Omen 32.N.40'
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.N.40", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:09 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-40-/tei
↓ 32.N.40' 
K 02708+i   16'  DIŠ⸢EME⸣.⸢DIR⸣⸢ana⸣UGUgiš⸢NÁ⸣[N]AD[U.DU-aknu-kúrgišNÁ]
K 02708+If a City2, p. 192, ADIŠEME.DIRinaUGUGIŠ.NA₂[…]
K 03730+   27  DIŠEME.ŠIDinaUGUgiš⸢NÁ⸣NADU.DU-aknu-kúrgišNÁ
K 06912+   r. 7'  *r. 6'  [DIŠE]ME.ŠIDinaUGUgišN[Á…](ruling)
K 06912+If a City2, p. 192, Ex(3)[…E]ME.ŠIDinaUGUGIŠ.N[A₂…](ruling)
Var. (K 02708+)
  • DIŠEME.DIRanaUGUgišNÁ[N]AD[U.DU-aknu-kúrgišNÁ]
  • If a City2, p. 168
    DIŠEME.ŠIDinaUGUGIŠ.NA₂NADU.DU-aknu-kur₂GIŠ.NA₂
  • šummaṣurāruanamuḫḫiereš[am]ēliitt[allaknukkurerši]
  • If a lizard wa[lks about] on top of a [m]an's bed- [relocation of the bed.]
Var. (K 03730+ and K 06912+)
  • DIŠEME.ŠIDinaUGUgišNÁNADU.DU-aknu-kúrgišNÁ
  • If a City2, p. 168
    DIŠEME.ŠIDinaUGUGIŠ.NA₂NADU.DU-aknu-kur₂GIŠ.NA₂
  • šummaṣurāruinamuḫḫierešamēliittallaknukkurerši
  • If a lizard walks about on top of a man's bed- relocation of the bed.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • K 02708+ i 16' only differs from K 03730+ 27 and K 06912+ r. 7' only in which prepositions precedes UGU ‘top’. The difference does not affect the translations.
  • Collation of line K 02708+ i 16’ shows a broken ana before UGU, not ina as read in If a City 2 (192, 32.40’, A i).

Further, two fragmentary signs are visible after gišNÁ. The remnants allow for a reading of [N]A and D[U. The signs’ readings fit with the signs preserved on K 03730+ 27.

  • As the earlier edition If a City 2 does not provide separate reconstructions for variant lines, its reconstructed transliteration and translation of the above omen differ from the current edition, making comparisons difficult. See If a City 2 (168-69, 32.40’).
  • See also 32.S.29. The two omens share the same apodosis and possibly the same protasis.