Omen 22.2
Maya Rinderer, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 22.2", 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-22-2/tei
↓ 22.2 
BM 036389+.2   4  [DIŠinaitiBÁRA]⸢U₄⸣ ⸢₁⸣-KÁMMUŠNAIGIinaŠÀM[U...]
K 02128+   5  DIŠinaitiBÁRAU₄ ₁-KÁMMUŠNAIGI[...]
K 06071+   5  DIŠinaitiBÁRAU₄ ₁-KÁMMUŠNAIGIinaŠÀMUBIÚ[Š...]
K 01350+   5  DIŠinaitiBÁRAU₄ ₁-KÁMMUŠNAIGIinaŠÀMUBIÚŠ:uš-ta-pa-áš-šaq-maTI
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  • DIŠinaitiBÁRAU₄ ₁-KÁMMUŠNAIGIinaŠÀMUBIÚŠ:uš-ta-pa-áš-šaq-maTI
  • šummainaNisannuU₄ ₁-KÁMṣēruamēlaīmurinalibbišattišuātiimât:uštapaššaqmaiballuṭ
  • If, on the first day of Nisannu, a snake stares at a man- he will die in the middle of that year : he will suffer, but he will survive.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

The Glossenkeil denotes two alternative apodoses.

K 12140 and Sm 1980 omit this and some of the following omens.

1879-07-08, 0319 is a small fragment preserving seven lines. Freedman places line 1’ in *22.2, lines 2’-3’ in *22.3, line 4’ in *22.7, line 5’ in *22.8, line 6’ in *22.9, and line 7’ in *22.10 (see If a City 2, 20-22, there Ex(8) 1 etc. without an apostrophe to mark the broken upper edge). There are traces of another line above the first, but we maintain Freedman’s numbering to avoid confusion. The placement of most of these lines is difficult, apart from lines 2’-3’, which can be placed in omen 22.3 because it preserves part of the apodosis. For an overview of 1879-07-08, 0319, see the transliteration of the fragment here:

1’. [DIŠ ina itiB]ÁRA ˹U4˺ [...]
2’-3’. [DIŠ ina itiBÁ]RA T[A ...] / [I].BÍ.ZA [...]
4’. [DIŠ ina iti]BÁRA KI.MIN M[UŠ ...]
5’. [DIŠ ina iti]BÁRA KI.MIN MUŠ ˹ana˺? [...]
6’. [DIŠ ina itiBÁR]A KI.MIN ˹MUŠ˺ ana I[GI ...]
7’. [DIŠ ina itiBÁRA] ˹KI˺.˹MIN˺ ˹MUŠ˺ ˹ana˺ ˹x˺ [...]