Omen 38.26'
Frank Simons, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 38.26", 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-38-26-/tei
↓ 38.26' 
K 03726+iii   11  […]Á.⸢ÁŠ⸣-suKUR-ad
K 08048+   8  DIŠUR.MEinaKASKALanaUGU⸢NA⸣i-li[…]
K 06315+   8'  […KAS]KALana⸢UGU⸣NAi-liNABI⸢Á⸣.⸢ÁŠ⸣-suKUR-ád
K 06315+If a City2, p. 283, *38.25', Ex(2)[…]KASKALanaUGUNAi-liNABIA₂.AŠ₂-suKUR-ad
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  • DIŠUR.MEinaKASKALanaUGUNAi-liNABIÁ.ÁŠ-suKUR-ad
  • šummasāmānuinaḫarrānianamuḫḫiamēliīliamēlušūṣibûssuikaššad
  • If a blister beetle climbs onto a man on the road- that man will attain his desire.
  • If a City2, p. 275, *38.25'
    If a moth climbs onto a man on the road, that man will attain his desire.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

The signs Á.ÁŠ have a broad semantic meaning including 'desire', 'purpose', and 'business venture' (CAD Ṣ, 167-171 s.v. ṣibûtu A). With the verb kašādu, as above, the sense is often 'objective' or 'goal'. As De Zorzi (2009, 97-103 particularly 98-99) notes in her discussion of the word ṣibûtu, in divinatory texts the term is to be understood broadly as an 'undertaking', but the evidence from outside of divinatory texts give the term a connotation of 'business venture'. 

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