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
_^giš gu-ga-ge_: _^giš_ (see line 25). _gu_ (Hymn to Bêl, line 20). _ga_
answers as a vowel of prolongation. _ge_ (Hymn to Adad, line 4).
_tàl-ta-al-ta-al_: _tàl_ is the value of ÁŠ required by the phonetic
gloss _ta-al-ta-al_.
_mu-ib-rá-rá_: _mu_ (see Hymn to Bêl, line 18). _ib_ is a modal verbal
infix (MSL. p. XXIV). _rá_ is a value of DU (see Hymn to Adad, line 21,
_gin_).
30. _dumu zi-ga-na ga-ni šà-zi-zi mu-ib-rá_
The son of life, his fulness in the midst of life goeth forth.
_dumu_ (Hymn to Sin, line 5).
_zi-ga-na_: _zi_ (Hymn to Bêl, line 23). _ga_ serves for vowel
prolongation. _na_ is postpositional.
_ga-ni_: _ga_ (Hymn to Bêl, line 12). _ni_ may be taken as the
possessive suffix of the third person.
_šà-zi-zi_: _šà_ (Hymn to Bêl, line 22). _zi_ (just explained).
_mu-ib-rá_ (see line 29).
31. _eš diš êr-lim-ma ^dimmer Dumu-zi-da-kam_
Thirty lines. Hymn to Tammuz.
_eš_: GÊŠPÛ with the value _eš_ means “thirty”. _diš_ is frequently a
determinative before proper names, but here seems to mean “line”.
_êr lim-ma_ (see Hymn to Bêl, colophon).
_^dimmer Dumu-zi-da-kam_: _^dimmer Dumu-zi_ (line 3). _da_ (Hymn to Bêl,
line 4). _kam_ (Hymn to Sin, line 27).
Glossary
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_aba_ 66
_abba_ 65
_abgin_ 77
_abdamên_ 35
_abrù_ 76
_azaggi_ 53
_akad_ 37
_akazušù_ 62
_akala_ 73
_ama_ 29
_amânkiga_ 60
_ana_ 77
_ana-ám_ 76
_anzakku_ 58
_Annaka_ 74
_anpadde_ 78
_anšàgga_ 48
_arali_ 79
_Ašsuḥud_ 46
_àba_ 73
_àma_ 62
_àme_ 34
_â_ 26
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