Chapter 32
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SU 1952, 242
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<li>The omen preserved on VAT 9906 <em>v</em> 8’-11’ (Assur) is a similarly constructed omen.</li>
<li>As mentioned by <em>If a City</em> 2 (188, n. 65), the object of KÉŠ ‘to attach’ appears to be the lizard’s cut off tail. The CAD M/2, 266 s.v. <em>mušēniqtu </em>C suggests the object of KÉŠ to be “[a lamb at the udder of] a ewe giving suck”, but as noted by <em>If a City </em>2, this interpretation ignores the protasis.</li>
<li>Just as in lines SU 1952, 242 <em>r.</em> 26 and 27, the second and third lines of manuscript Sm 0710+ (Nineveh) both have the sign combination GIZKIM <em>ši-i</em>. For this reason, <em>If a City </em>2 (188, n. 65 lines 2’–3’) suggests the beginning lines of Sm 0710+ may be connected to the above omen.</li>
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<p style="margin-left:48px"> Sm 0710+ 2'</p>
<p style="margin-left:113px">[If a lizard …] … that omen portends [goodness].<br />
[DIŠ EME.ŠID … <em>-š</em>]<em>u</em><sup>?</sup> GIZKIM <em>ši-i</em> [<em>dam-qat</em>]</p>
<p style="margin-left:48px"> Sm 0710+ 3'</p>
<p style="margin-left:113px">[If a lizard …] … that omen portends ev[il].<br />
[DIŠ EME.ŠID …] ˹x˺ ˹ud˺<sup>?</sup> su GIZKIM <em>ši-i ḫa-</em>[<em>ṭa-at</em>]</p>
<p style="margin-left:48px">Two points, however, speak against such an interpretation. Firstly, the order of favorable and disadvantageous lines are reversed on Sm 0710+ in relation to the above omen. Additionally, the traces of the sign before GIZKIM in line Sm 710+ 2’ do not fit with the reading ­<em>ram</em> as in SU 1952, 242 <em>r.</em> 27 above and have instead been tentatively read as <em>-š</em>]<em>u</em><sup>?</sup>.</p>
<p style="margin-left:48px">See also <a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-Sm-0710-2-/tei">Sm 0710+ 2’ </a>and <a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-N-Sm-0710-3-/tei">Sm 0710+ 3’</a> (Nineveh) and the commentary there.</p>DIŠEME.ŠIDšá2KUN.MEŠ-šáinaÉNAIGIKUN-saKUD-is-mainaU8mu-še-niq-tiKÉŠ(indent)šum4-maU8ši-iSILA4-sai-zi-irGIZKIMši-i(indent)šum4-maU8ši-iSILA4-sai-ramGIZKIMši-idam-qat(ruling)DIŠEME.ŠIDšá2KUN.MEŠ-šáinaÉNAIGIKUN-saKUD-is-mainaU8mu-še-niq-tiKÉŠšum4-maU8ši-iSILA4-sai-zi-irGIZKIMši-išum4-maU8ši-iSILA4-sai-ramGIZKIMši-idam-qatDIŠEME.ŠIDša22KUN.MEŠ-ša2inaE2NAIGIKUN-saKUD-is-maU8mu-še-niq-tiKEŠ2šum4-maU8ši-iSILA4-sai-zi-irGIZKIMši-išum4-maU8ši-iSILA4-sai-ramGIZKIMši-idam-qat(ruling)šummaṣurīrittuša2zibbātušainabītamēliinnamirzibbāssatanakkismainalaḫrimušēniqtitarakkasšummalaḫrušīpuḫāssaizīrittušīšummalaḫrušīpuḫāssairāmittušīdamqatIf a lizard with two tails is seen in a man’s house — you will cut off (one of) its [t]ails [and] will attach (it) to a nursing ewe: — If that [ew]e rejects her lamb — that omen portends evil. — If that ewe loves her lamb — [th]at [om]en portends goodness.If a lizard that has two tails is seen in a man's house, cut off (one of) its tail(s) [and] attach (it) to a nursing ewe; if that ewe hates her lamb, that omen is unfavorable; if that ewe loves her lamb th[at] omen is favorable.