Omen 32.S.74
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.74", 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-74/tei
↓ 32.S.74 
SU 1952, 242   r. 36  [DIŠEME.ŠI]DinaK[I].TA-nuKUN₄ÉNAÙ.TUŠUB⸢É⸣
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  • [DIŠEME.Š]IDinaK[I].TA-nuKUN₄ÉNAÙ.TUŠUBÉ
  • [šummaṣurā]ruinaš[a]plānuaskuppatibītamēliūlidnadêbīti
  • [If a liza]rd gives birth u[n]der the threshold of a man’s house- abandonment of the house.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • Most species of lizards do not procreate by means of live birth. See the commentary at 32.N.53’ for context on the Ù.TU ‘to give birth’.
  • The above omen most closely resembles 32.A.57, which replaces KUN4 ‘threshold’ with the sa-at ‘the sutu-measurement vessel’.