Omen 32.A.118'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.118", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:09 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-118-/tei
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PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
- If a City 2 (197, *32.46’ C48’) reads VAT 10167 r. 48’ as above except for the first sign.
[… .M]EŠ.- ma NU DU8.MEŠ EME.DIR
As If a City 2 interprets the penultimate sign as GÚR, Akk. kanāšu ‘to submit’ and translates (177, *32.46’)
[If lizards fall […] and do not sparate, a lizard […] in his house will submit.
While GAM can be read GÚR, the phonetic complement -aš makes the reading problematic. The corresponding verb form for ‘will submit’ is the G-stem present, but that would be ikannuš, not *ikannaš. The D-stem present ukannaš would fit with the phonetic complement, but its meaning is ‘to force into submission’ and one would expect a direct object either directly preceding the verb or as an enclitic pronoun. See CAD K, 146 s.v. kanāšu 5 for examples of kunnušu in omen texts.
