Omen 32.N.10
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.N.10", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:25 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-10/tei
32.N.10 
K 03730+   DIŠEME.ŠIDšáMINKUN.MEŠ-šá⸢ana⸣[…NÍG.TU]K?uṣ-ṣab
K 03730+If a City2, p. 190, Ex(1), *32.9'DIŠEME.ŠIDša₂KUN.MEŠ-ša₂[…]xuṣ-ṣab
K 06912+   19  20  [DIŠEME.ŠI]D[šá]MIN⸢KUN⸣.⸢MEŠ⸣-šú?anaUGUNA[…][…]NÍG.TUKu[ṣ-ṣab]?
K 06912+If a City2, p. 190, Ex(3), *32.9'20  […]KUN.MEŠ-šu₂anaUGUNA[…][…]NIG₂.TUK[…]
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  • DIŠEME.ŠIDšáMINKUN.MEŠ-šáanaUGUNA[…]NÍG.TUKuṣ-ṣab
  • If a City2, p. 166, *32.9'
    DIŠEME.ŠIDša₂KUN.MEŠ-ša₂anaUGUNA[…]NIG₂.TUK-[šu₂]uṣ-ṣab
  • šummaṣurīrittušazibbātušaanamuḫḫiamēli[…]mašrûuṣṣab
  • If a lizard with two tails […] on top of a man, […](his) wealth will increase.
  • If a City2, p. 167, *32.9'
    If a lizard that has two tails […] on top of a man, [his] wealth will increase.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The line K 03730+ 9 is read by If a City 2 (190, *32.9’, Ex(1)) as

         DIŠ EME.ŠID ša2 KUN.MEŠ-ša2 […] x uṣ-ṣab

Collation of the manuscript shows traces of a broken sign on the right-hand edge of the break. Its traces, the tail end of two horizontal wedges, fit with the reading NÍG.TU]K. There is also a broken ana before the break.

  • After collation of manuscript K 06912+, it is apparent that part of the sign ŠID is visible at the beginning of line 19, and there is a broken sign at the end of line 20, after NÍG.TUK. Both signs are missing in If a City 2’s (190, *32.9’, Ex(3)) reading of these lines.

The remnants of the sign after NÍG.TUK are compatible with the reading u[ṣ-sab]—there is what appears to be a broken KUR on the manuscript—but incompatible with a reading of šú, as suggested by If a City 2 (166, *32.9’).