Omen 32.S.35
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.35", 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-35/tei
↓ 32.S.35 
SU 1952, 242   35  [DIŠEME.ŠID]⸢ana⸣⸢UGU⸣⸢NA⸣šád[i-na]⸢i⸣-ge-ru-uŠUB-utNABIanaENdi-ni-šúTI
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠID]anaUGUNAšád[i-na]i-ge-ru-uŠUB-utNABIanaENdi-ni-šúTI
  • [šummaṣurāru]anamuḫḫiamēlišad[īna]igerrûimqutamēlušūanabēldīnišuileqqe
  • [If a lizard] falls onto a man who is [en]gaged in a la[wsuit]- that man will receive (a favourable judgment) against the opponent in his suit.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.A.34. The two omens both address a lizard falling on a man involved in litigation and receiving a favorable result. The Assur omen also adds the alternative of the lizard falling on an imprisoned man in the protasis and therefore also adds that the man will leave prison in the apodosis—compare the apodosis of the subsequent omen 32.S.36.
  • The verb leqû in the context of lawsuits means ‘to receive a favorable verdict’. See CAD L, 136 s.v. leqû 1d 3’ and CAD D, 151 s.v. dīnu 1 a-1’.