Omen Series S^umma Alu ina Mele^ S^akin

(pp. 2 & 19-23) tablets:--

1. cities in general (unnamed)

2. cities in specific (named)

3. substances discovered by excavation

4. substances discovered by demolition (of buildings)

5. house-constructing

6. house appearance (exterior)

7. house appearance (interior)

8. dai:s (?)

9. door-latches

10. house-repair

11. royal activities

12. fungus in house

13. lichen in house

14. holes in house

15. spills of water, shape of

16. tomb-constructing

17. well-excavating

18.house-buying

19. daemons

20. flashes of light

21. ghosts

22-26. snakes

27-29. (?)

30-31. scorpions

32-33a. lizards

34. mongoose

35-36. mice

37. emmets

38. moths

39. (?)

40. beetles

41.sheep

42. oxen

43. wild-oxen (aurochs ?)

45. cats

46-48. hounds

49-49a. swine

50-52. fire

53. law

54. land-buying

55-59. plants

60. soil

61-61a. floods

62. reeds

63. fish

64-65. eagles

66. hawks

67. crows

68-70. (?)

71. chickens

72. birds

73-78. (?)

79. armies

80. sexual behavior of animals

81-86. sleeping

87. human behavior

88. happenings (in country)

90. (?)

91-94. lights (torches)

95-95a. praying (in a house) ["in a closet" according to Gospel]

96. praying while walking (out-of-doors) [forbidden in Gospel]

97-102. (?)

103-104. human sexual behavior

104a. other human male-to-female matters

105-7. concord between generations

1: (p. 29) :40:41. city-dump color

:40. black > poor

:41. red > unhappy

(p. 31) :50-:53. growing in city-dump

:50. cucumbers > food

:51. bishopsweed > enemy

:52. cumin > wolves [cumin & wolves are both derogated in Gospel]

:53. anemone > mercy

(pp. 33-7) :80-146. numerous

(p. 33) :80. twins

:85. lame men

:86. lame women

:87. idiots

:88. female idiots

;89. soft men

:90. wise men

:91. men with warts

:92. "red" men

:93. pockmarked men

:94. deaf men

:95. blind men

:96. kurgarru^-performers

:97. "openers"

98. cripples

:99. disabled men

:100. runners

:101.ecstatics

:102. female ecstatics

:103. weaklings

:104. unrighteous men

:105. thieves

:106. mourners

:107. administrative officials

(p. 35) :108. female administrative officials

:109. consecrated men

:110. (?)

:111. acrobats

:112. diviners

:113, 114. (?)

:115. heaf-carriers

:116. merchants

:117. butchers

:118. date-contracters

:119. tapsters

:120-123. (?)

:124. burru^-officials

:125. play is frequent

:126. singers

:127. tall people

:128. short people

:129. robbers

:130. stranglers

(p. 37) :132. receivers

:133. marauders

:134. tricksters

:135. (?)

:136. kulmas^itu-devotees

:137. qadis^tu-devotees

:138. "nadu^-men"

:139. naditu-women

:140. consecrated personnel

:141. carpenters

:142. reedworkers

:143. masons

:144. potters

:145. jewelers

:146. smiths

(p. 39) :154-:166. daemons

:154. Luh^us^s^u

:155. Zu

:156. s^edu

:157-159. Rabis.u

:160-161. ghost

:162-164. gryllotalpa

:165-166. Muttilu

(p. 41) :175-:207. answerer to hound-yelp:

:175. donkey > Guti

:176. mule > Subartu

:177. wolf > Akkad

:189. dormouse

:202-3. cow

:204-6. ox

:207. goat

2: (p. 65) :1-:36. destruction of city [as apodosis]

:1. owl > Eridu

:2. horned serpent > Ur

:5. Malgium

:7, :19, :22. Nippur [:22 "blood smears the doorway" -- cf. Passover]

:23. Sippar

:25. white partridge > Adab

:29. Kis^

:31. datepalm > Larsa

:32. leaning datepalm > Der

:33. Uruk

:34. Es^nunna

:36. Malgium [again!]

(p. 71) :77-:79. raining:

:77. sherds

:78. razors

:79. frogs [cf. plague of frogs in Exodos]

5: (p. 93) :49-:53 during assembling of doorjambs: entry by

:49. fox

:50. wildcat

:51. ox

:52. horse

:53. donkey

:55. "stars are seen"

6: (p. 111) :11-:14. canopy of house

:11. black > trouble

:12. red > hand [of a god]

:13. green > not grow old

:14. gleaming > disturbed

(p. 115) :49-:50. walls of house

:49. white > die by weapons

:50. black > profit

(p. 117) :80-:84. depicted as painting on wall of house

:80-:81. mare

:82. otter

:83. wild animal

:84. hound

(p. 119) :98-:123. odor of a house

:98. new plant

:99. sulphur

:100. myrrh

:101. ghee

:102. oil

:103. spice plant

:104. wine

:105. vinegar

:106. billatu [gall?]

:107. fish

:108. meat

:109. apple / fig

:110. (?)

:111. cucumber

:112. (?)

:113. bitumen

:114. (?)

:115. kuzublate

:116. (?)

:117. beer-mash

(p. 121) :118. ninu-plant

:119. (?)

:120. a grave

:121. 1^st-quality oil

:122. (?)

:123. dirt

15: (p. 231) shapes of water-spills

:1. snake

:2. eagle

:3. lion

:4. wild-ox

:5. man

:6. fox

:7. wild-ram

[:8-:12 persons carrying:]

:8. dagger

:9. bow

:10. throwing-stick

:11. battle-axe

:12. hatchet

:13. "someone whose cheek is covered"

:14. "someone holding his cheek" (wondering?)

:15. "someone whose hand is across his mouth" (astonished?)

:16. "someone holding his heart"

(p. 233) :17. "someone locked up"

:18. "someone carrying a staff"

:19. "someone whose arms are outstretched" (begging?)

:29'-:30'. tree

:31'. honey

:32'. frond

:33'. stone threshhold

:34'. field

:35'. fish-egg

:36'. bird's egg

:37'. fish

:38'. man's hand

:39. child' foot

:40'-:41'. man's head

(p. 235) :42'. hatchet

:42'. lion

:78. scorpion

[:79-:83. head]

:79. lion's

:80. wild-ox's

:81. man's

:82. hound's

:83. fox's

:84. owl

:85. kid

17: a well

(p. 255) :7-:22. discovered (by excavation)

:16. emmets

:17. red emmets

:18. black emmets

:19. blood / a snake

:20. skull

:21. apple

:22. "a well in sandy soil"

:23. a plant

:24. no water

(p. 257) :25-:33. its water is:

:25. black

:26. red

:27. green

:28. white

:29. sweet

:30. not sweet

19: (p. 277) daemon in house

:1.goatlike

:2. evil

:3. divine

:4. animal

:5. white

:6. black

:7. red

:8. bright red

:9. green

:10. standing

:11. Kis^utagganutuk is seen

:12. persistently crying out

:13. growling

:14. roaring

:15. rumbling

:21'-24'. taketh as mate, relation of house-owner:

:22'. son

:24'. mistress

:25'. attendant spirit

:26'. Snarer

(pp. 277, 279) :27'-:33'. gryllotalpa

(p. 277) :27'. is seen in house

(p. 279) :28'. is seen in window

:29'. leaning in house

:34'-:36'. S^edu

:34'. is seen

:35'. persistently causing fear

:36'. persistently crying out at doorway

:37'-43'. footprint of:

:37'. Luh^us^s^u

:38'. Anzu

:39'. horse

:40' ass

:41'. ox

:44'-:48'. ghost

:44'. is seen

:45'. persistently causing fear

:46'. persistently crying out at doorway

20: (p. 297) light-flash like:

:12. bronze

:13. night star

:14. shooting star

:15. lamp

:16. cultic torch

:17. torch

:18. star

:19. lightning

:20. lightning-bolt

(p. 299) :21. collapse of house

:24. door-strap / reins

:25. wild animal

[:26-:29. countenance]

:26. male god's > Lilu

:27. goddess's > Ardat Lili

:28. bird's

:29. man's

:30. "man's fire"

:31. "a fly in flight"

21: (p. 313) hand of deity

:76, Nin-e-anna

:77. Is^tar of heaven

:78-:79. Nin-e-gal

:81. Is^tar

(pp. 313, 315):83-:84. Latarak

(p. 315) :85-:86 Is^tar

:88-:89 S^amas^

:90-:91 the Anunnaki

:92. Lugal-banda

:93. Ninurta

:94. Asarluh^i

:96-:97. Lugal-girra

:98. country bird > Lugal-edinna

:99. partridge > Gula

:100. pigeon > Damki-anna

:101. chicken > Sukkal

:102. male owl > Nin-ges^tinanna

substances

months

their prognostications (by month-#)

further month-prognostications are:- 10:51-:65; 10:118-:129

OCCASIONAL PUBLICATIONS OF THE SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER FUND, 17.

Sally M. Freedman (ne'e Moren): If a City Is Set on a Height. Vol. 1. Philadelphia, 1998.