J 1 ii 45’ i-na-as-saḫ phology.^559
(^) G87 C ii 12’ (^) mi-iḫ-ra (^) OV(l) – J has the wrong case vowel for the
J 1 ii 46’ i] ḫ-ri accusative singular. 560
G88 JC ii 15’ i-ba-’-˹u˺ OV – Different spelling of the final vowel.
1 ii 49’ b]a-’-ú
G89 JC ii 16’ u]m-[mat] Not Counted – The final sign is not preserved in C so the lack of case vowel is uncertain.
1 ii 50’ [ t]i
G90 J 1 iii 5a a-ḫa-šú OV – Different spelling of the 3ms pronomi-
T 2 ii 42a a- ḫa-šu nal suffix.
G91 C iii 3b ina ˹ka˺-r[a SV(1) – Lexical interchange.^561
J 1 iii 5b ina A[N
G92 J T 1 iii 6 DINGIR.DINGIR OV – Different spelling of the plural noun “gods.” 562 ilū,
2 iii 43 DINGIR.MEŠ
G93 J T 1 iii 6 ip-tal-ḫu OV(l) – Difference in verbal stem or tense.^563
2 ii 43 ip-la- ḫu
(^559) Noted as such in A.R. George, Gilgamesh (^) , 427. J might be read as containing the form I/1 present fu-
ture, against the form II/1 in C. In both sources the root is identical, √nasāḫu, “uproot, extract,” but in this
case the variation is not read as a difference in verbal conjugation that would amount to a lexical inter-
change (cf. G72 above). Rather, the doubling of the medial radical indicates that the form is II/1 in both
sources with an apparent difference in the preformative morphology of the verbal form. 560
This variant is read as a difference in number in A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 427, where C has the case
vowel for the accusative singular against the oblique plural in J. However, it seems equally plausible to
read this as /i/ for accusative singular /a/, cf. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 439, and also the similar variation in
case vowel in G158. 561
According to A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 886, the variation between the sources displays some semantic
correspondence, and is therefore counted as a lexical interchange. The text of J, “ina A[N],” could be read
as ina šamūti, “in the rain,” a metaphoric rendering of karāšu, “destruction,” where C preserves the latter,
more original, term. See also A.R. George, "Notes on Two Extremes of Weather," Revue d'Assyriologie 79
(1985) 69. 562
563 See also G103 below.
The form in J could be read as I/1 against I/2 in T, or alternatively I/1 preterite in J against I/1 perfect in
T, cf. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 426.