_ìd_ _ud-kib-nun-na-ge_ means the river of Sippar. For _ìd_, see on line 25. _ud-kib-nun_ consists of _ud_ “sun” + _kib_ “flourish, generate”, and _nun_ “great”. The sign KIB suggests the idea “double” and hence, of course, “generate, beget” (MSL. p. 203). _Nun_, of course, = _rabû_ “great” (Br. 2628), while _na_ must be the phonetic complement and _ge_ the _nota genitivi_ as used in the next Hymn. The form _ud-kib-nun_ then seems to mean “the great (_nun_) generative force (_kib_) of the sun” (_ud_); a name applied to Sippar had been from time immemorial the seat of the worship of the sun-god Šamaš (RBA., pp. 69, 117). _Ìd-ud-kib-nun-na-ge_ then simply means “the river (_ìd_) of (_ge_) Sippar”, viz., the Euphrates, which was usually termed in Sumerian _Bura-nunu_ “the great stream” (MSL. p. 7, C). _a im-si_ (see on line 23). 27. _ìd nu e-bi láḥ-e a im-si ^dimmer Šis-^ki-kam_ The empty river is filled with water by Nannar. _ìd_ (see on line 25). _nu_, regular Sumerian negative adverb, equal to the Assyrian _la_. _e-bi_ equals noun _e_ and suffix _bi_. _e_ equals _mû_, “water” (Br. 5844). We have also had _e_ equal to _ḳabû_, “speech” (Hymn to Bêl, line 14). _bi_ is a suffix of the third person singular (see Br. 5135). _bi_ gets its demonstrative nature from the conception “speak” which seems to be the primary one in the old Babylonian linear hieroglyph. _láḥ-e_ consists of root _láḥ_ and vocalic prolongation _e_. _láḥ_ equals _misû_ “wash” (Br. 6167). It is used of washing the hands and feet. It gets the idea “wash” from the idea “servant” who does the washing, but it may have meant “servant” before it meant “wash”. It often has the phonetic complement _ḥa_ or _ḥi_. Literally the clause read: “the river whose water washes not”. _a im-si_ (see on line 23). _^dimmer Šis-^ki-kam_ equals god-name _^dimmer Šis-^ki_ plus _kam_ = KAMMU without doubt (see CT. XV, Colophon of Tablet 29623, plate 12). _kam_ is a well recognized determinative used after ordinal numerals. It no doubt occupies this position as a genitive particle, but, as a genitive sign, it may be used after words other than numerals; and, in fact, is so used in Gudea. It is evidently a lengthened form of the postposition _ka_; being _ka_ plus _am_ (see SVA. p. 60). 28. _sug maḥ sug ban-da a im-si ^dimmer Šis-^ki-kam_ The great marsh, the little marsh is filled with water by Nannar. The sign looks like MÀ but perhaps the copyist made a mistake. _maḥ_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 23). _sug_ equals _⋅u⋅û_, “marsh”. The sign is the enclosure-sign KIL with the “water” sign ÂU within the “enclosure” sign.