Omen 32.A.63
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.63", 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-63/tei
↓ 32.A.63 
VAT 10167   63  [DIŠEME.D]IRinaÉNAma-galŠUB.MEŠ-niŠUB-di[É]
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  • [DIŠEME.D]IRinaÉNAma-galŠUB.MEŠ-niŠUB-di[É]
  • [šummaṣur]ārûinabītamēlimagalimtaqqutūninadê[bīti]
  • [If liza]rds often fall in a man's house- abandonment of the [house].
  • If a City2, 183, *32.124'
    [If] many [liz]ards fall in a man's house- abandonment [of the house].
  • KAL 1, 16-17, 72 Vs. 63
    [Wenn eine Eidec]hse im Haus eines Mannes oft fällt: Aufgeben des [Hauses].
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.S.73, which differs only in the lack of a phonetic complement on the apodosis’s verb.
  • The edition If a City 2 (183, *32.124’) interprets magal as an adjective for ṣurārû

         [If] many [liz]ards fall in a man’s house—abandonment [of the house].

The word magal, however, is an adverb meaning ‘very (much), in large amounts, abundantly’ (CAD M/1, 29 s.v. magal). This also accounts for the plural marker on the verb. For the plural use of EME.DIR, without the marker MEŠ, see the commentary at 32.A.53.