Chapter 32

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K 02708+ <ul> <li>See <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-A-62/tei">32.A.62</a> and <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-S-71/tei">32.S.71</a>, which have been used to reconstruct the above omen’s missing parts. The omens, despite orthographic differences, are the same. Among the snake omens (chapter 23) in &Scaron;umma ālu, there is an almost identical omen; though, the word order differs slightly (Rinderer 2021, 89, 226–27 omen §23.97):</li> </ul> §23.97 [DI&Scaron; MU&Scaron;] ina É LÚ ina ḫa-ru-ri Ù.TU É BI BIR-aḫ [If a snake] gives birth in a man’s house in the ḫarūru-part of the mill—that house will be dispersed. <ul> <li>If a City 2 (193, 32.55’, Aii) generally reads line K 02708+ ii 6’ as above. If a City 2, however, reads NA and Ù as present on the manuscript even though collation reveals the signs must be reconstructed. This carries over to If a City 2’s (171, 32.55’) translation of the above omen, which is as follows:</li> </ul>          If a lizard gives birth in the ḫaruru (part of a millstone)—dispersal [of the house]. Though If a City 2 reads the signs É NA ‘a man’s house’, they are excluded from the translation.DIŠDIŠEME.DIREME.DIRinainaḫa-ru-riḫa-ru-riÉE2NANAÙ.TUU3.TUBIR-aḫBIR-aḫÉ…DIŠEME.DIRinaḫa-ru-riÉNAÙ.TUBIR-aḫÉDIŠEME.ŠIDinaḫa-ru-riE2NAU3.TUBIR-aḫE2šummaṣurāruinaharūribītamēliūlidsapāḫbītidispers[al of the house].If a lizard [gives bi]rth in theḫaruru(a part of a millstone) [of a man's] housedispersal [of the house].If a lizard gives birth in theḫaruru(part of a millstone)