Omen 32.A.87'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.87", 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-87-/tei
↓ 32.A.87' 
VAT 10167   r. 15'  *15'  DIŠNAinaNUZUEME.DIRKI.UŠ-maÚŠ⸢ina⸣⸢di⸣-⸢nim⸣⸢i⸣-le-'e
VAT 10167If a City2, 195, *32.15', CDIŠNAinaNUZUEME.DIRKI.UŠ-maUG₇xx isx-li-i'
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  • DIŠNAinaNUZUEME.DIRKI.UŠ-maÚŠinadi-nimi-le-'e
  • If a City2, 174, *32.15'
    DIŠNAinaNUZUEME.DIRKI.UŠ-maUG₇xx isx -li-i'
  • šummaamēluinalāidêṣurāraikbusmaušmītinadīnimile''e
  • If a man unwittingly steps on a lizard and (thereby) kills (it)- he will win a legal case.
  • If a City2, 175, *32.15'
    If a man unwittingly steps on a lizard and kills, it, …
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • For the apodosis’s broken signs, we follow KAL 1 (16-17 Rs. 15’ A15’). In If a City 2, these signs are left uninterpreted (195, *32.15’ C15’) and untranslated (175, *32.15’).
  • The omens 32.A.87’ through 32.A.95’ are a series of lizard omens where, unexpectedly, the subject of the protasis is a man, not a lizard. The scene is also the street and not within the home.
  • The protases of 32.A.87’ and 32.A.88’ are thematically linked. Although the protases are opposites, both omens have positive apodoses.