Omen 32.A.21
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.21", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:07 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-21/tei
↓ 32.A.21 
VAT 10167   21  [DIŠEM]E.DIRa-naUGUgišGU.⸢ZA⸣⸢NA⸣ŠUB-utKA×MIEN.NU.UN[u₄-me]
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  • [DIŠEM]E.DIRa-naUGUgišGU.ZANAŠUB-utKA×MIEN.NU.UN[u₄-me]
  • If a City2, 178, *32.82’
    [DIŠEM]E.DIRa-naUGUGIŠ.GU.ZANAŠUB-utKA×MIEN.NU.UN.[UD.ZAL]
  • [šummaṣur]āruanamuḫḫikussiamēliimqutna'durmaṣṣarti[ūme]
  • [If a liz]ard falls on a man’s stool- an eclipse during the [day]watch (will occur).
  • If a City2, 179, *32.82’
    [If a liz]ard falls onto a man’s chair- darkness in the [midday] watch.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The apodosis is reconstructed from 32.S.19. The two omens appear to be the same.
  • The apodosis ‘an eclipse during the d[ay] watch’ can be found in several omens: 32.S.14 and 32.S.19 as well as possibly the fragmentary 32.N.24’. The only omen, however, to preserve the apodosis completely is 32.S.19, where it is written KA×MI EN.NUN u4-me, and it is the basis of the reconstruction of u4-me. See the commentary there for the slight differences in If a City 2’s reading and translation (178–79, *32.82’) of the above omen.
  • The above omen is the first in a series about lizards interacting with the furniture in a man’s home.