Omen 38.19'
Frank Simons, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 38.19", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 10/08/2026 1:30 a.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-19-/tei
↓ 38.19' 
K 03726+iii   1  2  [DIŠUR.MEinaka-l]au₄-mianaUGUNAi-l[i][(indent)NABIin]adi-nimim-ma-an-[gar]
K 03726+If a City2, p. 283, *38.18', Ex(1)[…]GI₆anaUGUNAi-l[i][…]di-nimim-ma-an-[…]
K 06315+   6'  [DIŠUR.MEinak]a-lau₄-miana⸢UGU⸣NA⸢i⸣-l[i⸣⸢NA⸣[…]
K 06315+If a City2, p. 283, *38.17, Ex(2)[…]x la ud GI6anaUGUNAi-l[i…]
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  • [DIŠUR.MEinak]a-lau₄-mianaUGUNAi-l[i]NA[BIin]adi-nimim-ma-an-[gar]
  • [šummasāmānuinak]alaūmianamuḫḫiamēliīl[i]amēlu[šūin]adīnimimman[gar]
  • [If a blister beetle] clim[bs] onto a man [al]l day- [that] man will find favourable accepta[nce i]n a lawsuit.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

In If a City 2, 283,  K 03726+ iii 1-2 (Ex(1)) are associated with K 06315+ 7' (Ex(2)) as omen *38.18', while K 06315+ 6' (Ex(2)) is numbered *38.17', together with the last line on the obverse of K 03726+, i.e., ii 49. Collation has shown, however, that If a City 2's (274-75, *38.17') reconstruction is based on a series of incorrect readings regarding: the verb of the protasis in K 03726+ ii 49 (see the comment to 38.17'), the protasis in K 03726+ iii 1 and K 06315+ 6' (see score), and the apodosis in K 03726+ iii 2 and K 06315+ 7' (see score and, for K 06315+ 7', see the commentary to 38.20'). Collation of K 03726+ iii 2 has revealed the remains of a single horizontal wedge preceding di-nim which does not fit well with If a City 2's (274-75, *38.18'), reconstruction of the apodosis as [INIM] di-nim im-ma-an-[gar] '[a matter] of a lawsuit will be acce[pted]'. It has been read [in]a in the present edition.

For a possible explanation of the positive meaning of this omen, see the commentary to 38.15.