Omen 32.S.5
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.5", 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-5/tei
↓ 32.S.5 
SU 1952, 242   5  [DIŠ]EME.⸢ŠID⸣⸢ana⸣IGINAŠ[UB⸣-⸢ut⸣UGU⸢EN⸣INIM-šúGUB-a[z]
Copy Text
  • [DIŠ]EME.ŠIDanaIGINAŠ[UB]-utUGUENINIM-šúGUB-a[z]
  • If a City2, p. 182
    [DIŠ]EME.ŠIDanaIGINAŠUB-utUGUENKA-šu₂GUB-a[z]
  • [šumma]ṣurāruanapānamēlii[mq]utelibēlamātišuizza[z]
  • [If] a lizard f[al]ls in front of a man- he will prevai[l] over his legal adversary.
  • If a City2, p. 183
    [If] a lizard falls in front of a man, he will prevail over his adversary.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also the commentary at 32.S.4, which has the same protasis as the above omen.

To resolve the problem of two omens with the same protasis, If a City 2 (183, n. 4-5) speculates that a single sign, such as GIG ‘sick’ might be missing after the sign NA in the above omen. The hand copy shows a large amount of blank space without any damage after NA making such reading unlikely.

Further this particular protasis ‘If a lizard falls in front of a man’ is repeated with varying apodoses—though all relate to overcoming adversaries—in all three recensions. See the discussion at 32.A.5.