Omen 32.S.70
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.70", 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-70/tei
↓ 32.S.70 
SU 1952, 242   r. 32  DIŠEME.ŠIDina⸢tál⸣-⸢lak⸣-tiÉNAÙ.T[UŠUB-diÉ]
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  • DIŠEME.ŠIDinatal-lak-tiÉNAÙ.T[UŠUB-diÉ]
  • šummaṣurāruinatallaktibītamēliūl[idnadêbīti]
  • If a lizard gives bi[rth] in the path of a man’s house- [abandonment of the house].
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • The omens 32.N.53’ and 32.A.60’ have been used to reconstruct the apodosis. While the Assur omen includes the phonetic complement -di on ŠUB, it is omitted in the Nineveh omen. As the Sultantepe recension follows the Assur recension more closely than the Nineveh recension, the phonetic completment -di has been included in the reconstructed apodosis above.
  • For a discussion about the semantic context of Ù.TU ‘to give birth’, see the commentary at 32.N.53’.