Omen 32.S.15
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.15", 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-15/tei
↓ 32.S.15 
SU 1952, 242   15  [DIŠEME.ŠID]anaUGUGÌRNA₁₅₀[ŠU]B-utLUḪGÌRTUK-[ši]
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠID]anaUGUGÌRNA₁₅₀[ŠU]B-utLUḪGÌRTUK-[ši]
  • If a City2,p. 184
    [DIŠEME.ŠID]anaUGUGIR₃NA₁₅₀[ŠU]B-utLUḪ₃GIR₃TUK-[ši]
  • [šummaṣurāru]anamuḫḫišēpamēlišumēli[im]qutgalātšēpiiraš[ši]
  • [If a lizard fa]lls onto a man’s left foot- he will acqu[ire] a twitching in (his) foot.
  • If a City2, p. 185
    [If a liz[ard] falls onto a man's left foot, he will acquire a foot-washer.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • For the reading galātu ‘to twitch’ for LUḪ, see the commentary at 32.A.19. Both 32.A.19 and 32.A.106' have the same apodosis as above except instead of LUḪ, they write MUNUS.LUḪ. Though MUNUS.LUḪ is not otherwise attested for galātu, the apodoses of all three omens have been translated as above. 

The sign LUḪ can also be read mesû ‘to wash’. See CAD M/2, 30 s.v. mesû, which explains the translation in If a City 2 (185, 32.15).

  • The omen 32.A.19 is the Assur counterpart to the above omen. The Assur omen differs by using the sign GÙB ‘left’ instead of 150 and writing GÌR.MEŠ-šu ‘his feet’ instead of GÌR ‘foot’ in the apodosis.