Omen 32.A.54
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.54", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:29 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-54/tei
↓ 32.A.54 
VAT 10167   54  DIŠEME.DIRmi-it-tu₄inaÉNAIGIÉBILAL(ruling)
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  • DIŠEME.DIRmi-it-tu₄inaÉNAIGIÉBILAL
  • šummaṣurīrittumittuinabītamēliinnamirbītušūimaṭṭi
  • If a dead lizard is seen in a man's house- that house will diminish.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • Note the feminine adjective mittu ‘dead’ used to describe the lizard. 
  • See also the omen preserved on VAT 9906 v 16’ (Assur recension); it preserves the same omen, but writes MIN instead of EME.DIR.