Omen 32.A.58
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.58", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:09 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-58/tei
↓ 32.A.58 
VAT 10167   58  *r. 58'  [DIŠ]EME.DIRKI.TA-nuna4UR5Ù.TUENÉBIinaŠÀLUGALKAR
VAT 10167If a City2, p. 200,*32.119', CDIŠEME.DIRKI.TA-nuNA₄.ḪURU₃.TUENE₂BIinaE₂LUGALKAR
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  • [DIŠ]EME.DIRKI.TA-nuna4UR5Ù.TUENÉBIinaŠÀLUGALKAR
  • If a City2, p. 182, *32.119'
    DIŠEME.DIRKI.TA-nuNA₄.ḪURU₃.TUENE₂BIinaE₂LUGALKAR
  • [šumma]ṣurārušaplānuerîūlidbēlbītišuātiinalibbišarriinneṭṭir
  • [If] a lizard gives birth under the millstone- the owner of that house will be saved by the king's will.
  • If a City2, p. 183, *32.119'
    If a lizard gives birth under the ḫaruru (of the millstone), the owner of that house will be saved from the king's palace.
  • KAL 1, p. 72, Vs. 58
    Wenn eine Eidechse unterhalb eines Mühlsteins ein Gelege ablegt: Der Herr dieses Hauses wird durch den Willen des König gerettet werden.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • A similar omen is preserved in 32.S.75; the master of the house is saved by the ŠU ‘hand’ of the king and not the regent’s ŠÀ ‘heart’, here: ‘will’.
  • If a City 2 (200, *32.119’ C r.58’) reads the sign ŠÀ as É ‘house’. This reading carries through the reconstructed omen (182, *32.119’) and the translation (183, *32.119’).

We follow KAL 1 (16-17, Vs. 58 A58) and read the sign as ŠÀ. Futher, we also follow KAL 1’s (16-17, 72 Vs. 58) interpretation of ina ŠÀ LUGAL KAR as being saved by the king’s will and not from as in If a City 2.

  • The sign ŠÀ is written with four vertical wedges, instead of three. For another example, see the discussion at 32.A.32.
  • See 32.N.56’ for a discussion of the problems with If a City 2’s (171, n. 56’ and 182, n. 119’) use of the above omen to reconstruct the missing parts of the Nineveh omen.