PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

• The CAD A/2, 319 s.v. âru 1 interprets the protasis’s first verb as i-’i-ru-ma, the preterit of the verb âru ‘to go, advance (against a person)’, and translates the protasis as “if a man sees a lizard head toward him while he walks in a street”. Although the CAD’s interpretation is possible, we follow KAL 1 (16-17, 73 Rs. 18’) and If a City 2 (175, *32.18’) and interpret the protasis’s first verb as i­’a­ru­ma, the preterit of arû ‘to vomit’. Translating the verb as vomiting connects the omen with the proceeding 32.A.89', whose protasis also involves movement outward from the lizard’s body ‘giving birth’ and whose apodosis is similar to the above’s in topic and in the repeated use of the sign NÍG. Further, the subsequent omen 32.A.91’ results in negative prediction, and its protasis involves swallowing, an inward movement. As the above omen's (32.A.90’) apodosis is positive, one would expect the two protases to also oppose each other.
• As in 32.A.89', the above omen’s protasis is vaguely anacoluthic.
• Both KAL 1 (16-17, 73 Rs. 18’) and If a City 2 (175, *32.18’) translate the omen along the same lines as above. We follow KAL 1 (16-17 Rs. 18’ B1’) and read MIN in line VAT 10167 r. 18’, whereas If a City 2 (195, *32.18’ B1’) reads x. If a City 2 (195, *32.18’ C18’) omits NÍG in the apodosis. We follow KAL 1 (16-17 Rs. 18’ A18’) to read ˹NÍG˺.TUK ‘riches’.