Omen 32.S.63
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.63", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:27 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-S-63/tei
↓ 32.S.63 
SU 1952, 242   r. 23  DIŠEME.ŠIDšá₂KUN.MEŠ-šáanaIGI?{{(copy: UGU)}}⸢NA⸣ŠUB-utNABIUGUENINIM-šúGUB-az
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  • DIŠEME.ŠIDšá₂KUN.MEŠ-šáanaIGI?NAŠUB-utNABIUGUENINIM-šúGUB-az
  • šummaṣurīrittuša₂zibbātušaanapān?amēliimqutamēlušūelibēlamātišuizzaz
  • If a lizard with two tails falls in front? of a man- that man will prevail over his legal adversary.
  • If a City2, p. 189
    If a lizard that has two tails falls in front of a man, that man will prevail over his legal adversary.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The above omen’s protasis as drawn on the hand copy reads DIŠ EME.ŠID šá 2 KUN.MEŠ-šá ana UGU NA ŠUB-ut ‘If a lizard with two tails falls onto a man’ making it the same protasis as in 32.S.64, but with differing apodoses. As the above omen is otherwise identical to 32.N.8, we follow If a City 2 (p. 188 note 63) and suggest emending UGU ‘on top of’ to IGI ‘in front of’.
  • For a discussion on the repetition of the protases about lizards—with or without tails—falling in front of a man, see the discussions at 32.A.5.