H70 LH iiia 47 mu-tam-me-eḫ OV(l) – Possible difference in pro-
B iv 27 mu-ta-mi-i D ii 11 mu-tam-mi-iḫ (^) ḫ nunciation.^390
(^) H71 B iv 27 (^) mu-ta-mi-iḫ OV – B has defective orthography
D ii 11 mu-tam-mi-iḫ for the II/1 participle of “to seize.” √tamāḫu,
H72 LH iiia 48 mi-gi 4 -ir OV – Different spelling of the noun √migru, “favourite (person),”
in B.
B iv 28 mi-gi-ir
H73 LH iiia 54 iš 8 -tár OV – The proper noun Ištar is written with the divine determina-
B iv 32 tive in B.
d[ ]
(^) H74 LH iiia 59 (^) li-ib-bi (^) OV – B has CVC against CV-VC
B v 4 C iv 5 l[i lìb-bi in LH and probably C.
H75 LH iiia 63 sí-ma-tim OV – Thnoun √sime long vowel in the plural ātu, “ornaments,” is
written in B.
B v 7 sí-ma-a[ ]
H76 B v 12 a-ši-ir LH iiia 68 a-še-er OV(l) – Possible difference in pro-nunciation. (^391)
H77 LH iv 2 na-ap-ša-tam OV(l) – B has the wrong case vowel for the accusative singu-
lar.^392
B v 15 ˹na˺-ap-ša-tim
(^) H78 LH iva 4 (^) mu-še-eš-qí (^) OV(l) – Possible difference in pro-
B v 17 mu-še-eš-še-qí nunciation. 393
(^390) The orthography reflected in the stele for the II/1 participle of (^) √tamāḫu, “to seize,” is expected, given
that /i/ is thought to have been pronounced [e] when occurring before /ḫ/ or /r/ (see J. Huehnergard, Gram-
mar, 45). The spelling in the later manuscripts B and D may reflect an underlying difference in pronuncia-
tion, or perhaps a simplified orthographic convention. 391
392 See the comments in note above concerning the writing of /i/ before /ḫ/ or /r/.
The noun is clearly the object of the verb iqīšu (√qâšu, “to bestow”) and so must be accusative. B appar-
ently has /i/ for the accusative singular case vowel ( 393 cf. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 439).
B apparently has an anaptyctic vowel preceding the case vowel that is lacking in the stele. See M.
Luukko, Neo-Assyrian, 102, and cf. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 432.