Omen 32.N.8
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.N.8", 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-8/tei
↓ 32.N.8 
K 03730+   7  DIŠEME.ŠIDšáMINKUN.MEŠ-šáanaIGINA[…INI]M-šúGUB
K 03730+If a City2, p. 190, Ex(1), *32.7'7  DIŠEME.ŠIDša₂₂KUN.MEŠ-ša₂anaIGINA[…]-šu₂GUB
K 06912+   16  [DIŠEME.ŠID]⸢šá⸣⸢MIN⸣KUN.MEŠ-⸢šá⸣anaIGINAŠUB-utNABIUGUENINIM[…]
K 06912+If a City2, p. 190, Ex(3), *32.7'16  […š]a₂₂KUN.[…]anaIGINAŠUB-utNABIUGUENKA-[…]
Copy Text
  • DIŠEME.ŠIDšáMINKUN.MEŠ-šáanaIGINAŠUB-utNABIUGUENINIM-šúGUB
  • šummaṣurīrittuša₂zibbātušaanapānamēliimqutamēlušuelibēlamātišuizzaz
  • If a lizard with two tails falls in front of a man- that man will prevail over his legal adversary.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • Collation reveals traces of a broken sign that fit with the reading INIM ‘word’ on the edge of the break in K 03730+ 7. These traces were omitted by If a City 2 (190, *32.7’, Ex(1)7), which otherwise read the line as above.
  • Upon collating K 06912+ 16, there is a broken -šá after KUN. The area is damaged; there might also be the marking II to indicate the dual. Neither Ebeling’s hand copy (CT 38 40) nor If a City 2 (190, *32.7’, Ex(3)) includes it.
  • The omen 32.S.63 has been interpreted as preserving the same omen as above. See, however, the commentary there as the Sultantepe hand copy has a likely error. Note also the use of the phonetic compliment on GUB in the Sultantepe omen.
  • For a discussion on the repetition of the protases about lizards—with or without tails—falling in front of a man, see 32.A.5.