Omen 32.S.14
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.14", 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-S-14/tei
↓ 32.S.14 
SU 1952, 242   14  DIŠ⸢EME⸣.[ŠIDana]UGUGÌRNA₁₅[ŠU]B-utmim-maZÁ[Ḫ]KA×MIEN.NUNu[₄-me]
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  • DIŠEME.[ŠIDana]UGUGÌRNA₁₅[ŠU]B-utmim-maZÁ[Ḫ]KA×MIEN.NUNu[₄-me]
  • If a City2, p. 184
    DIŠEME.[ŠIDana]UGUGIR₃NA₁₅[ŠU]B-utmim-maZA[Ḫ₂]KA×MIEN.NUN.UD.[ZAL]
  • šummaṣurā[ruana]muḫḫišēpamēliimitta[im]qutmimmaiḫall[iq]na'durumaṣṣartiū[me]
  • If a liz[ard fa]lls onto a man’s right foot- something will be los[t]; an eclipse during the d[ay] watch.
  • If a City2, p. 185
    If a liz[ard] falls onto a man's right foot, something will be lost; darkness in the midday wa[tch.]
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.A.18. Both it and the above omen have the same protasis—though the Assur omen writes ZAG ‘right’ where the Sultantepe omen writes 15 ‘right’—and although the apodoses differ there is a connection with the use of mim-ma and ZÁḪ.

32.A.18’s apodosis

(all of) his possessions [will disap]pear.
mim-mu-šu [ZÁ]Ḫ

  • The second-half of the apodosis, KA×MI EN.NUN U[4-me] ‘an eclipse during the d[ay] watch’, can be found in several omens; see 32.A.21 for a list and discussion on the reconstruction.
  • The above omen is thematically linked with 32.S.15.