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250 SUMERIAN GRAMMAR
inilu kissati, mighty tlood, Ir R. 39 g 8. ga-du ig-e-ü us-sa-bi, the C0~:'"
plaeed in the door above, i. e., over the door, Cyl. A 26, 26. Henc€ ':::-:
'be high', ü-a enemma-ni, his word is lolty, SBH. 11, 1. Noun; streTIg-~
emu(w. rl, CT. XII 5 b 27. ü = kissatu, totality.
b) Denom. verb, to mount, aseend, rakabu. ák-krlr-sú ba-ü = ana .~'1.~';
irtakab, he rides up to the mountains, SBP. 32, 25. kúr-ás ba-ü, unto ~
mountain he has gone, SBP. 318, 25. Perhaps here galu ü horsema::..
eourier (?), RTC. 116 obv. 6. AIso in eompound ü-dúg, to mount. ni,,"­
Sú ü-ne-dug, he journeyed toward the upper eountry, Cyl. A 17, :.f
eL 1. 25. AIso ú = una (1) 1. ú = rakabu, CT. XII 5 b 26.
3. u, To behold, ti = amaru, báru, !Játu. With augment, u·dug, u-di.
U-A, To adorn, eare lor. zananu. gisginar ... né-gal ü-a, the wagon adoro,,:
with splendour, Cyl. B 13, 18. Noun; earetaker, one who adorns, ú-a =
zaninu. Lugalzagisi ú-a d'ilmini, who eares lor Innini, OBl. 87, I 25_
As noun; eare, attention. rl-a mi-ni·zid·zid, he bestowed eare laithlull:.
Cyl. B 6, 7.
UB, Region, tupl;:u, kibratu. KU ub-e nu-il, weapon whieh no region can
witllstand, Cyl. B 13, 22. Used eosmologieally in é-PA é·ub-imin-na.
E-PA temple ol the seven zones, Gud. D 2, 10. sal' kis-sat ub-mes, king
ol all regions, Asurna~irpal, Ann. I 35. Employed speeifieally ol the
outside ol a building. ub-ba-ba-da gub = ina tupki-su lizuzu, on the
outside oi it may he stand, SBH. 60 rey. 14. Der. ub-dúg (IV R. 10 b 53 .
ub-da. Often in ub·da tab-tab-ba the lour regions, direetions, a term lor
all the world. The notion ol the lour direetions is taken originally lrom
the sky. an·ub-da tah·tab-ba, the lour quarters oi heaven, applied alwa;5
to the earth, OBl. 68 rey. 13. Ibid. 11 ub·da-an. See also CT: V 18
X 20; RA. V 99 1 8.
UB, UP, UPU, Cavity, hole. ub, CT. XII 25, 32-36 explained by suplu, suttatu,
lwppu. l;:uPPu, !Juballu, eage. Ub glossed !fuppu eage, Babyl. Chron. I8,
JRAS. 1894, 860. ub, rlb = uppu drum. Properly sU¡ib = drum, as in
Radau Misee1. 13 V 15. ub = télu and ub = tultu. SAl. 4101, 7811, are
probably eonneeted. ub-gis-gig = /f.upu, dark ehamber, prison. For ublil,
seeret ehamber, see lit to bind. AIso in ub·su-ukkin·na, room of
assembly, ubsukkinalw. The original word is evidently upu, el. ID (ub'
with value pú and loan-word uppu.
UD, Daylight, UI'I'U, day, umu. Originally u[ll, fieree heat, henee olten eIDployed
lor storm. For umu in the sense ol spirit, v. SBP. 98 n. 7. For
the adverb ud-de tul· da, then, ud, when, v. § 222, and SBP. 44 n. 12. ud-
1. For ü in the sense 01 'upon' see the example under a) Irom Cyl. A.26, 26.