G288 C vi 25 m ˹ur˺-šá[nabi OV – The proper noun Ur-šanabi is written syllabically in z.
W 1 vi 10a m ur- d šánabi
j vi 22’ z vi 8’ m b]e ur-šánabi
(^) G289 W
j vi 22’^1 vi 10a’ i-na-i-na-ḫḫa u tion.OV(l) – Possible difference in pronuncia-^658
z vi 8’ e-na- ḫa
G290 W j vi 22’ 1 vi 10a’ i-na-i-na-ḫḫa u SV(1) – Difference in the gender of the verb form. (^659)
(^) G291 C vi 25 (^) ]˹a˺-a (^) OV – The noun idu, “arm,” is written logo-
W 1 vi 10a i-da-a-a graphically in z.
(^) z vi 8’ Á-j vi 22’ i-˹da˹a˺˺ -a-a
(^) G292 C vi 26 (^) a-na (^) OV – The preposition ana is written syllabi-
W 1 vi 10b’ an[a cally in C.
(^) G293 C vi 27a (^) áš-kun (^) OV – j has VC-CV-VC against VC-CVC in
W j vi 23b 1 vi 11’ áš-kun áš-ku-un the other sources.
(^) G294 C vi 27a (^) dum-qa (^) OV(l) – Possible difference in pronuncia-
W 1 vi 11’ dum-qa tion.^660
(^) z vi 9b’ du-un-qi j vi 23b dum-qa
(^658) The form of the verb √anāḫu, “to toil, exhaust oneself,” in z reflects the shift [i] > [e] in primae (^) aleph
roots. On this as a matter of morphology or free variation of the phonemes /i/ and /e/ see the comments in
note above. 659
The object of the verb is “i-da-a-a.” The noun √idu, “arm,” is here probably to be read as a dual (a rare
declension in Neo-Assyrian – see J. Hämeen-Anttila, Neo-Assyrian Grammar, 77-78), and according to the
verb form it is treated as feminine in W and masculine in j. The uncommon use of the dual form in Neo-
Assyrian may explain the difference in the gender of the governing verb between the sources. The feminine
plural form in z is not counted in the light of Rule 3. 660
The variant form in z is similar to a form in manuscript W, described as a dialect variant (see G298 and
note below). This form of the noun √dumqu, “favour,” might be explained as reflecting linguistic change
over two stages: /m/ is assimilated before the plosive /q/ (J. Hämeen-Anttila, Neo-Assyrian Grammar, 18),
which is then subject to the phonetic change CC > /n/+C (see J. Huehnergard, Grammar, 597). The varia-
tion in the ultimate vowel in z is not counted in the light of Rule 3.