meta [WHENCE?] QP (61x) Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian wr. me-ta; me-da; me-da-me-da "where from? whence?; (since) when?"

[1]	𒈨𒋫	me-ta
[2]	𒈨𒁕	me-da
[3]	𒈨𒁕𒈨𒁕	me-da-me-da

	OB	Post-OB
[1]	17	14
[2]	29
[3]	1

12 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Old Babylonian (47x/77%)

Middle Babylonian (12x/20%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/3%)

Senses:

1. where from? whence? (54x/89%)

2. (since) when? (7x/11%)

Akk. ayyānu [where?]; mati [when?].

Bibliography

[2004] P. Attinger, NABU 2004/79.

Lexical Associations

adi[until]PRP mati[when?]AV (// meta[whence?])

⸢me⸣-ta-a-kam = a-di im-ma-ti nu ku-uš-ša-an-pat₂ (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 49).

me-ta-⸢a⸣-[še₃^?] = [a-di im-ma-ti] [...] (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 17').

ayyāniš[whither?]QP (// meta[whence?])

me-ta-a = a-ia-ne₂-eš ku-⸢e-da⸣-za (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 42).

me-ta-[a] = a-ia-ni-iš ku-e-da-za (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 10').

ayyānu[where?]QP (// meta[whence?])

me-ta = a-ia-nu ku-e-ez-⸢za⸣ (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 9'; KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 41).

ištu[from]PRP ayyāniš[whither?]QP (// meta[whence?])

me-⸢ta⸣-a-⸢kam⸣ = iš-tu a-ia-ne₂-eš nu ⸢ku⸣-[e]-⸢da-za⸣ (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 43).

me-ta-[a-še₃] = iš-⸢tu⸣ a-ia-ni-iš nu ⸢ku-e-za⸣ (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 11').

mati[when?]AV (// meta[whence?])

me-⸢ta⸣ = im-ma-⸢ti⸣ [...] (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 15'; KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 47).

matīma[ever]AV (// meta[whence?])

me-ta-⸢a⸣ = [im-ma-ti-ma] [...] (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 16'; KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 48).

References for all phrases

meta[whence?]

me-da = ma-ti (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 12'=721).

me-da-aš = a-na ma-ti (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 14'=723).

me-da-kam = ma-ti-ma (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 13'=722).

me-da-me-da-kam = ma-ti-ma-ti-ma (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 16'=725).

me-da-ta = iš-tu ma-ti (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 15'=724).

⸢me⸣-ta-a-kam = a-di im-ma-ti nu ku-uš-ša-an-pat₂ (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 49).

me-ta-⸢a⸣-[še₃^?] = [a-di im-ma-ti] [...] (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 17').

me-ta-a = a-ia-ne₂-eš ku-⸢e-da⸣-za (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 42).

me-ta-[a] = a-ia-ni-iš ku-e-da-za (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 10').

me-ta = a-ia-nu ku-e-ez-⸢za⸣ (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 9'; KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 41).

me-⸢ta⸣-a-⸢kam⸣ = iš-tu a-ia-ne₂-eš nu ⸢ku⸣-[e]-⸢da-za⸣ (KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 43).

me-ta-[a-še₃] = iš-⸢tu⸣ a-ia-ni-iš nu ⸢ku-e-za⸣ (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 11').

me-⸢ta⸣ = im-ma-⸢ti⸣ [...] (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 15'; KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 47).

me-ta-⸢a⸣ = [im-ma-ti-ma] [...] (KBo 26, 025 + KBo 01, 35 r i 16'; KBo 13, 001 + KBo 26, 20 + KBo 01, 44 r ii 48).

meta[whence?] meta[whence?]

me-da-ta me-da-še₃ = iš-tu ma-ti; a-na ma-ti (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 17'/18'=726/7).

meta[whence?] tum[bring]

me-da a-tum₃ = a-i ub-ba-al (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 5'=714).

me-da an-tum₃ = a-i ub-ba-al (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 9'=718).

me-da e-tum₃ = e tu-ub-ba-al (PBS 05, 152, pls.123-4 [OBGT I/1] x 7'=716).