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56 SUMERJAN GRAMMAR
an ointment is not always sufficiently marked, consequently we find
both ú and sim in some cases, as CT. XIV 31, K. 8846, 14-16.
The value sam is ordinarily derived from sammu, which is sup-
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po sed to be Semitic, cf. Al'. r-" 'to poison', and Assyr. sammu=
drug, poison.
:rr ~fda!;, dag, 'stone'; na, 'carved stone'; zá, 'jewel'. The
pronunciation of this determinative depends upon the kind and quality
of stone intended. 1t is customary to read dag everywhere, but the
loan -word lúzá-dím-ma = zadimmu, 'jeweler', indicates clearly enough
the pronunciation when a jewel is intended. The sign also determines
articles made of stone '.
dagesi= usa, 'diorite'. dagizi=aban isati, 'fire stone'. dagzagin
= uknü, 'la pis lazuli'. zázagin-s(q =$ibru, an article of lapis lazuli
for apparel'.
U sed of the seeds of grain and stones of fruit. So at least
abankumina, cummin seed, B. M., 93084, rey. 1.
~nné, 'house'; a determ. before the pro names of temples, and
for every conceivable form of building, such as store-houses, ritual
huts, etc. It is customary to pronounce the é before all the words which
it determines, as é-babbar-ra, temple of Samas, é-ur-imin-an-ki, temple
ofNebo. é-MU, 'bakery'. é-gud, 'barnforoxen'. éisalsoemployedin
a more subtle sense in é-mar-uru - ispatu, quiver, ' abode of the shafts "
v. ZA. 1907, 451.
e:~ galu, lu, 'man', ordinarily placed before the names of professions.
IÚ¡;u-tag-tag =epis ipteka, a kind of leather manufacturero
11¿sim, pastry maker3• lúSIM + GAR, a kind of confectioner (passim).
IÚurud-nagar = gurgurru, a smithy. The Sumerian gentilic is
expressed by this determinative. lúen-lil-(ki), aman of Nippur.
1. The word is also used in an obseene sense in Semitie, abanbi$.~ur atani,
abanmu$ü zikari, abanmu,gÜ zinnisti, CT. XIV a 17-20. Also in dagmu-zu
= sa liMi uT'ulatisu= pappaltu .~abil'ki ameli, CT. XIV 14, K 4396, 9.
2. A long list of objeets, chieDy for a woman's apparel, OT. XIV 1"', al] determined
by zá.
3. OT. XXIV 28, 29.