Omen 32.S.58
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.58", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:09 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-S-58/tei
↓ 32.S.58 
SU 1952, 242   r. 16  [DIŠEME.ŠID…E]11?⸢NA⸣BIdLAMMANÍG.TUKT[UK-ši]
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠID…E]11?NABIdLAMMANÍG.TUKT[UK-ši]
  • If a City2, p. 186
    [DIŠEME.ŠID…] duNABdLAMMANIG₂.TUKT[UK-ši]
  • [šummaṣurāru…]…amēlušūlamassamašrêir[ašši]
  • [If a lizard clim]bs? […]- that man will h[ave] a lamassu protective spirit (and) wealth.
  • If a City2, p. 187
    [If a lizard …], that man [will have] a protective demon (and) wealth (or protective demon of wealth).
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • While the apodosis's grammar and word order certainly allows for the translation "protective deomn of wealth" suggested by If a City 2 (187, 32.58), such a translation does not appear to be otherwise attested. We therefore translate as above.
  • The sign read above as a broken E11 is read as du, but left uninterpreted in If a City 2 (186, 32.58). See also 32.A.71, which bears similarities to the above and has been reconstructed using the above omen. The sign E11 is legible there.
  • The protective spirit lamassu features occasionally in lizard omens, especially in the Nineveh recension. See the commentary at 32.N.1.