Omen 32.A.86'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.86", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:22 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-86-/tei
↓ 32.A.86' 
VAT 10167   r. 14'  *14'  DIŠEME.DIRinaKI.TANATUŠDU.DUNABIUGUENINIM-šuGUB-az(ruling)
VAT 10167If a City2, 195, *32.14', CDIŠEME.DIRinaKI.TANAqu₂-du-duNABIUGUENKA-šuGUB-az(ruling)
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  • DIŠEME.DIRinaKI.TANATUŠDU.DUNABIUGUENINIM-šuGUB-az
  • If a City2, 174, *32.14', C
    DIŠEME.DIRinaKI.TANAqu₂-du-duNABIUGUENKA-šuGUB-az
  • šummaṣurāruinašapalamēliāšibiittallakamēlušūelibēlamātišuizzaz
  • If a lizard walks about under a sitting man- that man will prevail over his adversary.
  • If a City2, 175, *32.14'
    If a lizard(s) are curled up under a man, that man will prevail over his adversary.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • If a City 2 (174–75, *32.14’) reconstructs and translates the above omen as follows:

DIŠ EME.DIR ina KI.TA qu2-du-du NA BI UGU EN KA-šu GUB-az
If a lizard(s) are curled up under a man, that man will prevail over his adversary.

We follow KAL 1 (16-17 Rs. 14’ A14’) and read TUŠ ‘sitting’ for the sign read as qu2 by If a City 2.