PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

• Omens 32.A.35 through 32.A.49 form a series of omens about lizards falling or crawling into items around the house. The omens are organized by the household items and should be seen as related to each other. 
• The above protasis and apodosis show a clear link between the action of the lizard È (w)aṣû ‘to go out’ or ‘to escape’ and the consequences for the man. The man of the apodosis is not mentioned in the protasis, neither is his entering prison. The implication is that he is the man thrown into prison in the previous omen 32.A.34.
• Two other omens refer to lizards and braziers: 32.S.36 and 32.S.37. The omens 32.A.35 and 32.S.36 share the same apodosis; though their protases differ. The protasis of 32.S.37 is fragmentary, but is likely to be the same as the above omen's (32.A.35) protasis.

        32.S.36

[If a lizard] falls [onto …] that is sitting (in) a br[azier] — that man will escape from prison.
[DIŠ EME.ŠID ana …] šá K[I.NE] aš-bu ŠUB-ut NA BI ina KI.ŠÚ È

32.S.37

[If a lizard] falls [into the fir]e [in a brazier] (and) escapes — that man will escape from privation and hardship.
[DIŠ EME.ŠID ana KI.NE ana IZ]I ŠUB-ut È NA BI ina PAP.ḪAL u KI.KAL È