Omen 32.A.103'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.103", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:37 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-103-/tei
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PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
- Line VAT 10167 r. 33’ reads ḪI.A after MIN ‘ditto’ instead of a-ḫi ‘(be)side’ as in line VAT 09793 16’. This is possibly a scribal transposition. The most recent edition of VAT 10167, KAL 1 (16-17, 33’ A33’), however, retains ḪI.A and interprets (16-17, 74 33’) it as a stative plural of the verb mâdu:
Wenn Eidechsen dito (= umeinander gewunden sind und) zahlreich (auf) einen Mann fallen, aber sich (dabei) nicht trennen: [ … … ] … .
The problem with such an interpretation is that it makes it difficult to interpret NA ŠUB.MEŠ. Note that KAL 1 is forced to add ‘auf’ between parentheses. If a City 2 (176–77, *32.31’) interprets the omen with the reading a-ḫi as above but also adds ‘many’.
- It is difficult to discern on the photograph, but the sign read as NA! in VAT 10167 r. 33’ appears to have either a badly formed vertical wedge or an extraneous one.
- If a City 2 (196, *32.31’ C33’) reads VAT 10167 r. 33’ as above except for the penultimate sign, which it reads as ZA. In the manuscript’s photograph, two stacked vertical wedges are visible.
- See also 32.A.104’ for a thematically paired omen.
