Omen 38.32'
Frank Simons, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 38.32", 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-38-32-/tei
↓ 38.32' 
K 03726+iii   19  20  DIŠMINina⸢É⸣[…]GÙ.GÙ-si(indent)EN[É…ÉBI]BIR-aḫ
Sm 0472+   4'  DIŠlal-la-ruinaÉNA⸢x⸣[…]
Sm 0472+If a City2, p. 284, *38.33', Ex(4)DIŠlal-la-ruinaE₂NA[…]
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  • DIŠlal-la-ruinaÉNAx[…]GÙ.GÙ-siEN[É…ÉBI]BIR-aḫ
  • šummalallaruinabītamēli…[…]ištassibēl[bīti…bītušū]issappaḫ
  • If a lallaru-cricket in a man's house … […] calls repeatedly- the owner [of the house … that house] will be dispersed.
  • If a City2, p. 277, *38.33'
    If a grasshopper in a [man's] house […] is persistently calling, the owner […; that house] will be dispersed.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

The broken sign in Sm 0472+ 4', read as ˹x˺, is the head of a horizontal wedge. If a City 2, 276, n. 32-33' (typo: the note refers to her omens 33'-34'), suggests that an adverb or an adverbial phrase may have occurred in the break, perhaps 'all day/all night', beginning with ina, as for instance, in omens 38.40'-38.41'. Whether or not this is correct, the ˹x˺ cannot represent the beginning of GÙ.GÙ-si because otherwise 38.32' and 38.33' would have the same protasis.