Chapter 38

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K 03726+ BM 30427 K 06315+ In If a City 2, 283, K 06315+ 7' is mistakenly associated with K 03726+ iii 1-2: see the comment to <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-19-/tei">38.19'</a>. If a City 2's reconstruction is mainly based on the idea that the broken sign following INIM in K 06315+ 7' is DI, to be interpreted as the beginning of the word di-nim, which appears on the preserved part of K 03726+ iii 2, thus resulting in the apodosis INIM di-nim im-ma-an-[gar] 'a matter of a lawsuit will be acce[pted]' (If a City 2, 274-275, *38.18'). Upon collation, If a City 2's reading DI could not be confirmed. In addition, If a City 2's reading of K 03726+ iii 2 does not take account of a single horizontal wedge preceding di-nim, which we read here as [in]a: see the comment to <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-19-/tei">38.19'</a>. Our reading of the broken sign following INIM in K 06315+ 7' as DÙ[G] is not entirely certain, but it fits the visible traces. Also, the broken sign preceding GA on K 03726+ iii 4 is probably DÙG. In the previous edition, BM 30427 4 was mistakenly placed together with K 03726+ ii 49 and K 06315+ 6' (If a City 2, 283, *38.17'), mainly because of the incorrect reading of the protasis verb in K 03726+ ii 49: see the comment to our omen <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-17-/tei">38.17'</a>. For K 06315+ 6', see now <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-19-/tei">38.19'</a>. For a possible explanation of the positive meaning of this omen, see the commentary to <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-15/tei">38.15</a>.DIŠDIŠUR.MEUR.ME…GE6GE6GI6ana…anaanaUGUUGUUGUUGUNANANANAi-lii-lii-lii-li…(indent)INIMINIMINIMDÙG.GA….GADÙG{?}.GAdi-TE-šuTE-šu2……DIŠUR.MEGE6anaUGUNAi-liINIMDÙG.GATE-šušummasāmānuṣalmuanamuḫḫiamēliīliamātṭābti{?}iṭeḫḫēšua friendly{?} word will approach him.If a black blister beetle climbs onto a man