Chapter 38
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Sm 0472+
<p>The beginning of the broken sign following SILA.DAGAL.LA is composed of two parallel slanted wedges.</p>
<p>This omen corresponds to the fourth omen of the <em>nappillu </em>section in <em>If a City</em> 2 (*38.41'). In the previous edition, K 06315+ (Ex(2) in <em>If a City</em> 2) 13'-15' are interpreted as the first three omens of the <em>nappillu</em> section (*38.38'-40'), paralleled by BM 30427 10-11 for omen *38.39'. This is partly due to the interpretation of Sm 0472+ (Ex(4) in <em>If a City</em> 2) as an excerpt text rather than as a standard text preserving the entire sequence. Collation has shown that K 06315+ 13'-15' and BM 30427 10-11 belong to the end of the <em>napillu</em> section instead: see the commentaries to <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-48-/tei">38.48'</a>-<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-49-/tei">49'</a>. Since Landsberger's (1934, 128) early work on animal names, the <em>nappillu </em>insect has generally been understood to be a type of caterpillar. This is based solely on a lexical equation in Ura = ḫubullu 14 (DCCLT Q000089):</p>
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<p><span style="color:#002060">za-na</span></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#002060">mu-nu</span></em></p>
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<p><span style="color:#002060">zana = grub</span></p>
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<p><a name="RANGE!E16"><span style="color:#002060">279</span></a></p>
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<p><span style="color:#002060">za-na maḫ</span></p>
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<p><em><span style="color:#002060">nap-pi-lu</span></em></p>
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<p><span style="color:#002060">big zana = <em>nappillu</em></span></p>
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<p><a name="RANGE!E17"><span style="color:#002060">280</span></a></p>
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<p><span style="color:#002060">za-na mul</span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#002060">MIN </span></p>
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<p><span style="color:#002060">shiny zana = ditto (<em>nappillu</em>)</span></p>
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</table>(10)DIŠnap-pil-luinaSILA.DAGAL.LAx…DIŠnap-pil-luinaSILA.DAGAL.LAx…šummanappilluinarebīti……If a $nappillu/$-cricket in a city square … […].If a caterpillar in a city square […].