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OONJUNOTIONS 173
§ 233. The emphatic particle ge which inherently indicates the ge
intimate relation of two nouns and is ordinarily employed to denote the
dependent relation of genitive and construct 1, may also denote the simple
co-ordinate relation. tal iá-nun-na-ge ni-kur-ne, 'honey and butter
they eat". nru kalam-lna-ge im-mi-in-Sés-sés, 'The city amI the land
they cause to wail' 3.
ge may then be attached to the form bi-da whence we have the
conjunction bi-da-ge. lamas-lamas mas-sug-ga-ge nam-til-la-ni-sá su­
am-má-mLÍ-ám guSlún rus-a na-/j;al-la-bi-da-ge su-á (m) ne-in-da-ra-dLÍ­
a, 'The statues of the genii (in form) of buck-goats which pray for his
lHe, with glowing gold and hewn stone he has fashioned fittingly for
him' 4. e-dé-ra 5 ur-sag sul d·babbar d,sLÍ-nir-da é-gí-a-bi-da-ge nig­
ag-ag-da-mu Ság-Ság gul-li-es 6 igi-bar-ra-es-ám, 'Forever may the
mighty hero Shamash Sunirda andthe bride Aja look with gladness
upon my pious deeds' '.
ge marking the genitive after bi-da must not be confused with the conjunctive
[fe; Marduk is the ... ? ana d. enlil-bi-cla-ge 'of Anu and Enlil' '.
§ 234. The subordinating conjunction of condition ud and the inde­
pendent condHional form udda have be en discussed above under § 222.
ud is originally the subordinating conjunction of time. The correspond­
ing conjunction of place is ki. Both of these conjunctions so far freed
themselves from the nouns from which they were derived that they are
capable of subordinating a phrase with the oblique inflection or
with a detached suffix discussed in the following chapter. Subordi­
nated phrases are marked by the suffixed conjugation, by the suffixes
1. § 131.
2. SBP. 330 rev. 3·4.
3. IV R. 19 b 1I.
4. VAT. 607 in BA. VI pt. 3 p. 47.
5. For egi,. § 50.
6. The text has gal.li-es ság-Ság. V R. 62 a, 60-3.
7. {le in this passage may be independent of the conjunction bi·da marking
the subject, § 140.
8. IV R. 29 a 19.
Subordinating
conjunctions
of time
and place.