H17 LH ia 35 ṣe-nam OV – B has CV-VC against CVC
B i 28 [ ṣ]e-˹na˺-am in LH.
H18 LH ia 36 B i 29 ḫ[ q]í-am u-ul-lu-qí-im OV(l) – B has the wrong case vowel for the genitive singular. (^362)
(^) H19 LH ia 37 (^) da-nu-um Not Counted – The sign in B is
clearly not UM as contained in
LH.^363
B i 30 [ ]-˹am˺?
H20 LH ia 42 B ii 2 [ wa-ṣe-e-em-ma ṣ]e-em √OV – LH writes the long vowel in aṣû, “to come out, raise.”
(^) H21 LH ia 42 (^) wa-ṣe-e-em-ma (^) SV(1) – The enclitic particle “-ma”
B ii 2 [ ṣ]e-em is lacking in B
(^) H22 LH ia 44 (^) nu-wu-ri-im (^) OV(l) – B lacks the archaic forms
B ii 2 nu-um-mu-ri in LH. 364
H23 LH ia 45 AN OV – The proper noun Anum is
B ii 3 [ ]-num written syllabically in B.
H24 LH ia 46 B ii 3 ù u dd EN.LÍL EN.LÍL OV – The conjunction is written with the sign U in B and C.
C i 1 ˹ u d˺ [EN].˹LÍL˺ (^)
H25 LH ia 47 ni-ši OV(l) – C preserves mimation,
B ii 4 C i 2 ni-ši ni-ši-im lacking in LH and B.
(^) H26 LH ia 49 (^) šu-mi (^) OV(l) – Possible difference in pro-
B ii 5 šu-mi-am nunciation.^365
C i 3 šu-mi
(^362) The form of the infinitive ḫulluqu (^) , “to make disappear,” should take the genitive case vowel. See also
the spelling of the final vowel that precedes the case vowel as described in note above. 363
Although damaged, the sign in B reflects a variant of some kind from the form in the stele. However, as
this variant is not noted in R. Borger, Babylonisch-Assyrische Lesestücke, 7 or D.J. Wiseman, "Hammurabi
Again," 168-72, it is considered too uncertain to be counted here. 364
B reflects the phonological shift of word medial /w/ > /m/ in the lexeme √namāru, “to illuminate” (cf. J.
Huehnergard, Grammar, 259 and 597), and also lacks mimation. These differences are only counted as one
linguistic variation in light of Rule 3. 365
The ending “-am” in B may reflect the accusative singular case vowel (see also H15 and H18 above).