a-a dimmer Mu-ul-lil ù-mu-un (explained in lines [1], [2] and [3]).
dug-ga: dug is the value of KÂGU to be used here, as is at once suggested by the phonetic complement ga.
dug: a very common meaning of dug is ḳibîtu, “command” (Br. 532).
ga is merely the vowel of prolongation a with the final g of the preceding stem.
zi-da: zi being followed by da gives the impression that it should be read zid with da as a phonetic complement. A final consonant in the first syllable, however, is not always a necessity. The name of the temple of Nabu at Borsippa is not read È-zid-da, but È-zi-da or È-zida.
zi here equals imnu, “right”. It may sometimes equal napištu (see below, [line 25]).
[5.] a-a dimmer Mu-ul-lil siba sag gig-ga
O father Bêl, shepherd of the blackheaded!
siba equals rê’û (Br. 5688). The sign is compounded from PA and LU and means “staff-bearer”, since PA signifies “staff” and LU means “hold”, “seize”. The use of the sign is confined almost entirely to the idea of shepherd of animals and then figuratively to that of governor of men.
sag: the sign with the value sag, called SANGU or SAGGU, is the common sign to represent “head” which is expressed in Assyrian either by rêšu or ḳaḳḳadu (see Br. 3522 and 3513). The sign occurs in many compounds.