J i 6 ]ir-ma is lacking in A.
K ii 8 KÚR. KÚR-ir-ma
M98 A ii 16 MU.NI OV – A writes the possessive pro-nominal suffix as the logogram NI,
written phonetically with the sign ŠÚ in K.
K ii 9 MU-šú
M99 A ii 16 lu OV – A and J have the short spelling for the precative particle lū, while K
has the full spelling.
J i 7 lu
K ii 9 lu-ú
M100 A ii 16 d UTU.È OV – The full composite logogram for ṣīt Šamši, “east,” is apocopated in
J i 7 A and J.
d UTU.È
K ii 9 d UTU.È.A
(^) M101 A ii 17 (^) lu (^) OV – A has the short spelling for the
K ii 9 lu-ú precative particle full spelling. lū, while K has the
M102 A ii 17 J i 8 IGI.LÁ-ma m]a SV(1) – The emphatic particle “-ma” is lacking in K.
K ii 9 IGI.LÁ
M103 A ii 19 MUL meš OV – The plural without the plural marker MEŠ in kakkabū is written
J i 10 ] K. (^275)
meš
K ii 11 M]UL
(^) M104 A ii 19 (^) d É-a (^) OV – A, K and AA have the syllabic
J i 10 K ii 11 dd É-a BE spelling for the proper noun Ea.^276
AA ii 4 d É-a
(^) M105 A ii 20 (^) MUL (^) SV(1) – The preposition DIŠ is lack-
(^) AA ii 5 [MU]L X ii 3 DIŠ MUL ing in A and AA.
(^) M106 A ii 23 (^) d A.É (^) OV – The preposition determinative
(^275) It is possible that the form in K is singular and therefore represents a difference in grammatical number.
However, the more likely reading is that K has a defective plural form. This reading understands the form
šūt that follows in each source as a masculine plural demonstrative pronoun “... Ea, who goes before those
stars,” rather than as a singular masculine pronoun “... Ea, who goes before his star.” In the context the
second reading is difficult, and subsequently the reading of an orthographic variant is preferred. 276
J has the syllabic spelling for Ea in the next line.