Omen 32.A VAT 09906 ii 5
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.A.VAT09906.ii5", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:22 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-VAT-09906-ii-5/tei
↓ 32.A VAT 09906 ii 5 
VAT 09906ii   5  DIŠMINinaDA?ÉNAÙ.⸢TU⸣ÉBI⸢ár⸣-bu-ta₅DU
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  • DIŠMINinaDA?ÉNAÙ.TUÉBIár-bu-ta₅DU
  • šummaMINinaidi?bītamēliūlidbītušūarbūtaillak
  • If ditto (= a lizard) gives birth beside? a man's house- that house will go to ruin.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See 32.A.37 and 32.S.39 for lizard omens with the same apodosis, but a different protasis.
  • See the discussion at 32.N.53’ on the translation of Ù.TU ‘to give birth’ in lizard omens.