Omen 32.A.97'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.97", 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-97-/tei
↓ 32.A.97' 
VAT 09793   10'  DIŠEME.DIRkit-pu-lu-maanaUGUN[A…]
VAT 10167   r. 27'  DIŠEME.DIRkit-pu-lu-maanaUGUNAŠUB.MEŠ-maNUDU₈.MEŠS[ÙḪ]⸢ni⸣-zíq-tu₄
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  • DIŠEME.DIRkit-pu-lu-maanaUGUNAŠUB.MEŠ-maNUDU₈.MEŠS[ÙḪ]ni-zíq-tu₄
  • šummaṣurārûkitpulūmaanamuḫḫiamēliimqutūmalāippaṭrūt[ēšû]niziqtu
  • If entwined lizards fall onto a man but do not separate- co[nfusion], grief.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • Both verbs of the protasis take a plural subject (as does the adjective written kit-pu-lu). CAD K, 174–75 s.v. kapālu 2 ‘kitpulu’ emends VAT 10167 r. 27’ (KAR 382: 27) and VAT 09793 10’ (KAR 393: 10) to add MEŠ after EME.DIR. While we interpret the subject as plural, we do not follow the CAD in emending the lines. The signs EME.DIR can be interpreted as either singular or plural (see the commentary at 32.A.53).
  • VAT 10167 r. 27’ is badly damaged around the sign SÙḪ. The sign is reconstructed from 32.A.3, which has the same apodosis (see also 32.S.2).
  • See the commentary at 32.A.3 for a discussion of the emotion niziqtu.