H35 B ii 24 iz-za-az-zu LH iia 11 iz-za-zu OV – The final radical of “to stand,” is doubled in B.√ 370 uzz ūzu,
(^) H36 LH iia 18 (^) wa-aš-ru-um (^) OV(l) – B has the wrong case
B ii 29 wa-aš-ri-im D i 7 [ ]-um vowel for the nominative singu-lar. (^371)
H37 B ii 29 mu-uš-te-mi-qù LH iia 19 mu-uš-te-mi-qum OV(l) – D has the wrong case vowel for the nominative singular.
D i 8 [ ]-qì
H38 LH iia 19 B ii 29 mu-uš-te-mi-qù mu-uš-te-mi-qum OV(l) – B lacks mimation.
H39 LH iia 23 še-mu OV – The ultimate vowel of the I/1 participle of final weak √šemû, “to
hear,” is written as long in B.
B ii 33 še-mu-ú
(^) H40 LH iia 23 (^) da-núm (^) OV – The medial weak √dânu, “to
B ii 33 DI.KUD judge,” is written logographically in B.
(^) H41 LH iia 30 (^) É-babbar (^) OV – Different spelling for the
B ii 38 ˹É-babbar 2 ˺? proper noun Ebabbar in B. 372
(^369) The pronoun in B probably refers to Hammurabi which makes the apparent gender difficult.
(^370) The root is given as ’zz in the dictionaries, but the underlying root may instead be read as zwz, accord-
ing to J. Huehnergard, "izzuzzum and itûlum," Riches Hidden in Secret Places: Ancient Near Eastern Stud-
ies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen 371 (ed. A. Abusch; Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns, 2002) 162.
LH and D both agree with the fragment from the Old Babylonian duplicate of LH, AO10237, so B does
not seem to reflect an ancient variant. In H36 and H37 both B and D have /i/ for the nominative singular
case vowel in one part of the construction wašrum mušteiqum, “humble supplicant,” so both sources dis-
play late orthography for the nominative singular (see the references in note above). 372
The signs in B are quite damaged. D.J. Wiseman, "Hammurabi Again," 168-172, seems to read the signs
in B with the stele, as no variant is noted in the apparatus. R. Borger, Babylonisch-Assyrische Lesestücke, 8,
reads the signs following É as bar 6 -bar 6 , while M.E.J. Richardson, Hammurabi's Laws, 32 n. 26, reads bar 6 -
ra. Judging from Wiseman’s drawing (see D.J. Wiseman, "Hammurabi Again," 164) it looks like reading
“babbar 2 ” (also read “bar 11 -bar 11 ,” written ⌓ ⌓) is acceptable, and so an orthographic variant is counted
here.