Omen 32.A.75'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.75", 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-75-/tei
↓ 32.A.75' 
VAT 10167   r. 3'  *3'  [DIŠEME.DIRšá]⸢₂⸣SAG.DU.MEŠ-šúkit-pu-lu-maanaUGUNA⸢x⸣[…]
VAT 10167If a City2, 194, *32.3', C[…]₂SAG.DU.MEŠ-šu₂kit-pu-lu-maanaUGUNA[…]
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  • [DIŠEME.DIRšá]₂SAG.DU.MEŠ-šúkit-pu-lu-maanaUGUNAx[…]
  • If a City2, 172, *32.3'
    [DIŠEME.DIRša₂]₂SAG.DU.MEŠ-šu₂kit-pu-lu-maanaUGUNA[…]
  • [šummaṣurāruša]₂qaqqadūšukitpulūmaanamuḫḫiamēli…[…]
  • [If a lizard whose] two heads are entwined ... […] onto a man.
  • If a City2, 173, *32.3'
    [ If a lizards whose] two heads are entwined […] onto a man […]
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The manuscript’s photograph confirms an additional sign follows NA, as read in KAL 1 (16-17, Rs. 3’ A3’). Only the head of a horizontal wedge, however, remains. These traces are omitted from If a City 2 (172, *32.3’; 194,*32.3’ C3’).

The traces would fit with the sign ŠUB, but then the above omen and 32.A.77’ would appear to have identical protases. In any case, the two omens are very similar. As the traces are too fragmentary to be certain, the reading has been left as ˹x˺.