Omen 32.S.38
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.38", 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-38/tei
↓ 32.S.38 
SU 1952, 242   38  [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaKI.NEanaIZ]IŠUB-ut-maib-šalÚŠBA.⸢ÚŠ⸣
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaKI.NEanaIZ]IŠUB-ut-maib-šalÚŠBA.ÚŠ
  • [šummaṣurāruanakinūnianaišāt]iimqutmaibšalmītuimât
  • [If a lizard] falls [into the fi]re [in a brazier] and burns up- (a person doomed to) death will die.
  • If a City2, p. 187
    [If a lizard] falls [into the fi]re [in a brazier] and burns up, a prominent person will die.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The protasis is reconstructed from 32.A.36. The two omens appear to be the same.
  • For a discussion of If a City 2’s (186-87, 32.38) reading of ÚŠ as IDIM, see the commentary at 32.A.36.