Omen 32.A.98'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.98", 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-98-/tei
↓ 32.A.98' 
VAT 09793   11'  DIŠKI.MINŠUB.MEŠ-maDU₈.MEŠ-maana[…]
VAT 10167Rs.   r. 28'  *28'  28'  DIŠEME.DIRMINŠUB.MEŠ-maDU₈.MEŠ-maanaIGISILATUŠŠUB-atE[NINIM]-šuIGI-mar
VAT 10167If a City2, 196, *32.26'DIŠEME.DIRMINŠUB.MEŠ-maDU₈.MEŠ-maanaIGISILADUR₂ŠUB-atEN[…]-šuIGI-mar
VAT 10167KAL 1 16-17 ADIŠEME.DIRMINŠUB.MEŠ-maDU₈.MEŠ-maanaIGISILATUŠŠUB-atENI[NIM]-šuIGI-mar
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  • DIŠEME.DIRMINŠUB.MEŠ-maDU₈.MEŠ-maanaIGISILATUŠŠUB-atE[NINIM]-šuIGI-mar
  • If a City2, 174, *32.26'
    DIŠEME.DIRŠUB.MEŠ-maDU₈.MEŠ-maanaIGISILADUR₂ŠUB-atEN[KA]-šuIGI-mar
  • šummaṣurārûMINimqutūmaippaṭrūmaanapānsūqiašbūmaqātbē[lamāti]šuimmar
  • If (= entwined) lizards ditto (= fall onto a man), separate, and remain sitting in front of the street- he will witness the downfall of his legal adver[ary].
  • If a City2, 175, *32.26'
    If entwined lizards fall onto a man and separate and stay on the surface of the street, he will see the downfall of his adver[sary].
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The phrase ana IGI SILA ‘in front of the street’ is interpreted in If a City 2 (175, *32.26’) as meaning ‘on the surface of the street’.

If entwined lizards fall onto a man and separate and stay on the surface of the street, he will see the downfall of his adver[sary].

We follow KAL 1 (16-17, 73 Rs. 28’) which translates ‘vor der Straße’.

  • VAT 10167 r. 28’ has abrasions around the signs E[N INIM]. There are traces on the manuscript where INIM is, but they are too faint to read from the photograph.