Omen 22.12
Maya Rinderer, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 22.12", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:07 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-22-12/tei
↓ 22.12 
BM 036389+.2   14  [...]⸢ana⸣⸢GÙB⸣LÚ⸢ŠUB⸣-utNÍG.TUKÚKUMAŠ.EN.GAGinal[a-li-šú...]
K 02128+   15  [DIŠinaiti]BÁRAKI.MINMUŠanaGÙBNA[...]
K 06071+   16  DIŠinaitiBÁRAKI.MIN[...]
VAT 13804   1'  [...ÚK]UMAŠ.EN.GAG[...](ruling)
K 01350+   20  21  DIŠinaitiBÁRAKI.MINMUŠanaGÙBLÚŠUB-utNÍG.TUKÚKUMAŠ.EN.GAGinala-li-šúÚŠ
Copy Text
  • DIŠinaitiBÁRAKI.MINMUŠanaGÙBLÚŠUB-utNÍG.TUKÚKUMAŠ.EN.GAGinala-li-šúÚŠ
  • šummainaNisanniKI.MINṣēruanašumēlamēliimqutšarûilappinmuškēnuinalalîšuimât
  • If, in Nisannu, ditto (between the first and the thirtieth day), a snake falls to a man’s left- a rich man will become poor, a commoner will die in his prime.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

The translation follows Freedman (If a City 2, 9, *22.12).

At the end of VAT 13804 1’, Heeßel restores MAŠ.EN.GAG [išarru] ‘ein Armer [wird reich werden]’ (KAL 1 10, 42-43, Vs. 1’). The hand copy of VAT 13804 (KAL 1, 160) suggests, however, that the apodosis attested in the other manuscripts, ina la-li-šú ÚŠ, could be restored instead.