Chapter 32

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VAT 10167 <ul> <li>The manuscript’s left-hand side is broken away at this point. Comparing the line to other lines where both the left and right-hand edges are preserved, the above omen appears to begin in the middle of line VAT 10167 r. 60’. Without a duplicate manuscript or further joins, it is impossible to say whether the beginning of the line (the part broken away) contained a separate omen or a large amount of blank space.</li> <li>As noted in If a City 2 (176, n. 55’), the referent of MIN is uncertain. It may be the ‘entwined lizards’ of earlier omens as If a City 2 suggests.</li> <li>The sign MU, of GÙ-mu ‘noise’, is written on the manuscript’s edge and is not visible on the available photograph. The reading is from KAL 1 (16-17, Rs. 60’ A60’). If a City 2 (197, *32.55’ C60’), instead, reads ugu mu</li> </ul>          […] x MIN &scaron;a2 a-gap-pi GAR-nu ina E2 NA it-ta-nap-ra-&scaron;u2 ugu mu GAL<aub>2-&scaron;u2 E2 BI BIR How to interpret the signs ugu mu is unclear; If a City 2 (177, *32.55’) tentatively translates them as ‘anger’ [If lizards] ditto that have wings fly about in the man’s house, there will be anger(?); that house will be dispersed. As lizards making noises are not uncommon in omen protases (see the commentary at <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-47-/tei">32.N.47’</a>), we follow KAL 1 (16-17, Rs. 60’ A60’) and read GÙ-mu. ……DIŠxMIN{?}MINšáša2a-gap-pia-gap-piGAR-nuGAR-nuinainaÉE2NANAit-ta-nap-ra-šúit-ta-nap-ra-šu2u#uguGÙ-mu#muGÁL-šúGAL2-šu2ÉE2BIBIBIRBIR(ruling)(ruling)…DIŠMIN{?}šáa-gap-piGAR-nuinaÉNAit-ta-nap-ra-šúuGÙ-muGÁL-šúÉBIBIRDIŠEME.DIR.MEŠ…MINša2a-gap-piGAR-nuinaE2NAit-ta-nap-ra-šu2ugumuGAL2-šu2E2BIBIR…šummaMIN{?}šaagappīšaknūinabītamēliittanaprašūurigmušabšûbītušūissappaḫthat house will be dispersed.[…] If MIN{?} that have wings, fly around in a man's house and make noise[If lizards] ditto that have wings fly about in the man's house, there will be anger(?); that house will be dispersed.[ … … ] … , die Flügel haben, im Haus eines Mannes umherfliegen und (dabei) ein Geräusch machen: Dieses Haus wird zerstreut werden.