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NUMERALS 123
plied severally to each of the units of a given number is indicated by
the postfix ta, or more often by tam, that is, ta with the emphatic
ending ám. ansu pir 1-sú ud-1 se 40 (lj;a)-ta, 'for one pair of mules
each day 40 lj;aof barley' 1. ja lj;a1-ta su-lum lj;a1-ta ki 19-sú, 'for 19 (per­
sons) at the rate of one lj;aof oil and one lj;aof dates each". más uru 1 ma­
(na) 10 se ta-ám, 'the city rate of interest is, for each mana, 10 se' 3.
3 isinni ilu samsi 1 mesirtu 10 lj;a karani tam, 'for each of the three
feasts of Shamash one piece of meat and 10 lj;aof wine (he shall render)' 4.
§ 178. The ordinary word for' time', 'occurrence " ará 5, (ará-5-kam,
'the fifth time " etc.,) is employed to express multiplication, as 2 ará
2 = 4, 2 ará 3 = 6 etc., passim in arithmetical tablets 6.
1. TSA. 34 obv. 12 f.
2. Ibid" 1 obv. VIII 1-3.
3. ASKT. 55, 38.
4. RANKE, BE. VI pt. 1 no. 35, 16. The distributive notion inherent in ta and
tam was evidently known to JENSEN, KB. VI 1, p. 346.
5. Written A-DU.
6. For example IV R. 37 rey. a. HILPRECHT, BE. XX nos, 1. 4. 5. 6. 7.10. etc.
Multiplicative.