Omen 32.N.38'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.N.38", 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-N-38-/tei
↓ 32.N.38' 
K 02708+i   14'  DIŠEME.DIRina⸢UGUKI.NÁNAŠUB-ut]nu-kúr{⸢giš⸣[NÁ⸣
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  • DIŠEME.DIRinaUGUKI.NÁNAŠUB-utnu-kúrgiš[NÁ]
  • šummaṣurāruinamuḫḫimajjālamēliimqutnukkur[erši]
  • If a lizard falls onto a man's sleeping place- relocation of the [bed].
  • If a City2, p. 169
    If a lizard falls opposite a man's couch- relocation of the bed.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.N.36’ as K 02708+ i 12’ from the same manuscript has the same protasis as above, but a different apodosis.
  • In If a City 2 (169, 32.38’), the above omen is translated as

         If a lizard falls opposite a man’s couch–relocation of the bed.

The preposition ina UGU means ‘on’ or ‘on top of’ or ‘above’, not ‘opposite’. See CAD M/2, 175 s.v. muḫḫu 2c for the use of UGU after prepositions to reinforce the meaning of the preposition.