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sú.
lIS functions.
Sú unto.
70 SUMERIANGRAMMAR
nonn a5 ¡he object of a verb by way of anticipation. So THUREAu-DAN­
GIS. SAK. 11, note m, explains, é-annatum-ra mu d. ninni-ge e-ni-sa-a­
ni .. , á-w{j-e ... é-annatúm me, 'Eannatum when Innina had named
him ... ¡he mighty, Eannatum am 1',. Here ra according to this ex­
planation serves as an antici pative object of the dependent phrase. A
5imilar construction in SAK. 30 b 16.
The postfixed ra of motion must not be confused with the demons­
trative root V7 § 164.
§ 83. SU, a widely used and intricate suffix, not only differs from
ra in that it has a preference for inanimate objects1, animals etc.,
in the sense of toward, but the particle has also the force of up to, reach­
ing unto, contaet with, and even with in the sense of by means ojo
The sign ordinarily employed for su is mr sú which also has the values
éS, ús, and we may not be wrong in assuming a root usu *, but the origin
of the particle is wholly obscure. The variant l:=T (su), occurs'. Like
m, Súoften accommodates itself to the preceding vowel becoming, us, es,
is, as.
§ 84. sú, in the simple sense of toward, unto, fo. lugal-mu galu uru­
a-ni-sú gur-ra dagal-a-ni-Sú aga-a-ab, 'my lord who is merciful toward
his city, attentive toward his mother', K. 133, rev. 15. é-a-sú in-bal­
bal-e-ne, '(from house) to house they rush over', IV R. 1 a 26. nibru­
(ki)-sú bad-du gub-ne-en-te-a-[ J,' unto Nippur the distant he ap­
proached not', 11 R. 10 a 54.
id-da-sú ba-an-sum-mu, 'into the river they shall throw him', V R.
1. Exceptions are; ma-sú = {así, insu nu-lug-ga-ni ma-sú mu-sí-ín-ni-ir, 'his
unwashcd hand he put upon me', CT. XV, 25,5 = K. 4l obY.IIl 7, Y. SBP.4.
Ua1u tur-ra-sú mu-un-na-teg-gá, 'unto the sick man thou hast approached', IV R.
1 b 7. dagal-a-ni-sú,' toward his mother', K. 133 rey. 15. sal-nitag-dam-sú-bi,
'unto his spouse (he said)', SBP. 328,15. addana-as, 'unto her father (he shall
bring it)', V R. 24 e 50. Perhaps also SBP. 284, 15. enlil-Sú, 290, 5. en-d'níngir'-su-sú,
Cyl. A 1, 3. erim-sú gug ma-élg, 'he brings hunger upon the wicked',
OBI. 128, 5.
2.e-a-ni-su, 'into his house (he entered)', K. 246, IV 40.