sag-ma-al equals noun sag, plus suffix ma-al. It could stand for sag-ga just as sag-mal can stand for sag-ga (Br. 3595). sag equals “head” (as in [line 5]). ma-al: if ma-al is taken a suffix (as in [line 1]), it stands for the sign PISANNU meaning šakânu, “establish”, or bašû, “exist”, and is ES for the EK gal.
ki (see [line 9]).
[12.] ù-mu-un zal laḥ-na ga nunuz-ám da-ma-al-la
The lord whose shining oil is milk for an extensive progeny!
ù-mu-un (see [line 1] for note).
zal: NI means “oil”. The Babylonian KAK, NI and IR should be distinguished from the Assyrian. In Assyrian the horizontal wedges are parallel and do not come to an angle at the right.
laḥ-na: zal laḥ-na means “his shining oil”, and the thought appears to be that Bêl causes food to be produced to sustain successive generations. His oil is milk for many generations. zal-laḥ is somewhat like the expression “finest oil” found in Assyrian inscriptions.
laḥ: the signs ḤISSU and ṢÂBU find their nearest approach to each other in the value laḥ. Both signs have this value with the meaning “brightness”.
na here is a suffix of the third person; sometimes it is second person (see [line 1]).
ga: our sign here is the old Babylonian GÛ which with its common value ga means šizbu, “milk”. The archaic linear form represents the teat of the breast. ga occurs often as a phonetic complement (see [line 4]).