúg-dúg-ga ... su-zid im-mi-gar, 'he executed the orders faithful­
más-a su-ni-gid, 'he examined the oracle' 4. más-bar-bar-ra su­
mu-gid-dé, 'he examined the pare oracle' G.
é-ninnü(a} ". (qi-mu-na-ni-gal\ 'he beheld Eninnü', The exte­
rior object has not the inflection a in the text (eyl. A 1,20-1), but it is
clearly indicated by the obligue infix nao
bár gir-nun-na ki-di-kud ba. , . á-ba-il-il, 'He exalted the shrine
Girnun, place of judgement' '.
sá-dúg-na é d.ningirsu-ka-ta gü-ge-ib-gi, 'let oue revoke his regula­
tions from the temple of Ningirsu' 7,
id nina(ki} gin-a al-mu-na-dü, 'he dug the canal flowing in Nina' R.
nin-a-ni igi-na nig-nu-mu-na-ni-ra, 'her mistress did not smite her
face' 9,
Second class. § 205. In the development of the language there was naturally a
constant tendency to neglect the original force of the interior object and
to regard the exterior object as directo This is especially trae of the
numerous compounds formed with the word for hand su, which with its
variant sa'O often forms causatives or servecl to lend a particularly active
force to the verbo A compound having developed this power of acting
1. SBH. 31, 17.
2. Gud. B 7, 7-9.
3. Literally 'he put a faithful hand to the orders'.
4. Cy!. A 12, 17; 20, 5. The original meaning of su-gid is apparently, 'extend
the hand unto', 'take by the hand " d. IV R 15*'" obv. 15.
5. Cy!. A 12, 17.
6. Ibid., 22, 22-3.
7. Gud. B 117-9. Literal!y, 'turn the \Vord against his regulations'.
8. SAK.44 g) III 6-7.
9. Cy!. A 1:3, 9.
10. AIso si occurs as a variant of su .. si-in-(wm-(wm-c = ib,assal, CT. XVII,
25, 27. si-in-kucl-Iwd = iparra, ibid. 28, cf. SBP. 14, 18. si-mi-in-gar = il;rrun,
V. SAL 9220.