Chapter 32

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 VAT 10167 <ul> <li><em>If a City </em>2 (197, *32.46&rsquo; C48&rsquo;) reads VAT&nbsp;10167&nbsp;<em>r.</em>&nbsp;48&rsquo; as above except for the first sign.</li> </ul> <p style="margin-left:48px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [&hellip; .M]E&Scaron;.-&nbsp;<em>ma</em> NU DU8.ME&Scaron; EME.DIR</p> <p style="margin-left:48px">As&nbsp;<em>If a City </em>2 interprets the penultimate sign as G&Uacute;R, Akk. <em>kanā&scaron;u</em> &lsquo;to submit&rsquo;&nbsp; and translates (177, *32.46&rsquo;)</p> <p style="margin-left:48px">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; [If lizards fall [&hellip;] and do not sparate, a lizard [&hellip;] in his house will submit.</p> <p style="margin-left:48px">While GAM can be read G&Uacute;R, the phonetic complement -<em>a&scaron; </em>makes the reading problematic<em>.</em> The corresponding verb form for &lsquo;will submit&rsquo; is the G-stem present, but that would be <em>ikannu&scaron;, </em>not *<em>ikanna&scaron;. </em>The D-stem present <em>ukanna&scaron;</em> would fit with the phonetic complement, but its meaning is &lsquo;to force into submission&rsquo; and one would expect a direct object either directly preceding the verb or as an enclitic pronoun. See CAD&nbsp;K, 146 s.v.&nbsp;<em>kanā&scaron;u</em> 5 for examples of <em>kunnu&scaron;u</em> in omen texts.</p>……ŠUB.MEŠ-ma.MEŠ-maNUNUDU8.MEŠDU8.MEŠEME.DIREME.DIR(indent)……inainaÉ-šúE2-šu2GAM-ašGUR2-aš…ŠUB.MEŠ-maNUDU8.MEŠEME.DIR…inaÉ-šúGAM-ašDIŠEME.DIR.MEŠ….MEŠ-maNUDU8.MEŠEME.DIR…inaE2-šu2GUR2-aš…imqutūmalāippaṭrūṣurāru…inabītišuippallaš...] in his house will be broken into.[... fa]ll (but) do not separate, a lizard […[If lizards fall [ …] and do not separate, a lizard […] in his house will submit.