OB Nippur Ugumu
1For this interpretation, see Westenholz and Sigrist JMC 7, 1-5.
2see also line 135
3For pa siki and siki pa and its opposite ur₂ see Enki and Ninhursaŋ (ETCSL 1.1.1) 258 pa siki-ŋu₁₀ ma-gig (see Attinger ZA 74, 46). The entry [pa] siki-ŋu₁₀ is translated appat pertiya in BBVOT 3 63 11 (dcclt:P257551). opposition pa - ur₂ CAD appu A lexical; Attinger ZA 74 46 BBVOT 3 63, 11 [...] siki-gig = ap-pa-at pe-er-ti-ia.
4See CUSAS 12 MS 2888 col. 2 17-18 DUN₃-ŋu₁₀ = a-bu-sa₃-ti = my forelocks.
5The reading umbin (rather than si-il, as in MSL) is confirmed by the entry umbin kud-ŋu₁₀ = gu-li-ba-tu-u₂-a in MS 2888 (among hair entries)
6This line is in need of collation. This line may be represented in SC 1, 039 + LB 2783 Obv. 1, 16.
7See the discussion by Civil in JNES 32, 58-59. Akkadian abbuttu may derive from Sumerian ugu-du₃.
8The word appears in Enki and Ninmah 88 as ki-nam-esir₂-bi
9For this word, see Civil ARES 4, 65 and SP 1.26 as reconstructed in Civil FS Leichty, 56 nt.8 (see Alster, Wisdom from Ancient Sumer, 393)
10zar-bad₃ is a loan from Akkadian ṣarāpu, "to dye red," occasionally used for eyes.
11Lines 119-121 in MSL 9 seem based entirely on UM 29-15-442 rev., which is largely illegible.
12Sumerian zag is equated with ṣerretu in several (late) lexical texts, which is interpreteted as nose-rope (ṣerretu A) in CAD. The present context suggests an element of the face (near the mouth); probably identitcal with ṣerretu B (CAD: whiskers(?)). It may well be related to eme zag-ga (line 124). Note that the zaga may be perforated (next line).
13See also line 15.
14Akkadian uzun lētiya
15Akkadian elīt unziya or piliš uzniya