G230 C v 13 J t]e-˹ka˺ OV(l) – Possible difference in pronuncia-tion. (^634)
T^11 v 6 iv 11’ ku-ru-um-me-ti-ka u]m-ma-ti-ka
G231 J T 1 v 9 l]ul-tum OV – J writes the ordinal number “third,” syllabically. 635 šalultum,
1 iv 14a’ 3-tum
G232 C v 17 J ]at-˹ta˺ SV(2) – J has a different phraseology com-pared to the other sources. (^636)
T^11 v 12 iv 16 al-pu-ut-ka a-na-ku te-et[ g]él-ta-a at-ta
W 1 v 4’ e]t-te-gél-ta[
(^) G233 J
T^1 v 13 MU-ár OV(l) – J lacks the ventive suffix.
1 iv 17’ MU-ra
G234 C v 18 ]ú-qí OV – The long vowel in medial weak √rūqu,
J T 1 v 13 ru-qí “faraway, distant,” is written in C and T.
1 iv 17 ru-ú-qí
G235 J W 1 v 13 u]t-ZI OV – The proper noun “written with a phonetic complement in W. Ūta-napišti(m)” is
1 v 6’ u]t-ZI-tim
G236 J 1 v 14 a-a-ka-ni OV(l) – Difference in grammatical forms.^637
T 1 iv 18’ ] ˹a˺-i-ka
(^633) The feminine marker ‘-āt’ is written as “-ēt” in J. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 428, lists this as a possible
Assyrian dialect form. 634
The writing /e/ for the oblique plural in C is perhaps a reflection of Assyrian pronunciation. See the ref-
erences in note above. 635
The form in J reflects the Standard Babylonian shift /š/ > /l/ before a voiceless dental plosive. See the
notes to G82 and G211 above. 636
The flow of the narrative is essentially the same between the sources, but J changes the subject and ex-
changes the intransitive verb √nagālu, “to awake,” for the transitive verb √lapātu, “to touch.” Though the
sources C, T and W must all be partially reconstructed, it seems reasonable to read them all similarly: tet-
tegeltâ atta 637 , “you awoke,” against J: alputka anāku, “I touched you.”
CAD A 1 231b lists the form in T, ajika, as a variant spelling of the form in J, ayikāni. Both are forms of
the interrogative √ayikī’am, “where.” Alternatively the ending “-ani” in J could be read as a 1cs accusative
pronominal suffix in context: ayikāni lullik, “where may I, even I, go?” Another possibility is to read a
Neo-Assyrian subjunctive ending, cf. J. Hämeen-Anttila, Neo-Assyrian Grammar, 92. In the light of Rule 4
a grammatical variation is counted.
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