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31. Creator
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts ba-⸢ni⸣ qaqqadika Gilg. OB Nippur: 8 eBL “the one who begot you”. See George ib. 245 for an explanation of the expression as a calque from Sum. sag-dù.
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ⸢É⸣ ba-an šamê erṣeti (|| [é]⸢ di-imdím⸣-an-ki) UET 6/1, 117: 8 SEAL “House: Creator of heaven and earth”. new
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana ūmišamma maḫar DN ilī ba-ni-ia rēš damiqtija kullim … ana dārīʾātim lū ušzīssu BagM 34, 148: xiii 12 “in order to be daily at the service in front of DN, my god (and) my creator … I put it (scil. the stela) up for eternity”. new
12. Builder
OB-LitOB-Lit: Old Babylonian literary texts — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ba-ni ēkallim ina qerbū GN rabītišu RIME 4, 749: 3 “the builder of the palace in GN, his capital city”. Seal inscr. new