Omen 32.N.4
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.N.4", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:08 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-4/tei
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PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
- See the commentary at 32.N.3 on the syllabic spelling of šum-ma.
- The apodosis is broken on both manuscripts. The remnants of the signs following A on both manuscripts are compatible with the reading KAL to form A.KAL ‘a flood’. While there is not another instance among the lizard omens, the phrase ‘a flood will come’ is a common among omen apodoses. See CAD M/2, 70 s.v. mīlu A 1.
The reconstruction of A.KAL DU means the reconstructed transliteration and translation do not match those in If a City 2. That edition (166-67, *32.4’ as well as 190, *32.4’, Ex(3) and Ex(7)) reads instead a-x-[…]. Most of the breaks are also not indicated in the earlier edition, but the omen is otherwise read as above.
