Omen 32.A.101'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.101", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:08 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-101-/tei
↓ 32.A.101' 
VAT 09793   14'  [DIŠ]KI.MINanaÚRNAKU₄.MEŠ-ma[…]
VAT 10167Rs.   r. 31'  *31'  31'  DIŠEME.DIRMINanaÚRNAKU₄.MEŠ-maNUDU₈.MEŠ-⸢ma⸣[…]x[…]xDAB-bat
VAT 10167If a City2, 196, *32.29', CDIŠEME.DIRMINanaUR₂NATU.MEŠ-maNUDU₈.MEŠ[…]x[…]xDIB-bat
VAT 10167KAL 1 16-17 ADIŠEME.DIRMINanaÚRNAKU₄.MEŠ-maNUDU₈.MEŠ-ma[…]DAB-bat
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  • DIŠEME.DIRMINanaÚRNAKU₄.MEŠ-maNUDU₈.MEŠ-ma[…]x[…]xDAB-bat
  • šummaṣurārûMINanasūnamēliīrubūmalāippaṭrūma[…]…[…]…iṣabbat
  • If ditto (= entwined) lizards crawl into a man's lap and do not separate and […] … […] … will seize […].
  • If a City2, 175, *32.29'
    If entwined lizards go into a man's lap and do not separate, […] will seize.
  • KAL 1 16-17, 73 Rs. 31'
    Wenn Eidechsen dito (= umeinander gewunden sind und) in den Schoß eines Mannes kriechen und sich (dabei) nicht trennen: [ … … ] wird packen.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • Examining the photograph of VAT 101607 r. 31’ reveals faint traces of ­ma, right after DU8.MEŠ. This is omitted from both If a City 2 (196, *32.29’ C31’) and KAL 1 (16-17, 31’ A31’). Both editions otherwise read the omen as above.
  • See 32.A.102’ for a thematically-linked protasis. See 32.A.81’ and 32.A.83’ for omens about single lizards crawling into a man’s lap.