Omen 38.40'
Frank Simons, 2021, "Šumma ālu, Omen 38.40", Nicla De Zorzi et al., Bestiarium Mesopotamicum, 2018-2021; accessed 11/20/2024 6:35 p.m. at tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-40-/tei
↓ 38.40' 
K 03726+iii   26  DIŠMINinaka-l[au₄-mi]⸢KAŠ₄⸣.⸢KAŠ₄⸣ḫa-rab⸢URU⸣
Sm 0472+   12'  DIŠnap-pil-luinaka-lau₄-m[i…]
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  • DIŠnap-pil-luinaka-lau₄-m[i]KAŠ₄.KAŠ₄ḫa-rabURU
  • If a City2, p. 276, *38.44'
    DIŠnap-pil-luinaka-lau₄-miKAŠ₄.KAŠ₄ḫa-rabURU
  • šummanap-pil-luinakalaūm[i]iltassumḫarābāli
  • If a nappillu-cricket runs about for the whole da[y]- devastation of the city.
  • If a City2, p. 277, *38.44'
    If a caterpillar is hurrying about all day- devastation of the city.
PHILOLOGICAL COMMENTARY

The text is broken, but it is likely that nothing is lost between kala ūm[i and the verb of the protasis: see, for instance, the similar structure of 38.52'-53'. If this is correct, the middle section of K 03726+ iii 26 must have contained some blank space.