Omen 32.S.61
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.61", 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-61/tei
↓ 32.S.61 
SU 1952, 242   r. 20  [DIŠEME.ŠI]Dšá₂KUN.MEŠ-šáK[UN⸣-⸢sà⸣šáZAG⸢GÍD⸣.⸢DA⸣inaÉNAIGIDINGIR.MEŠzi-nu-tu₄anaÉNAGUR.MEŠ-ni
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠI]Dšá₂KUN.MEŠ-šáK[UN]-sàšáZAGGÍD.DAinaÉNAIGIDINGIR.MEŠzi-nu-tu₄anaÉNAGUR.MEŠ-ni
  • [šummaṣurīrit]tuša₂zibbātušazi[bbās]sašaimittiarkatinabītamēliinnamirīlūzinûtuanabītamēliiturrūni
  • [If] in a man’s house [a lizar]d with two tails is seen; its right t[ail] is long — (formerly) angered gods will return to the man’s house.
  • If a City2, p. 187
    [If a liz]ard that has two tails and its tail on the right is long is seen in a man's house, angry gods will return to the man's house.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.N.2. The Nineveh omen features differing syntax and instead of multiple angry gods, there is but one in the apodosis. The two omens are, nevertheless, very similar.