Omen 32.A.4
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.4", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:26 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-4/tei
↓ 32.A.4 
VAT 10167   4  [DIŠEME.DIRa-na…NA]ŠUB-ut⸢mim⸣-⸢mu⸣-⸢šu⸣ZÁḪ
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  • [DIŠEME.DIRa-na…NA]ŠUB-utmim-mu-šuZÁḪ
  • [šummaṣurāruana…amēli]imqutmimmûšuiḫalliq
  • [If a lizard …] falls [… of a man]- all his possessions will disappear.
  • If a City2, 179, *32.65'
    [If a lizard] falls […], his belonging will be lost.
  • KAL 1 16-17, 71 Vs. 4
    [Wenn ein Eidechse auf … eines Mannes] fällt: Sein ganzer Besitz wird verloren gehen.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • We tentatively suggest that 32.S.3 might provide guidance for 32.A.4’s missing protasis as the previous omen (32.A.3) corresponds to 32.S.2 and the subsequent omen (32.A.5) corresponds to 32.S.5 (32.S.4 corresponds to 32.A.7). Note that while 32.S.3’s protasis is incomplete, the -ma after ŠUB indicates a multipart protasis. The protasis of 32.A.4, however, is clearly finished after ŠUB-ut. The omen 32.S.3 reads as follows:

[DIŠ] E[ME.ŠID ana U]GU bu-di [NA] ŠUB-ma […]
[If] a li[zard] falls [on]to [a man’s] shoulder(s) and […]