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THE VERB 161
ag-mu-sú d.nin-in-si-na nin-mu {/u-mu-[Íul-li-en, 'Because oi my work
may Nininsina my lady rejoice' '.
é-zu ga-mu-ra-da, 'Verily 1 will build thy temple' 2. é-mu da-da
iti-bi ga-ra-ab-sYg, 'To build my temple verily a sign 1 will give thee".
me-e d.en-lil-sú ga-ám-si-gin, Unto Enlil verily 1 will go' J,.
Since a is derived from ga it follows that this precative particle is
employed regulady for the first persono a~na a-l~a-ab-ia¡j-e, 'what shall
1 add to thee' ? 5 me-en-ne é-e tub a-ra-zu a-mu-un-sab·bé-en, 'O h temple
repose truly we implore' G. Yet a precative of the third person occurs;
sag-ga-na a-ba-an-lüg-lag-gi-es, 'at his head may they stand' 7.
The plural oi gen optative is regulady indicated by the iuture
ending ene, as ga-ba-ni-ib-e-ne, 'let them cause it to go away' '.
um-lei a-mi-ni-ib-nigin-e-ne, 'the city they shall close against him".
Negatives of the gen forms do not occur since the optative negative na
has in itself the force of a precative, as nam-ba-gub-bu-ne, 'may ye not
stand' '0. su na-mu-da-bal-ene, 'may they not change' ".
For {/en the variant dé-en, and for [Íe the variant dé (~~T) are
found from the period of the Isin dynasty onward passim. ane dé-em­
mCi-iúg-gCi, 'may heaven appease' 12. dé-ra-ab-bi,' may he speak to
thee', passim in li turgies.
§ 220 The precative force of ¡jen easily adapted itself to conditional
and purpose constructions. For the conditional, see K. 41 rev. 14, naan-na-iur-iur
dé-en-im-mi-dúg-a la-bi mu-un-kur-e, " If 1 say '1 will not
1. Ibid., 14.
2. Cy!. A 2, 14.
3. Ibid., 9, 9.
4. SBP. 290, 5.
5. CT. IV 4 A 24.
6. Bab., nI pl. XVI 7.
7. CT. XVI 36, 8.
8. IV R. 14 no. 2 rev. 1. (Here ni-ib is employed for a single object.)
9. V R. 25 e 32.
10. CT. XVI 26, 23.
11. OBI. 87 III 34.
12. IV R. 24 no. 3, 24.
GRAM. SUMo 11
gen
conditional.