Omen 32.S.25
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.25", 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-25/tei
↓ 32.S.25 
SU 1952, 242   25  [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaKI.TAgišBANŠU]RNAKU₄-mair-bi-iṣ⸢SUḪUŠ⸣.BINUGI.NA(ruling)
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaKI.TAgišBANŠU]RNAKU₄-mair-bi-iṣSUḪUŠ.BINUGI.NA
  • [šummaṣurāruanašapalpaššū]ramēliīrubmairbiṣišissuulikân
  • [If a lizard] crawls [under] a man's [tabl]e and lies down- his social standing will not be stable.
  • If a City2, p. 185
    [If a lizard] enters [underneath] a man's [table] and lies down, that foundation will not be firm.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The missing portions of the above protasis have been reconstructed from 32.A.28. See also that omen’s commentary for a discussion on išdu with the meaning ‘social standing’.