M130 A iii 4 UD.15.KAM HV – L records the first visibility of
Enzuof Ara, “the She-Goat,” on the 25ḫsamnu, recorded as the 15th day th
day in the other sources.
E ii 5 UD.15.KAM H ii 21 UD.15.KAM
L iii 1 UD.25.KAM M 12 UD.15.KAM
GG ii 3' UD.15.KAM
M131 A iii 4 mul ÙZ u mul[ SV(1) – The conjunction is lacking
E ii 5 H ii 21 mulmul ÙZ u ÙZ u mulmul GABA.GÍR.TAB GABA.GÍR.TAB between the proper nouns in GG.
M 12 V 4 mu Ù]Z u l ÙZ u mumull GABA.GÍR.T[AB [
GG ii 3' mul ÙZ mul GA[BA.GÍ]R.TAB
M132 A iii 5 mul UD.KA.DUḪ.A SV(1) – L has the preposition
minative DINGIR preceding the con-stellation name Nimru, “the Panther.”
The other sources use the preposition determinative MUL, kakkabu. (^288)
E ii 6 H ii 22 mulmul UD.KA.DU UD.KA.DUḪḪ.A .A
L iii 2 M 13 dmul UD.K[A UD.KA.DUḪ.A
GG ii 4' mul UD.KA.DUḪ.A
(^) M133 A iii 6 (^) u mul Pabilsag (^) SV(1) – The conjunction preceding
E ii 7 u H ii 22 u mumull Pabilsag Pabilsag the proper noun is lacking in GG.
M 14 u GG ii 4' mumull Pabilsag Pabilsag
M134 A iii 6 E ii 7 IGI IGI mešme OV – The plural marker is written with MEŠ in A, against ME in E.
(^) M135 A iii 7 (^) mul SIM.MAḪ mul ši-nu-nu-tu
4 SV(1) – V has a conjunction between the proper nouns, lacking in the other
sources.^289
E ii 8 mul SIM.MAḪ mul ši-nu-nu-tu 4
H ii 23 mul SIM.MAḪ mul ši-nu-nu-tu 4
(^288) The variant represents a stylistic variation rather than a hermeneutic one. Although the determinatives
DINGIR and MUL (ilu, “god,” and kakkabu, “star” respectively) have distinctly different referents, the
meaning in L is essentially the same as in the other sources, in that they each clearly refer to the constella-
tion Nimru. Indeed, the sign MUL is composed of three DINGIR signs, and the sign DINGIR originally
represented a star (see R. Labat, Manuel, 48-49). This variant is therefore treated as a lexical interchange
and counted as SV(1). 289
This variant occurs in what appears to be a list of three names, SIM.MAḪ, Šinūnūtu, and IM.ŠEŠ. These
names probably all refer to the same constellation. Šinūnūtu, “the swallow,” is most likely a gloss for
SIM.MAḪ. The verb at the end of this clause is marked as plural in some sources, but unmarked in others
(see note below). This may indicate some confusion in antiquity as to whether this list of three names re-