SumerianGrammar

96 CHAPTER TWELVE
The dative “to them” is more frequently replaced by the directive
[(e)ne] (25).
12.8.1.6 [eda]: ù∞ g e-da-lu ù∞g e-da-da∞ gal “people will multiply, people
will spread (with you =) during your reign” SKIZ 211:55.
ba-ra-ba-a-da-gi 4 -gi 4 -dè(-n) [bara-ba-eda-gigi-(e)d-en] “I will not, I
swear it, come back (with =) against you (with a claim)” Genava
NS 8 (1960) 306 no. 20.
For mu-e-da-, mu-ù-da- see (35).
12.8.1.7 [nda]: in-da-∞gál-àm “(PN’s tablet) is (with =) at the disposition
(of PN 2 )” NG no. 208:14.
di in-da-tuku-àm “it is that he had a lawsuit with him” PBS 13,
32:3.
Note: Before [ni], [da] may be assimilated to -dì(TI)-; see (26) for Ukg. 34:1.
For mu-un-da- see (36).
12.8.1.8 [bda]: bala-nam-lugal-la-ka-ni 3 “e:gur-ta . . . kù-babbar 1:gín:e
hé-eb-da-sa 10 [he-bda(-n)-sa] “when he ruled as a king, one shekel of
silver bought, so I affirm, 3 kor of barley . . . each” Sin-kà“id 8:13–22
(and see 10:13–20, etc., see RIME 4, 454 ff.).
Note: bala- ... -ka-ni is virtually in the comitative. D. Frayne, RIME 4, 545,
translated “3 gur of barley ... cost one shekel of silver”. But 1:gín:e, i.e., *gíndi“-e,
can only be the subject (ergative) of the sentence.
For -b-da- cf. -e-da- in 12.8.1.6.
12.8.1.9: I cannot offer an example for “with you” (pl.).
12.8.1.10 [(e)neda]: e-ne-da-tu“ “he is residing with them” Nik. 309
r. 4.
It is impossible to decide whether or not [(e)neda] was preceded
by the neutral, non-ventive, indicator [i/e].
Poebel 1931, 16–19, suggested that -PI- might have been an allograph
for -be(da)- “with them” in OS ªGirsu, with non-person class
[b-e] serving in lieu of person class 3 rd pl. [(e)ne]. Falkenstein, resuming
the question in AfO 18 (1957/58) 94 (d) f., preferred [(e)ne-da],
and so did Sollberger 1961, 39:233, though with a question mark.
Cf. DP 621 iii 1 e-PI-∞gál “it is with them”, and see Poebel 1931,
16 fnn. 1–4, for more examples.