Omen 32.S.76
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.76", 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-76/tei
↓ 32.S.76 
SU 1952, 242   r. 38  [DIŠEME.ŠIDina{UR]ŠENMUNUSÙ.TU[MUN]USBIMAŠ.TAB.B[ATUK-ši]
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  • [DIŠEME.ŠIDina{UR]ŠENMUNUSÙ.TU[MUN]USBIMAŠ.TAB.B[ATUK-ši]
  • If a City2, p. 188
    [DIŠEME.ŠIDinaUR]UDU.ŠENMUNUSU₃.TUMUNUSBIMAŠ.TAB.BA[TUK-ši]
  • [šummaṣurāruinar]uqqisinništiūlid[sinniš]tušīmāš[īirašši]
  • [If a lizard] gives birth [in] a woman’s [co]pper kettle- that [wo]man [will have] twin[s].
  • If a City2, p. 189
    [If a lizard gives birth in] a woman's copper kettle, that woman [will have] twinns.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
  • See also 32.A.59. The two omens are very similar. The Assur omen, however, has a longer apodosis that includes ina ŠÀ.ḪUL DU.DU-ak ‘she will go about unhappily.’ Further, the Assur omen does not specify that the kettle is copper. The commentary at 32.A.59 discusses the connotations of twins in divinatory texts as well as the connection between ŠEN-vessels ‘kettles’, women, and fertility.