Omen 32.A VAT 09906 ii 11
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.VAT09906.ii11", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:37 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-VAT-09906-ii-11/tei
↓ 32.A VAT 09906 ii 11 
VAT 09906ii   11  DIŠMINanaDUGÌŠUB-maÚŠINIMḪUL-teanaIGINAGIB
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  • DIŠMINanaDUGÌŠUB-maÚŠINIMḪUL-teanaIGINAGIB
  • šummaMINanakarpatšamniimqutmaimūtamātlemuttianapānamēliiparrik
  • If ditto (= a lizard) falls into an oil vessel and dies- bad news will obstruct the man.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • There is an obvious wordplay between the word imūt ‘he dies’ in the protasis and amāt ‘word; message’ in the apodosis.