Omen 32.S.62
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.62", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:30 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-S-62/tei
↓ 32.S.62 
SU 1952, 242   r. 21  r. 22  [DIŠEME.ŠI]Dšá₂KUN.MEŠ-šá⸢x⸣⸢x⸣ giMUŠGÁL-šišáGÙBGÍD.DAšáZAGLÚGUD.DA(indent)DI[NGIR.Š]À.DIB.BAanaÉNAŠUB.MEŠ[ana]NAud!-du-úGÁL-maNÍG.TUK⸢É⸣.BI⸢ú⸣?-kal-⸢lam⸣
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠI]Dšá₂KUN.MEŠ-šáxx giMUŠGÁL-šišáGÙBGÍD.DAšáZAGLÚGUD.DADI[NGIR.Š]À.DIB.BAanaÉNAŠUB.MEŠ[ana]NAud!-du-úGÁL-maNÍG.TUKÉ.BIú?-kal-lam
  • If a City2, p. 186
    [DIŠEME.ŠI]Dša₂₂KUN.MEŠ-ša₂x ṣab? giMUŠGAL₂-šiša₂GUB₃GID₂.DAša₂ZAGLUGUD₂.DADIN[GIR. Š]A₃.DIB.BAanaE₂NAŠUB.MEŠ[ana]NAud-du-u₂GAL₂-maNIG₂.TUKE₂ BIu₂-kal-lam
  • [šummaṣurīri]ttuša₂zibbātuša………ṣēriittabšišašumēliarkatšaimittikariatki[m]iltuanabītamēliimtanaqqut[ana]amēliuddû!ibbaššīmamašrêbītišuukallam
  • [If] there is [a liz]ard that has two tails, has a snake’s …, the left (tail) is long (and) the right (tail) is short — divine wrath will repeatedly befall the man’s house; there will be trouble{!} [for] a man’s heir, and he will reveal the wealth of his house.
  • If a City2, p. 187
    [If a liz]ard that has two tails has a snake’s…, and the (tail) on the left is long and the one on the right is short, divine wrath will befall the man’s house, (and) there will be trouble [for] his son, (but) wealth will cover that house.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The protasis of 32.N.3 also features a lizard with a long left tail and a short right tail. They are, however, presented in the opposite order from above. What remains of the Nineveh apodosis indicates the two omens are not similar.
  • The UD sign in uddû is drawn on the hand copy with extended horizontal wedges, but seems to be the sign UD. The word uddû has been translated as ‘trouble’. See CAD U/W, 25 s.v. ūdu.
  • The remnants of the two broken signs after KUN.MEŠ-šá ‘two tails’ as drawn on manuscript’s hand copy could fit the reading qí-líp to form the status contstructus of qilpu ‘skin’, possibly refering to the skin a snake sloughs off. It is difficult however to reconcile the third sign, GI, with such a reading unless GI.MUŠ is the name of an unknown type of snake.