Chapter 38
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K 06315+
<p>The missing part of the apodosis is reconstructed following <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-36-/tei">38.36'</a>, <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-39-/tei">39'</a>, <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-41-/tei">41'</a>, <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-48-/tei">48'</a>, <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-68-/tei">68'</a>.</p>
<p>Both this and the next line are left unplaced in <em>If a City</em> 2 (they are mentioned in note 63' on 278).</p>
<p>Judging by the space available, very little more than the name of the animal is lost from the beginning of the protases of these two omens. While it is possible that they represent a distinct thematic section otherwise not preserved, or belong to one of the previous sections of chapter 38 (i.e., the <em>lallaru, nappillu,</em> or <em>ṣāṣiru</em> omens), it appears that they follow the same format as omens <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-63-/tei">38.63'</a>-<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-65-/tei">38.65'</a>, each of which concerns a larger animal than those in the other omens of this chapter. These animals were also grouped with the destructive insects in the lexical text Ura = <em>ḫubullu</em> 14 (see comment to <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-63-/tei">38.63'</a>). As such, it is perhaps most likely that <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-61-/tei">38.61'</a>-<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-62-/tei">38.62'</a> belong in the same section as these omens, presumably adding two further names of larger animals. Two plausible candidates are <em>ajarillu</em> 'porcupine' (see somment to <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-64-/tei">38.64'</a>) and <em>muṣaʾʾirānu</em> 'frog', as these are associated in Ura =<em> ḫubullu</em> 14 with the animals mentioned in <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-64-/tei">38.64'</a>-<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-65-/tei">38.65'</a>, but without duplicates this can be no more than supposition, and so it is impossible to restore the animal names here.</p>
<p>If this line of argument is correct, the rulings surrounding these omens do not mark them off as a distinct thematic section, but rather indicate that they have been moved relative to their position in the standard text (for the same usage of rulings on K 06315+, see <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-17-/tei">38.17'</a>-<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-18-/tei">38.18'</a>). As such, it is possible that 38.61'-<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-62-/tei">38.62'</a> actually belong after <a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-65-/tei">38.65'</a>, which would alter the numbering of omens 38.61'-<a href="https://tieromina.acdh-dev.oeaw.ac.at/omens/Omen-38-65-/tei">38.65'</a>. In any case, as it is essentially speculative without further information, the present edition simply follows the order of the omens as they appear on K 06315+.</p>...…xIGIIGIŠUB-eŠUB-e.........xIGIŠUB-eÉ{?}...…innamirnadêbīti{?}abandonment of the [house{?}].[...] … is seenabandoment of […][…] is seen