M67 A i 33 GUB meš-zu OV – A has the phonetic complement
BB 45 GUB meš “-zu,” lacking in BB. 266
A i 34 DIŠ BB 46 mul mul SV(1) – The preposition determina-tive DIŠ is lacking in BB.
(^) M68 A i 35 (^) GUB-zu (^) OV – A, T and EE have the phonetic
complement “-zu” for izzazzu, lack-
ing in BB.
T i 8 GUB-zu
BB 47 GUB EE i 13 z]u
(^) M69 A i 36 (^) MUL meš šu-ut d En-líl (^) SV(2) – A and T have an expansive
T i 9 EE i 14 (^) MUL mešme] šu-ut 50 š šu-ut d En-líl plus.^267
M70 A i 36 T i 9 ug-dam-mi-ru-ni ug-dam-mi-ru[ OV(l) – Possible difference in pro-nunciation.
EE i 14 ug-da-me-ru-ni
M71 A i 37 MUL GAL UD.DA-su SV(1) – The conjunction between the
EE i 15 MU]L GAL ú UD.DA-su words and ṣēssukakkabu rabû, “its light,” is lacking in A. , “a great star,”
(^) M72 A i 37 (^) GUB-zu (^) OV – A, T and EE use different signs
to write the phonetic complement, while FF lacks the phonetic comple-
ment entirely.
T i 10 EE i 16 GUB-ma GUB-iz
FF i 1 GU]B-m[a
(^) M73 A i 37 (^) GUB-zu (^) SV(1) – T and FF preserve the em-
T i 10 EE i 16 GUB-ma GUB-iz phatic particle “-ma,” lacking in A and EE.
FF i 1 GU]B-m[a
(^) M74 A i 37 (^) né-bi-ri (^) OV – A lacks the preposition deter-
minative DINGIR in the divine title for the star of Marduk, Nēberu, “the
Ford.”
EE i 17 d né-be-ru
(^266) In light of Rule 3 this variant is only counted between A and BB. A minor stylistic variation, SV(1), is
counted for the same semogenic unit between T and BB (M66). 267
A and T have “the stars of Enlil,” where EE has “the fifty stars.” Each source records fifty stars up to
this point, so the reference to “stars of Enlil” is taken as a plus. This description is essentially arbitrary, and
it remains equally possible that the reading in A and T may be original.