_ta_ is a postposition meaning in this case “from”, but often “in, into”. TA in our text is old Babylonian and much like the linear form in early tablets. Nearly the same form can be found in Ḥammurabi also. But on the whole, the old Babylonian, the Assyrian and the New-Babylonian all differ from each other much. TA has a close relation to DA and ID (see on line 14). _^dimmer Babbar-šu-šù_ equals ideogram for “the sun”, plus _šu_ = “going in”, plus postposition “to”. _šu_ equals _erêbu_, “enter in”. Ideographically, ŠU means “bent over”, or “depressed”. _šù_ is a value of KU, as a postposition, meaning “unto”. The sign is of rectangular form and has many values, consequently many meanings starting with the idea “enclosure”. The governing force of _šù_ here reaches back over _kur_ in the middle of the line, just as the governing force of _ta_ goes back over _kur_ at the beginning of the line. The beautiful expression of this line occurs more than once in Sumerian and Babylonian literature. As early as Lugalziggisi it appears in royal writings. Lugalziggisi speaks of his kingdom as extending “from the rising sun to the setting sun”. _Babbar-ê-ta_ (UD.UD.DU.TA) _Babbar-šu-šù_ (UD.ŠU.KU) (OBI. No. 87, Col. II, 12 and 13). And Esarhaddon in Cylinder A says that “From the rising sun to the setting sun he marched without a rival”. _ul-tu ⋅i-it ^ilu Šam-ši a-di e-rib ^ilu Šam-ši it-tal-lak-u-ma ma-ḥi-ra la i-šu-u_ (I R. 45, Col. I, 7 and 8). 16. _kur-ra ù-mu-un nu-um-ti za-e ù-mu-un ab-da-me-en_ O mountain, the lord of life, thou the lord indeed art! _kur-ra_ (see on line 3). _ù-mu-un_ (see on line 1). _nu-um-ti_ occurs also in the next line and no doubt equals _balâṭu_, “life”. _nu-um_ seems to be an abstracting prefix of the nature of _nam_ as in _nam-ti-la_ = _balâṭu_ (Br. 1697). _nu-um-ti_, however, may be a phonetic representation of _nim_, also written _num_ which means _elîtu_, “height” (Br. 1982 and 9011). According to this view, _nu-um-ti_ might mean “the acme of life”, just as _nam-ti_ equals “the fortune of life”; hence “life in general”. Or it might be suggested that _num_ is really for _nam_, as _a_ is known to differentiate sometimes into _u_; _ga_ for instance becomes _gu_ (MSL. p. X). _ti_ equals _balâṭu_, “life”, and has its fuller form in _tin_, also equal to _balâṭu_ “live”. _za-e_ equals _atta_, “thou” (Br. 11762, also ASK. p. 139).