Omen 32.A.76'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.76", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:30 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-76-/tei
32.A.76' 
VAT 10167   r. 4'  [DIŠEME.DIRš]áSAG.DU.MEŠ-šúTAKIanaUGUNAE₁₁[…]
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  • [DIŠEME.DIRš]áSAG.DU.MEŠ-šúTAKIanaUGUNAE₁₁[…]
  • [šummaṣurāruš]aqaqqadūšuištuqaqqarianamuḫḫiamēliīli[…]
  • [If a lizard wit]h two heads climbs up from the ground onto the top of a man […]
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The omens 32.A.13 and 32.S.10 feature protases in which a lizard—assumed to have but one head—also climbs onto a man from the ground. Both have apodoses resulting in the man acquiring money.