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INFLECTION AND POSTFIXES 77
§ 103. ta, instrumental, in the same sense as sú instrumental § 86,
and the instrumental of tbe oblique case. su usán-ta ... su-zu dé-in-dúb­
dúb, 'with a whip ... thy body 1 smite', CT. XVI 29, 76. su-el-a-ni-ta
lnu-an-na-an-tar-tar-ru-da, 'with his clean hands he has torn it', IV R.
8 b 40. nazaginna guSlún-rusa kú-me-a-bi-da ta su-a matJ-bi ib-ta­
an-dú-us-a, 'after he had made brilliant with lazuli, radiant gold and
silver-me-a', date of Samsuditana.
§ 104. taof meansand cause'. dúg-ga-zu-ta SUL-A-LUM-bitJen­
dutJ-du,q, 'by thy command may his offense be pardoned', IV, R.17 a 57.
ib-ba-bi-ta súr-ra-bi-ta .. , anna ba-an-e-ne, , at his rage and wrath ...
they ascended to heaven', IV R. 28, no. 2 obv. 15-19. á d.nina-ta, 'by
the might of Nina', Gud. D 4, 2.
§ 105. ta temporal of time at which, corresponds to the temporal force
of tbe oblique case § 77. ud-bi-ta,' at that time', SAK. 50, VIII 8, but
usually ud-ba, ud-bi-a.
§ 106. ta descriptive of the condition of an object, is for da circum­
stantial § 98. gi-li an-tul'-bi-ta ba-da-an-kár-ra, 'the marsh in its ful­
ness he has pillaged', S B P. 260, 3.
§ 107. ta employcd with infinitives to replace descriptive clauses,
is apparently a late usuage for da § 98. esirra ara-a-ni-ta = sugam ina
alakisu, 'when he walked the street', IV R. 26 b 1 f.
§ 108. Corresponding to da of accompaniment with persons, by ne­
cessity of contrast the language employs ta of accompaniment with
things. á-zu-ta á nu-mu-un-da-di, 'with thy strength no strength is
compared', IV R. 20, no. 3 obv. 7. su-mu-ta su di-a-nu-ma-al, 'with
1. ta instrumental and causative naturally developed out of the idea of mo­
tion departing from an ohject.
2. This reading ~ r ID seems philologically necessary if the Semitic tra~
lation suklu be an apocopated form of suktulu. antul a noun formation of V tit,
'be completed'. Yet this is only a conjecture.
ta
instrumental.
ta causative.
ta temporal.
ta circumstantial.
ta gerundive.
ta comparative.