Chapters 28-?

Question 1

ni-šu ra-bi-a-an URU pa-ṭi-ka it-ta-as-ḫa-ma

Answer 1

nišū rabiān āl pāṭīka ittasḫā-ma ‘the people have removed the mayor of the city of your district’; G, Perfect, 3fp, from nasāḫum

Question 2

a-na ki-di-im uš-te-ṣí-a-šu (nišū is subject)

Answer 2

ana kīdim uštēṣiāšu ‘they have sent him outside’ Š, Perfect, 3fp from waṣum + 3ms accusative suffix

Question 3

ŠU.ḪA (nominative)

Answer 3

bāʾerum ‘fisherman’

Question 4

GÌR.PAD.DU Á-šu

Answer 4

eṣemti idīšu ‘bone of his arm’

Question 5

ušašqalūšu (with another accusative)

Answer 5

Š, Durative, 3mp from šaqālum + 3cs accusative suffix ‘they will make him weigh out’

Question 6

ša ana ekallim lā umallû

Answer 6

‘which he did not deliver in full to the royal palace’ D, Preterite, 3cs + sub-u from malûm

Question 7

IGI.3.GAL GÍN KUG.BABBAR … ušašqalūšu

Answer 7

šalšat šiqil kaspam… ušašqalūšu ‘they will make him weight out 1/3 shekel of silver’

Question 8

išteat sūtum

Answer 8

one seah or each seah

Question 9

ba-aq-ri ma-aḫ-ru-tim

Answer 9

baqrī maḫrûtim ‘previous claims’

Question 10

ŠÀ-ša (genitive)

Answer 10

libbīša

Question 11

ŠÀ-ša (nominative)

Answer 11

libbaša

Question 12

ēma libbaša ṭābu

Answer 12

‘wherever her heart is pleased’ G, Verbal adjective + 3ms enclitic pronoun + sub-u from ṭiābum

Question 13

aš-šum di-nam ú-ša-ḫi-zu-ka-ma

Answer 13

aššum dīnam ušāḫizūkā-ma; ‘because I/he/she/they granted you a hearing’ Š, Preterite, 1cs/3cs/3mp, + sub-u + 2ms acc sfx +-ma from aḫāzum

Question 14

kīma ṭuppī anniam ta-ta-am-ru

Answer 14

kīma ṭuppī anniam tātamru ‘as soon as you have seen this tablet of mine’; G, Perfect, 2ms + sub-u from amārum (see 18.1)

Question 15

ul-la-num-ma

Answer 15

ullânum-ma ‘already,’ ‘from there’ ullûm, bf ulli + anum

Question 16

na-ši

Answer 16

naši - G, Pred Vbl Adj + 3ms enclitic pronoun from našûm

Question 17

um-ma-an-ka

Answer 17

ummākka

Question 18

ú-še-ṣí

Answer 18

ušēṣi - Š, Preterite, 3cs from waṣûm ‘to rent, cause to go’

Question 19

A.ŠÀ an-ni-a-am

Answer 19

eqlam anniam

Question 20

KI

Answer 20

ašrum, erṣetum, itti

Question 21

kīma rabiānum ú-wa-e-ra-an-ni

Answer 21

kīma rabiānum uwaʾʾeranni ‘as the mayor commanded me’ D, Preterite, 3cs + 1cs accusative suffix from wârum

Question 22

MÁŠ.ŠU.GÍD.GÍD (genitive)

Answer 22

bārîm ‘diviner’

Question 23

uš-ri-iq-ma

Answer 23

ušrīq-ma - Š, Preterite, 1cs/3cs from riāqum + -ma; I/he/she emptied

Question 24

GUN-sà (accusative)

Answer 24

bilassa; ‘its load’ biltum + ša

Question 25

ú-ša-bi-il

Answer 25

ušābil - Š, Preterite, 1cs from wabālum 'I dispatched'

Question 26

aš-šum SAG.l̀R šu-ā-ti

Answer 26

aššum wardim šuāti 'concerning that slave'

Question 27

tu-uš-mi-da-am-ma ta-aš-pur-ra-am

Answer 27

tušmīddam-ma tašpuram 'you wrote me so much/many'; Š, Preterite, 2ms + ventive from miādum; G, Preterite, 2ms + ventive from šapārum

Question 28

aš-šum 10 ŠE.GUR

Answer 28

aššum eš(e)ret kur êm 'concerning the ten kor of grain'

Question 29

ēma bēlī 10 SE.GUR ukinnu

Answer 29

ēma bēlī eš(e)ret kur âm ukinnu 'wherever my lord has assigned the ten kor of grain'

Question 30

i-na URU ša-a-ti

Answer 30

ina ālim šâti

Question 31

ukinnam

Answer 31

D, Preterite, 3cs (or 1cs) from kânum + ventive 'he assigned/established' ukīn + am; Durative would be ukān + am = ukannam

Question 32

uz-na-ia

Answer 32

uznāya 'my ears/my attention'

Question 33

kâta

Answer 33

genitive/accusative independent personal pronoun, here used in apposition to noun in gen/acc case : ana bēlīya kâta; 'to my lord, to you'

Question 34

ukinnu

Answer 34

D, Preterite, 3cs from kânum + sub-u; ukīn + u = ukinnu 'he (has) assigned'

Question 35

ašappakšu

Answer 35

G, Durative, 1cs from šapākum + 3ms accusative suffix; I will store it.

Question 36

i-na ŠÁM an-ni-im

Answer 36

ina šīm annîm 'with this price' but why bound form???

Question 37

li-ib-ba-šu ṭú-ub

Answer 37

libbašu ṭūb 'his heart is pleased' D, Verbal Adjective + 3ms enclitic pronoun from ṭiābum

Question 38

i-na gišTUKUL

Answer 38

ina kakkim

Question 39

i-na A.ŠÀ ŠITIM (construct, nominative)

Answer 39

ina eqel itinnum 'in the field of the housebuilder'

Question 40

li-bi-ir-ru-ma

Answer 40

libirrū-ma 'they should ascertain' D, Precative, 3mp from bârum + ma

Question 41

libirrū-ma

Answer 41

D, Precative, 3mp from bârum + ma

Question 42

dIŠKUR

Answer 42

Adad

Question 43

um-ma-an-ka

Answer 43

ummākka

Question 44

iraḫḫiṣ

Answer 44

'he will flood'; G, Durative, 3cs from raḫāṣum

Question 45

1 gišna-ar-kab-tam šu-uk-lu-ul-tam

Answer 45

išteat ̌narkabtam šuklultam 'one completed chariot'; fem noun

Question 46

ana emīya uštābil

Answer 46

'I have dispatched to my father-in-law' Š, Perfect, 1cs from wabālum; or 3cs he/she has dispatched

Question 47

am-gu-ur-šu-nu-ti

Answer 47

amguršunūti G, Preterite, 1cs from magārum + 3mp accusative suffix

Question 48

ad-di-in-šum

Answer 48

addiššum G, Preterite, 1cs + 3ms dative suffix from nadānum

Question 49

ṣābam ša ṭarādim abī liṭrud

Answer 49

may my father send the army which may be sent.

Question 50

inanna abī PN liṭrudam-ma ša šullum mātim i nīpuš

Answer 50

Now my father should send PN that we may do what is necessary and safe (???)

Question 51

ṣa-ba-am

Answer 51

ṣābam

Question 52

IGI.3.GÁL GÍN KUG.BABBAR e-li PN i-šu

Answer 52

šalšat šiqil kaspam eli PN īšu 'PN owes (me) one-third of a shekel of silver'