Chapter 38
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<p>It is possible that the sign following the <em>Glossenkeil</em> should be interpreted as the beginning of ŠUB, and that the rest of the apodosis should be reconstructed as Š[UB-<em>e</em>] É 'aban[donment] of the house'. An argument in favour of this reading is that in most omens in chapter 38 in which the apodosis ends with É, it is preceded by either ŠUB-<em>e</em> (<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-36-/tei">38.36'</a>, <a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-39-/tei">38.39'</a>, <a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-41-/tei">38.41'</a>, <a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-48-/tei">38.48'</a>, <a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-68-/tei">38.68'</a>) or BIR-<em>aḫ</em> (<a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-56-/tei">38.56'</a>, <a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-58-/tei">38.58'</a>-<a href="http://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-59-/tei">59'</a>).</p>DIŠDIŠUR.MEUR.MEinainaÉE2LÚLU2SIG4SIG4ÉE2LÚLU2E11.MEŠE11.MEŠuuur-ra-du-niur-ra-du-nie-ne-eše-ne-eš::xx…ÉE2DIŠUR.MEinaÉLÚSIG4ÉLÚE11.MEŠuur-ra-du-nie-ne-eš:xxÉDIŠUR.MEinaE2LU2SIG4E2LU2E11.MEŠuur-ra-du-nie-ne-eš:…E2šummasāmānūinabītamēlilibittibītamēliīlûniuurradūnienēš:……bītiweakening : … […] of the house.If blister beetles in a man's house climb up and down the brick(work) of the man's houseIf moths in a man's house climb up and down the brick of a man's house, impoverishment / […] of the house.