The Sumerian Prefix Forms BE- and BI- in the Time of the Earlier Princes of Lagaš

Author(s): Samuel N. Kramer.
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Assyriological Studies 8

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This work departs from that of Poebel about Sumerian phonetics, and gives special attention to the values established to the prefix BI. BI is usually written in two ways: BI and BÍ. The textual evidence reveals 165 cases where the prefix BI- precedes twelve different verbal roots.

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  1. Introduction
  2. Writing of the Prefix bi- with bi and bí
  3. The Reading bi = bĕ 
  4. The Possessive Pronouns -be and -ne
  5. Distinctions in Use of Various Signs Involving the Vowels e and i
  6. Notes
  • Assyriological Studies 8
  • Chicago: Oriental Institute, 1936
  • Pp. x + 29
  • Out of Print
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