Omen 32.S.2
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.2", 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-2/tei
↓ 32.S.2 
SU 1952, 242   2  [DIŠEME.ŠIDana]UGUNAŠUB-ut⸢SÙḪ⸣!ni-ziq-[tu₄]
Copy Text
  • [DIŠEME.ŠIDana]UGUNAŠUB-utSÙḪ!ni-ziq-[tu₄]
  • If a City2, p. 182
    [DIŠEME.ŠID…]UGUNAŠUB-utx xni-ziq-[tu]
  • [šummaṣurāruana]muḫḫiamēliimquttēšû!niziq[tu]
  • [If a lizard] falls [on]to a man- confusion{!}, grie[f].
  • If a City2, p. 183, 2
    [If a lizard] falls onto a m]an, … trou[ble.]
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The above omen is used to reconstruct parts of 32.A.3 (see the commentary there) as they appear to preserve the same omen and both appear in sequences about lizards falling in relation to a man.

On the other hand, 32.A.3 also helps us interpret the above apodosis. The Assur protasis reads SÙH ni-zíq-tu4 ‘confusion, grief’, and the hand copy (STT 323) of SU 1952, 242 2 shows a damaged SUḪUR, as noted by If a City 2 (183, n. 2). According to Borger (2010, 173 sign 646 SUḪUR) the sign SUḪUR is to be read SÙḪ.

If a City 2 (182, 32.2) leaves the sign as uninterpreted and reads it as two signs.

  • See the commentary at 32.A.3 for a discussion on the emotion niziqtu.