Omen 32.A.23
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.23", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:08 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-23/tei
↓ 32.A.23 
VAT 10167   23  *r. 23'  DIŠEME.DIRa-naKI.TAgišGU.ZANAKU₄-ma⸢ir⸣-⸢bi⸣-iṣ⸢KÚR⸣ÉBI[TUŠ-ab]
VAT 10167If a City2, 198, *32.84', CDIŠEME.DIRa-naKI.TAGIŠ.GU.ZANATU-mair-bi-iṣinaE₂BI[…]
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  • DIŠEME.DIRa-naKI.TAgišGU.ZANAKU₄-mair-bi-iṣKÚRÉBI[TUŠ-ab]
  • If a City2, 178, *32.84'
    DIŠEME.DIRa-naKI.TAGIŠ.GU.ZANATU-mair-bi-iṣinaE₂BI[DUR₂-ab]
  • šummaṣurāruanašapalkussiamēliīrubmairbiṣnakrubītašūati[uššab]
  • If a lizard crawls under a man's stool and lies down- an enemy [will inhabit] that house.
  • If a City2, 179, *32.84'
    If a lizard enters underneath a man's chair and lies down, that house will be inhabited.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The sign we read as KÚR, following KAL 1 (16-17 Vs. 23 A23; see also the collation notes on p. 143 Nr. 16 Vs. 23), is read as ina in If a City 2 (198, *32.84’).
  • See also 32.S.21 as the two omens are similar. Where the Assur omen predicts an enemy inhabiting the house, the Sultantepe omen has É BI DÚR ‘that house will (again) be inhabited.’