Omen 22.13
Maya Rinderer, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 22.13", 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-22-13/tei
↓ 22.13 
BM 036389+.2   15  [...]MUŠanaMURUB₄DAMuDAMŠUBKUD.MEŠNUTI.MEŠÉBI[GAZ]
K 02128+   16  [DIŠinaitiBÁRAK]I.MINMUŠanaMURUB₄DA[M...]
K 06071+   17  DIŠinaitiBÁRA[...]
VAT 13804   2'  [...T]I.MEŠÉBI[GAZ](ruling)
K 01350+   22  DIŠinaitiBÁRAKI.MINMUŠanaMURUB₄DAMuDAMŠUBKUD.MEŠNUTI.MEŠÉBIGAZ
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  • DIŠinaitiBÁRAKI.MINMUŠanaMURUB₄DAMuDAMŠUBKUD.MEŠNUTI.MEŠÉBIGAZ
  • šummainaNisanniKI.MINṣēruanabirītmutiuaššatiimqutipparrasūuliballuṭūbītušūiḫḫeppi
  • If, in Nisannu, ditto (between the first and the thirtieth day), a snake falls between husband and wife- they will separate, they will not survive, that house will be destroyed.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

A commentary for omen 22.13 is found in CCP 3.5.22.A.b, 5-6:

[:] MURUB4 [DAM u DAM] / MURUB4 [... KUD].MEŠ NU TI.MEŠ : ˹ip˺-[par-ra-su-ma] ul i-bal-lu-ṭu qabal [mūti u aššati] qabal [… KUD].MEŠ NU TI.MEŠ : ip[parrasūma] ul iballuṭū
‘Between [husband and wife], between [… (the signs) KUD].MEŠ NU TI.MEŠ (stand for) [they] will be sep[arated and] they will not live’ (BM 129092 5b-6).