Omen 32.A.9
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.9", 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-9/tei
↓ 32.A.9 
VAT 10167   9  [DIŠEME.DIRa-naEGIRNAŠUB-u]t-mait-tap-pi-iṣḪULIGI-mar
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  • [DIŠEME.DIRa-naEGIRNAŠUB-u]t-mait-tap-pi-iṣḪULIGI-mar
  • If a City2, 179, *32.70'
    [DIŠEME.DIRanaEGIRNAŠ]UB-utit-tap-pi-iṣḪULIGI-mar
  • [šummaṣurāruanaarkatamēliimqu]tmaittappiṣlumnaimmar
  • [If a lizard fal]ls [behind a man] and flops about repeatedly- he will experience evil.
  • If a City2, 179, *32.70'
    [If a lizard] falls [behind a man] and flops around, he will experience evil.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.N.31’ and 32.S.7. The three omens are almost identical. The Nineveh omen, however, omits the enclitic -ma between the protases’ verbs, and in the Sultantepe omen, ‘evil’ is written as the feminine MUNUS.ḪUL.
  • See also the commentary at 32.N.31’ or a discussion of the verb ittapiṣ.