Omen 32.A.20
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.20", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:29 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-20/tei
↓ 32.A.20 
VAT 10167   20  [DIŠEME].DIRa-napu-⸢ut⸣NAŠUB-ut-maTAG-suNABIINIMNUZU[KUR-ád]
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  • [DIŠEME].DIRa-napu-utNAŠUB-ut-maTAG-suNABIINIMNUZU[KUR-ád]
  • [šummaṣurā]ruanapūtamēliimqutmailpussuamēlušūamātlāidê[ikaššad]
  • [If a liz]ard falls onto a man’s forehead and touches him- unexpected news [will reach] that man.
  • If a City2, 179, *32.81'
    [If a liz]ard falls onto a man’s forehead and strikes him, an unknown matter [will affect] that man.
  • KAL 1 16-17, 71 Vs. 20
    [Wenn eine Eide]chse auf die Stirn eines Mannes fällt und ihn hart trifft: Diesen Mann wird einer unerwartete Neuigkeit [erreichen].
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See 32.S.3 for a discussion on the confusion between būdu 'shoulders' and pūtu 'forehead'.
  • See also 32.S.18. The main difference between the two omens is the use in the Sultantepe omen of bu-­di ‘shoulder(s)’ instead of pu­-ut ‘forehead’ in the protasis and the omission of NA BI ‘that man’ in the apodosis.