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INFLECTION AND POSTFIXES 87
sá mi-ni-in-ili, 'Sarnas lifts his head toward the land " IV R. 20 no. 2
obv.7.
§ 134. ka has not only the force of uniting two nouns in the genitive
relation but the various adverbial notions attacbed to the status obliquus
are also expressed by it, the case ending a being transferred to the
particle ka. dúg d.ningirsu-ka, , by the command of Ningirsu " Cyl. A
20, 1. é-anna sag girsu-(ki)·ka mu-na-ni-dü, , Eanna within Girsu he
built for her " Gud. C 3,12. kalig-mu(s) é-usbar-ra-na-ka ák-kur-sú
ba-ü, 'the strong man rides from the house of his kinsmen unto the
mountains', SBP. 22,24. é-bi-a-ka' é-gurun-na-ka, 'from his home,
from the house of his domain', SBP. 324,1. kar nibru-(ki)-ka, 'at
tbe quay of Nippur;, POEBEL, no. 15, 10. ki me-ka, 'in the place of
battle', 1 R. 51 b 24.
§ 135. When tbe construct is the direct object of a verb or governed
by a postfix the oblique particle ka (var. ga) must folJow the genitive·.
igi galu-ka u-me-ni-str, 'bind tbe eye of the man', IV R. 29* 4 C
rey. II 22. é d.ningirsu-ka ... ba-ta-e, 'the temple of Ningirsu he made
to arise (in majesty), CyI. A 24, 13. gis manu gis KU matJ anna-ga su­
mu' mu-un-da-ab-gál, 'the erü mighty of Anu 1 have taken in my hand',
CT. XVI 3, 86. (gi-gar udu-ka .. , su-a ne-gí, 'he has rendered an
account of the sheep " NIK. 312. Gud. CyI. A 17, 15 forms an excep­
tion which 1 cannot explain; cl.nisaba-ge e gis-tug-pi-ge tg-mu-na-dag.
'Nisaba opened unto him understanding', literalJy 'opened the house
of wisdom '.
en-an-na-túm. .. patesi d.ningirsu-ka... ses ken-ág é-an-na-túm
patesi sirburla-(ki)-ka-ra, 'to Enannatum ... patesi of Ningirsu ...
beloved brother of Eannatum patesi of Lagash". N otice that the
construct governed by ra not only causes its own genitive to be oblique
but that tbe constructs in apposition have the same force. dam sangu
1. ha is out of place here and employed as an euphonic particle of emphasis.
2. See Sgntame, 239.
3. Evidently vowel harmony for Su-ma.
4. VS. 1, no. 4, v. ZDMG. 1908, p. 399.
ka with
functions of
obligue case.
Obligue
genitive after
accusative.