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244 SUMERIAN • GRAMMAR
whither has he perished? CT. XV 28 27. ¡¡i-sun-ni, the withered reeds,
SBP. 334, 16.
S. SUN, Water vesse!. sun = nartabu. duksun = mtirattibu. In 1I R. 30 no. 5
obv. employed before a number words for vesse!. Possibly same word
as sun copper vessel, discussed under sun 1.
1. SUR, SUR, Misery, distress. su-ur = arurtu. Denom. verb, sur = adaru. a­
tU¡¡-s'tg-a-dím su·úr-ra ba-ni-ib-rig, as one clothed in a mourner's robe it
has overwhelmed me with sorrow, SBP. 134, 26. sur = su/fammumu,
murmur in sorrow. Active, cause misery. The headache al-sur-ra =
izár, causes affiction, CT. XVlI 25, 24.
2. SUR, Song, lamentation. súr = sisítu. SUr = subtu, song service. Denom.
verb, SUr, to lament, lfara1:Ju, $uppuru. Sing, zamaru. Here sun'u =
kalu, psalmist. Vnir 1.
3. SUR, SUR, al Blaze, shine, be clean. V su' 2. sur =$araru. dumu dingir.rana
a-dím ge-im.ma-an-sur-sur-ri = mar ili-su kima mé li$ruruma, may
the son of his god be clean as water, K. 5135 rev.15. Hence sur=kapiru,
purified. a-sur, pure water, water from the sources, hence asurru
spring, CT. XII 25, 22. as ul'1'ak/w , water-Ievel, river bed. imi a-sur,
clay from the water level, kiskattu. Written a-sur, a-sur.
b) Angry, raging. sur=izzu, samru. sur, sur=$arru, enraged. sur­
ri-es = $arris, with rage. sUr = si1Jittu, anger. Cf. the name of the
plant, Samsel(?)-sur-ra-sar = sibittu. Here the name of the bird of battle
sur-dü, Cy!. B 7, 21. Denom. verb, sur, to be angry, ezezu. sur =
$w-aru.
4. SUR, Meadow. Vsir 5. sür, sUr= birutu.
5. SUR, a) Weave. sur= (amu. sur=kananu, of birds weaving nests. sara$u,
stitch. Cf. á-ba su/'-sur = sara$u, K. 4597, b 5. sig lág min-tab-ba sur­
ra, white wool woven double, ASKT. 90, 55. sur = basamu, weave.
e(eru, bind with a garland.
b) Mix. sur = mazu, sabatu. galu geSíen sUr-ra, mixer of wines.
Cf. CT. XXIII 46, 6. Here sur, writhe. mus-dím mu-un-sur-sur-e-ne =
kima $iri ittanaslalu, HIce a serpent they writhe, CT. XVI 9 b 20. Same
root as sal', to mix.
6. SUR, To measure. sur-sU!- = masab,u, V R. 42 e 48. Vsir 7.
1. SUR, a) To be poured out, natbaku. nam-tar su-ni-ta a-dim ge-im-ma-ansur-sur-ri,
May the disease namtaru from his body HIce water be poured
out, IV R. 16 b 49. a Bu-an·na anota sur-ra-a, water of his body from
on high pour out, K. 3452 rey. 5. In medical texts employed for éru to
run a poultice on a bandage, Küchler, Medizin, p.81. AIso of depositing
grain, mu-sur. Nik. 48 end.