G29 W 1 i 21 [ ]˹-ak-ku˺-ra OV(l) – j has the wrong case vowel for the
j i 23 [m]a-ak-ku-ru accusative singular. 523
G30 W j i 23 1 i 21 na-na-piš-ti ˹piš˺-t[ú]? Not Counted – The sign in W is too damaged to be certain. (^524)
(^) G31 W
j i 24^1 i 22 a-na ana OV – The preposition graphically in j. ana is written logo-
(^) G32 W
j i 24^1 i 22 lib-bi ŠÀ midst.” OV – j has the logogram for √libbu, “heart,
G33 W j i 25a 1 i 23 ta-ban-nu-ši ˹ta-ban˺-nu-šú SV(1) – Difference in gender.^525
G34 W j i 25b 1 i 24 mìn-du-da ˹mun-du-da˺ OV(l) – Difference in grammatical form.^526
(^) G35 W
j i 25b^1 i 24 mi-na-tu-˹mi-na-tu˹˺-šú šá˺^ SV(1) – Difference in gender.^527
(^) G36 T
W^21 i 3’ i 26 ABZU a]p-si-i is written logographically in W. OV – The noun apsu, “subterranean waters,”
(^523) According to J. Huehnergard, Grammar (^) , 597, Standard Babylonian exhibits a merging of the accusative
singular case ending towards the nominative singular case ending ‘-u,’ however A.R. George, Gilgamesh,
441, notes that the shift of accusative singular /i/ to /u/ is also peculiar to Kuyunjik orthographies. The final
vowel in j could therefore be viewed as either a Standard Babylonian linguistic form or a peculiar Neo-
Assyrian orthographic form. 524
The sign in W has only the lower head of a single wedge preserved in the lower left part. As well as TÚ
(⌓), this could just as easily be read as TI (⋾), TI 3 (⁴) or TI 5 (⁁).
(^525) The 3fs pronominal object suffix is written as 3ms in j. According to J. Huehnergard, Grammar, 598,
Standard Babylonian regularly fails to distinguish between masculine and feminine pronominal suffixes (šu
versus ša). The referent elippu, “ship, boat,” is clearly treated as feminine singular in the other sources (W
and T), but j has a masculine singular pronominal suffix referring to this noun in two instances. 526
The likely difference between the sources here is a participle form in W against a stative (or an attribu-
tive verbal adjective) in j. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 426, classes this variant as a “difference of tense, stem
or mood,” and more specifically A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 879, records the form in j as “II/1 stative mun-
dud 527 ā.”
The gender of the possessive pronominal suffix is difference between the sources. Cf. G33 above.