Omen 38.14
Frank Simons, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 38.14", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 12:03 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-14/tei
↓ 38.14 
K 03726+ii   45  […]⸢BI⸣NINDAi-šeb-b[i]
K 03726+If a City2, p. 283, Ex(1)[…]BININDAi-šeb-bi
MLC 01867   14  DIŠUR.MEinaum-matna4ḪAR.ḪARGÁL.MEŠÉBININDAi-⸢šeb⸣-bi
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  • DIŠUR.MEinaum-matna4ḪAR.ḪARGÁL.MEŠÉBININDAi-šeb-bi
  • šummasāmānūinaummaterîittabšûbītušūakalaišebbi
  • If blister beetles are present on the lower millstone- that house will have enough food.
  • If a City2, p. 275
    If there are moths in a lower millstone, that house will have enough food.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

In some cases, as in this omen, there is no explicit mention of the man's house in the protasis, even though the apodosis explicitly refers to it.