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Inversion
of genitive
and
construct.
90 SUMERJAN GRAMMAR
obv.4. s'lg-e-a d.níngí8~ída díngír-ra-na'-ge, '(whom) his god N.
made glorious', Gud. B 3, 5. patesíge uru-na ... naríg ba-ní-gar, 'the
patesi for his city carried out purification', ey!. A. 12,21.
§ 141. Occasionally the genitive precedes its construct. su-bí-a-,qe
tJul-lu-bí gú,q-gúg-a (u-me-ni-dutJ), 'the dreadful evil of his body relieve',
IV R. 7 a 37. ma-e d.en-ki-ge galu-1fin-gi-a me-en, '1 am the mess­
enger of Ea' '.
1. Notice the vowel harmony of ra-na; the syntax demands ri-ni, but the
rectus is sufficiently indicated by ge.
2. Vide Chrestomathy no. II col. II 1.