Omen 32.S.9
Nicole Lundeen, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 32.S.9", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:07 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-32-S-9/tei
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PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY
- The protasis’s verb GU4.UD ‘jumps’ as well as the above omen’s apodosis have been reconstructed based on 32.A.12:
[DIŠ EME.DIR TA x] a-na UGU NA GU4.UD!-iṭ NA BI INIM SIG5 IGI-mar
[If a lizard] jumps! on top of a man [from …] — that man will receive a good message.
Both omens are preceded and followed by parallel omens on their respective manuscripts. Nevertheless, the reconstruction differs from that in If a City 2. The UD of GU4.UD is clearly visible on the Sultantepe hand copy. The same sign however is interpreted as a phonetic complement to the verb ŠUB ‘to fall’ in If a City 2, which reconstructs (182, 32.9) and translates (183, 32.9) the omen as follows:
DIŠ EME. ŠID TA x ana UGU NA [ŠUB]-ut NA BI Ḫ[A.LA …]
If a lizard falls onto a man from …, that man […] a sh[are.]
The sign preceding the final break, INIM above and ḪA in If a City 2, is fragmentary. The hand copy only shows a Winkelhaken and what might be partial traces of some wedges. Any reading is tentative, but INIM fits the traces and harmonizes with 32.A.12.
- The sign x as drawn on the hand copy is complete, but it is unknown to me. If a City 2 also leaves the sign uninterpreted.
