Omen 32.A.29
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.29", 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-29/tei
↓ 32.A.29 
VAT 10167   29  DIŠEME.DIRa-naUGUgišNÁNAŠUB-ut-ma!ir-bi-iṣSUḪUŠ.BI[GI.NA]
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  • DIŠEME.DIRa-naUGUgišNÁNAŠUB-ut-ma!ir-bi-iṣSUḪUŠ.BI[GI.NA]
  • šummaṣurāruanamuḫḫierešamēliimqutma!irbiṣišissu[ikân]
  • If a lizard falls onto a man's bed and{!} lies down- his social standing [will be stable].
  • If a City2, 181, *32.A.90'
    If a lizard falls onto a man's bed and lies down, that foundation […]
  • KAL 1 16-17, 72 Vs. 29
    Wenn eine Eidechse auf das Bett eines Mannes fällt und sich (dort) lagert: [Ein dauerhaftes] Fundament.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • As the above omen is a thematic variant to 32.A.28—in fact, the two omens are almost the same, but for the difference of the lizard falling on a bed instead of a table—and such pairs often have opposing apodoses, the apodosis above has been reconstructed as positive, whereas 32.A.28 was negative.
  • In the photograph of VAT 10167, the sign MA, part of ŠUB-ut-ma!, appears to have extra marks above it.
  • See 32.A.28 for a discussion on the translation of SUḪUŠ.