Mathis Kreitzscheck

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... the signs KI and A can be read together as PEŠ, "sulphur" - not much help. But - PEŠ can also be written 𒊯, and then it means 'to become pregnant'; and "If a woman becomes pregnant and gives birth" is well attested in omen texts... so either the scribe blundered - or nerded out <3.

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A fragment of a cuneiform tablet with three paragraphs containing omens about women giving birth

Fragment of an Akkadian birth omen from the Hittite capital Hattusa (13th cent.BC); the second paragraph starts with UD MUNUS ki-a-ma, "If a woman ki-a-ma", which does not mean anything ... - perhaps a mistake? Or...

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