Sumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum
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Sumerian Hymns from Cuneiform Texts in the British Museum
Hymns, Sumerian; Sumerian language -- Texts
_zi-ga-zu-ne_ is a _ḥal_-clause meaning “in thy lifting up”. _zi_ equals
_našû_, “lift up”, (Br. 2325). We have had _zi_ as equal to _kênu_,
“right”, and _napištu_, “life”, (see Hymn to Bêl, lines 4 and 25). _ga_
is a phonetic complement. _zi_ might be _zig_ (see Br. 2303 and Hymn to
Bêl, line 4). _zu-ne_ (see line 6). In _gaba zi-ga-zu-ne_, perhaps we
have the picture of the full moon suddenly rising in the night from the
horizon.
9. _mà-gur an-šàg-ga síg-ga še-ir-ma-al-la-zu-ne_
O ship in the midst of the heavens, when thou art full and
sovereign,
_mà-gur_ (see line 1).
_an-šàg-ga_: ŠÂGU is usually taken as a preposition and stands before
its object. Here it seems to follow its object, _an_ (see Hymn to Bêl,
line 18). _šàg-ga_ equals LIB plus GA. _šàg_: ŠÂGU, equal to _libbu_,
may have either one of three values; viz., _šà_ when not followed by a
phonetic complement, _šàg_ when followed by the phonetic complement _ga_
and _šàb_ when followed by the phonetic complement _ba_ (see Br. 7980
and Hymn to Bêl, line 22). _ga_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 4).
_síg-ga_ (see line 6).
_še-ir-ma-al-la-zu-ne_ (see line 7).
10. _a-a ^dimmer Šis-^ki za-e éš azag-šù pa(d)-a-zu-ne_
O father Nannar, thou, when thou speakest to the shining house,
_a-a ^dimmer Šis-^ki_ (see line 2).
_za-e_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 16).
_éš_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 16). _éš_ is admittedly a Sumerian value as
is shown by its relation to the sign-name ÊŠU. _éš_ is the fuller form
of _è_(BIT). From _éš_ there has arisen a Semitic loan-word _ešu_,
“house”.
_azag-šù_ means “to the shining”, _azag_ (see line 1). _šù_ (see Hymn to
Bêl, line 15).
_pa(d)-a-zu-ne_ is a _ḥal_-clause composed of a preposition with an
infinitive that governs a suffix, as _ina tamîka_, “in thy speaking”, i.
e., “when thou speakest”. _pad_ is a verb equal to _tamû_, “speak”.
_pad_ also equals _zakâru_, “to name”. _pa_, the shortened form of
_pad_, evidently intended here, is sometimes represented by the Assyrian
_nabû_. _a_ is the vowel of prolongation indicating the _pa_, rather
than the _pad_-value. _zu-ne_ (see line 6).
11. _a-a ^dimmer Šis-^ki mà-dim êgâ síg-ga-zu-ne_
O father Nannar, when like a ship on the tide thou art full,
_a-a ^dimmer Šis-^ki_ (see line 2).
_mà-dim_ consists of noun _mà_ and postposition _dim_. _mà_ (see on line
1). _mà-gur_ refers to the moon, _mà_ refers to an ordinary ship. _dim_
is equal to _kîma_, “like”. The sign-name is DIMMU. _dim_ is ES. The EK
form of the value is _gim_.
_êgâ_ is a contraction of _a_, _gè_ and _a_ from the signs A, MI and A,
and means “tide”, or “high water”. _a_ means “water” and MI with the
value _gè_ means “black”, and the second A is evidently phonetic only.
_êgâ_, therefore, means “black water”, such water as is seen in a
“flood” or “high tide”.
_síg-ga-zu-ne_ (see line 6).
12. _síg-ga-zu-ne síg-ga-zu-ne za-e síg-ga-zu-ne_
When thou art full, when thou art full, thou, when thou art full,
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