Omen 32.S.21
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.21", 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-21/tei
↓ 32.S.21 
SU 1952, 242   21  [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaKI].TAGIŠGU.[Z]ANAK[U₄]-mair-bi-iṣ⸢É⸣BITUŠ-ab(ruling)
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaKI].TAGIŠGU.[Z]ANAK[U₄]-mair-bi-iṣÉBITUŠ-ab
  • If a City2, p. 184
    [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaKI].TAGIŠ.GU.[Z]ANATU-mair-bi-iṣE₂BIDUR₂-ab
  • [šummaṣurāruanaša]palkus[s]iamēliīr[ub]mairbiṣbītušūuššab
  • [If a lizard] cr[aw]ls [under]neath a man's st[o]ol and lies down- that house will (again) be inhabited.
  • If a City2, p. 185
    [If a lizard enters under]neath a man's chair and lies down, that house will be inhabited.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.A.23 as the two omens are similar. The Assur omen, however, predicts that KÚR É BI [TUŠ-ab] ‘an enemy [will inhabit] that house’.