Chapter 32

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K 02708+ K 03730+ <ul> <li>The above omen and the subsequent, <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-52-/tei">32.N.52’</a>, are both present on the manuscripts K 02708+ and K 03730+, but the sequence of the two omens are transposed. We follow the sequence on K 02708+ as it preserves the standard sequence of omens. See also the commentary at <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-52-/tei">32.N.52’</a>.</li> <li>The logogram DAM.TAB.BA can be normalized in Akkadian as either tappātu or ṣerretu, both mean ‘secondary wife’ (De Zorzi forthcoming). See also CAD Ṣ, 138 s.v. ṣerru B and CAD T, 181 s.v. tappātu.</li> <li>The verb in the protasis of this omen, IGI ‘to see’, is mistakenly translated as a passive in If a City 2 (171, 32.51’). If a City 2 also mistakeny reads DAM.TAB.BA as DAM ‘husband’ and TAB.BA ‘friend’.</li> </ul> If a lizard carrying a snake is seen by woman, that woman will be married to the husband of a friend. <ul> <li>Although line K 03730+ 37 is read as above in If a City 2’s (193, 32.51’, Ex(1)) score, If a City 2’s (170, 32.51’) reconstructed transliteration of the above omen is as follows</li> </ul>          DI&Scaron; EME.&Scaron;ID MU&Scaron; na-&scaron;i-ma MUNUS IGI MUNUS BI KI DAM TAB.BA in-na-ḫaz Collation confirms the reading in-na-ḫa-az instead of in-na-ḫaz.DIŠDIŠEME.ŠIDEME.ŠIDMUŠMUŠna-ši-mana-ši-maMUNUSMUNUS…IGIMUNUSBIKIDAM.TAB.BAin-na-ḫa-azDIŠEME.ŠIDMUŠna-ši-maMUNUSIGIMUNUSBIKIDAM.TAB.BAin-na-ḫa-azšummaṣurāruṣēranašīmasinništaīmursinništušīittiṣerretiinnaḫḫazthat woman will be married together with a secondary wife.If a lizard carrying a snake stares at a womanthat woman will be married to the husband of a friend.If a lizard carrying a snake is seen by a woman