Omen 32.S.13
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.13", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:07 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-S-13/tei
↓ 32.S.13 
SU 1952, 242   13  ⸢DIŠ⸣⸢EME⸣.[ŠID⸣anaUGUŠUNAGÙB[ŠU]B-utinaKÙ.BABBAR⸢DUMU⸣.MUNUS.MEŠ-šúÉ[DÙ-uš]
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  • DIŠEME.[ŠID]anaUGUŠUNAGÙB[ŠU]B-utinaKÙ.BABBARDUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šúÉ[DÙ-uš]
  • šummaṣurā[ru]anamuḫḫiqātamēlišumēli[imq]utinakasapmārātišubīta[ippuš]
  • If a liz[ard fa]lls onto a man’s left hand- [he will build] a house with his daughters’ money.
  • If a City2, p. 185
    If a liz[ard] falls onto a man's left hand, [he will build a house] with his daughters' money.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The omen 32.A.16 has been used to reconstruct the above omen’s apodosis. The Assur omen adds MEŠ to KÙ.BABBAR ‘money, silver’ but otherwise appears to be identical.
  • See 32.S.12 and 32.A.15 for lizards falling onto a man’s right hand.