Omen 32.S.19
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.19", 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-19/tei
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PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
- See 32.A.21; the above omen has been used to reconstruct the Assur omen as the two omens are the same. Similar to the Assur recension, the above omen begins a sequence where a lizard interacts with a man’s furniture in the Sultantepe recension.
- As mentioned at 32.A.21, the apodosis KA×MI EN.NUN u4-me (alt: EN.NU.UN) ‘an eclipse during the d[ay] watch’, can be found in several omens. The above omen, however, is the only one to preserve u4-me and has been used to reconstruct the remaining omens.
If a City 2’s (184, 32.19) reads the above apodosis as KA×MI EN.NU.UN.UD.ZAL. This reading simply does not match the hand copy. In particular, the hand copy has NUN, not NU.UN and the final sign is ME. The sign does not resemble other ZAL signs on the manuscript; see for instance line 20 (32.S.20). The omen is translated in If a City 2 (185, 32.19) as follows:
[If a lizard] falls [on]to a ma[n’s ch]air—darkness in the midday watch.
The change in meaning is minimal, but incorrect. If a City 2 carries the apodosis’s translation over to both 32.A.21 (179, *32.82') and 32.S.14 (185, 32.14).
