G187 C iv 15a -˹sú˺ OV – The possessive pronominal suffix is
J b obv. 1a’ 1 iv 12a pa-a-šú š]u written with the sign ŠU in b.
c 2 iv 8a p]a- ˹a˺-šú
G188 C iv 15b J r]a OV(l) – J lacks the ventive suffix.^615
c^1 iv 12b MU-ár
2 iv 8b MU-ra
G189 J 1 iv 12b qu-ra-du OV(l) – J has the wrong case vowel for the
c 2 iv 8b qu ˺-ra-di genitive singular. 616
G190 C iv 17 t]a-li[k OV(l) – Difference in grammatical forms.^617
J c 1 iv 14 tam-ta-lik-ma
2 iv 10 ] ˹tal-lik˺-ma
G191 C iv 17 b]u-ba OV(l) – J has the wrong case vowel for the
J1 iv 14 a-bu-bu accusative singular. 618
G192 C iv 17 ki-˹i˺[ OV – The interrogative kīkî, “how,” is written
J b obv. 2b’ 1 iv 14 ki-i-ki-i ki-ki[ differently in b.
(^) G193 C iv 18a (^) ár-ni (^) SV(1) – Lexical interchange. (^619)
J c 1 iv 15a ḫi-ṭi
2 iv 11 á]r-n[i]
G194 C iv 18a J ]ṭa-šú OV – The medial vowel is written as long in J.
b obv. 3a’^1 iv 15a ḫḫi-i-ṭṭa-a-šú a-˹šu˺
(^615) See G182 above, and also note , for alternative readings for the ultimate vowel in the other sources that
is lacking in J. 616
617 Cf. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 441.
The form in c appears to be I/2 present future or II/1 perfect of √malāku, “to counsel, advise,” against
I/2 preterite in the other sources. Without the first part of the verb in c preserved it is impossible to make a
judgement on which grammatical form was written there, tamtallikma or tumtallikma. In any case a differ-
ence in stem or tense exists between the sources, and in light of G174 a difference in tense is most likely. 618
619 Cf. A.R. George, Gilgamesh, 440.
The sense remains the same between the sources. C and c have √arnu, “guilt, wrong doing,” against
√ḫīṭu, “fault, crime,” in J.