Chapter 38
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<p>The signs Á.ÁŠ have a broad semantic meaning including 'desire', 'purpose', and 'business venture' (CAD Ṣ, 167-171 s.v. <em>ṣibûtu</em> A). With the verb <em>kašādu</em>, 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 <em>ṣibûtu</em>, 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'. </p>
<p>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>.</p>…BIBIÁ.ÁŠ-suÁ.ÁŠ-suA2.AŠ2-suKUR-adKUR-ádKUR-ad……inaKASKALKASKALKASKALanaanaanaUGUUGUUGUNANANAi-lii-lii-liNANA…DIŠUR.MEDIŠUR.MEinaKASKALanaUGUNAi-liNABIÁ.ÁŠ-suKUR-adšummasāmānuinaḫarrānianamuḫḫiamēliīliamēlušūṣibûssuikaššadthat man will attain his desire.If a blister beetle climbs onto a man on the roadIf a moth climbs onto a man on the road, that man will attain his desire.