Omen 32.S.39
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.39", 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-39/tei
↓ 32.S.39 
SU 1952, 242   39  [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaUGUIZI.GARŠUB-ut-maku-pu-u]t⸢É⸣BIár{copy: NU}-bu-ta5D[U-ak]
Copy Text
  • [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaUGUIZI.GARŠUB-ut-maku-pu-u]tÉBIár-bu-ta₅D[U-ak]
  • If a City2, p. 186
    [DIŠEME.ŠIDanaUGUIZI.GARŠUB-ut-maku-pu-u]tE₂BIar₂-bu-ta₅DU-a[k]
  • [šummaṣurāruanamuḫḫidipāriimqutmakuppu]tbītušūarbūtail[lak]
  • [If a lizard falls onto a torch and is sing]ed- that house wi[ll go] to ruin.
  • If a City2, p. 187
    [If a lizard falls onto a lamp and shrive]ls, that house wi[ll go] to ruin.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The above omen’s protasis is reconstructed from 32.A.37. The Assur omen’s apodosis writes KAR-­ta5 instead of the syllabic writing ár-bu-ta5 for the accusative of arbūtu ‘ruin’ above. See the commentary there for the translation of kupput.
  • The manuscript’s hand copy shows the modern copyist drew nu instead of ár  (See also If a City 2, 186 n. 39). As ár is the expected reading, based on 32.A.37, and a broken ár­ could have similarities to nu­, we follow If a City 2 (186, 32.39) and read ár-bu-ta5.