(1) “He should hollow out his head” (Šumma Ālu 22 1) means, […] “head” […]. “He should shave his cheeks” (Šumma Ālu 22 1) means “ditto both his cheeks;” “cheek” […]. “He will suffer for three months” (Šumma Ālu 22 1) means […] hardship […].

(4) “It falls in a man’s […]” (cf. Šumma Ālu 22 5-10) (refers to the snake) that together with the ṣarṣaru-snake […].

(5) The “ominous signs of the bed” (Šumma Ālu 22 11) means […] in the bed. “Between husband and wife” (Šumma Ālu 22 13) means “between […].” KUD-MEŠ NU TI-MEŠ (Šumma Ālu 22 13) means “They will be separated from one another and then die.”

(7) UKKIN ALGAZ (Šumma Ālu 22 14) means [“a meeting …],“ (since) GAZ means “to break.” In “he will either fall ill (GIG) or sicken” (Šumma Ālu 22 16), GIG [means “to sicken]; “he will sicken” means “he will fall ill.”

(8) In “If in the month of Nisannu, from the 1st day [until the 30th day] a snake turns (isḫur) from a man’s right to a man’s left, that man will be carried away by hardship in the land of his enemy” (Šumma Ālu 22 17). “It turns” (isḫur) (is written with the sign) ḪUR, (which can also mean) “it draws;” alternatively, (it can mean) “it crosses;” thirdly, (it can mean) “it goes,” since GIŠ.ḪUR, read /gišḫaš/, means […], which means “to go.” “Hardship” (dulu) (Šumma Ālu 22 17) means “weeping.”

(11) “If a snake in the street stares fixedly at him” (Šumma Ālu 22 19) (refers to the snake) that a man spots and looks at, but does not fear the snake. In “It deprives him (KAR-šú) of his dignity (TÉŠ.BI)” (Šumma Ālu 22 19), TÉŠ.BI means “dignity,” “dignity” means “appearance;” KAR means “to abandon.” Alternatively, what it says, “He is deprived of his dignity,” (means) (…, it is not preserved in the tablet).

(13) “(Snakes) intertwine” (iktapilū) (Šumma Ālu 22 20), (since) gú-min-ak-a means “to intertwine” (kitpulu), (it refers to the snake) that crosses the neck; alternatively, (it refers to) two snakes, on account of the quarrel.

(14) “He will suffer for those three months” (Šumma Ālu 22 21) means “in the month that is good for (delivering) the news.” He who is hungry and thirsty, he is the sufferer. “He will recognize” (ušeddī-ma) (Šumma Ālu 22 21) means “he will recognize” (ušeddī-ma). “He will seek out” (ušeʾʾû-ma) (Šumma Ālu 22 21), the logogram KIN.KIN means “to seek out” (šiteʾʾû), i.e., “to look for” (buʾʾû).

(16) “In the middle of the winter” (Šumma Ālu 22 33) means “(in the middle of) hardship,” (i.e.), “(in the middle of) the cold.”

(17) “It is dark, it is bright” (Šumma Ālu 22 33-35) refers to the humble man. “Radiance” (Šumma Ālu 22 36) means “dignity;” “virility” means “dignity,” whence “virility” (can also) mean “appearance.”

(18) “You should take (water) in a namḫāru-vessel” (Šumma Ālu 22 36) (means) “you should set it up like a holy water vessel.”

(19) “If a man kills a snake, takes (TI-ma) (the corpse) and introduces it in a hole” (Šumma Ālu 22 37) refers to (a man) who kills a snake, carries it and buries it; since TI means “to take.” Alternatively, (it can mean), “(a man tries to kill it), but it survives and slips into a hole,” since TI means “to live.”

(20) In “NÍG.ŠU-šu DÙ-šú or DUMU-šú GU₇” (Šumma Ālu 22 38), NÍG.ŠU-šu DÙ-šú means iz-zíb-šú, i.e., “(his possessions) shall abandon him” (izzibšu), since DÙ means “to abandon” (ezēbu). DUMU-šú GU₇ means “he will eat his possessions,” since DUMU means “possession.”

(22) … (Šumma Ālu 22 unknown) means “enemy” (ṣerru), i.e., “evil man.” “It has been made to grow” (uštāḫ-ma)(Šumma Ālu 22 46-47) means “it increased” (ušīḫ-ma). UR₅-ta (Šumma Ālu 22 48) means “that.” “He gets rid of it (sc. the snake) with difficulty” (Šumma Ālu 22 49) (is said) on account of (the snake) that lingers long time on top of him.

(23) (The word) imṣur (Šumma Ālu 22 58) means imšur, i.e., “it goes” (illik). “It will devour itself” (itakkal) (Šumma Ālu 22 61)(can be written) DU.DU, (which) means itkulu (= akālu Gt); DU.DU also means “to fight with each other.”

(24) In “If a snake falls onto a man’s shoulder, he who backs up a man shall die” (Šumma Ālu 22 73), the “shoulder” (būdu) (in the protasis) (is connected with) the “back” (kutallu) (in the apodosis). In “he who backs up a man” (mukīl kutalli amēli), the word “back” (ku-tal, understood as ṣi₉-ri) means “divine snake” (MUŠ.dMUŠ) is the “little snake” (nirāḫu), i.e., the snake that has no hands. There is much after (this).

(26) (Tablet) 22 of “If a City is Set on a Height,” not finished.

(27) “If a snake falls upon a man who is litigating, his lawsuit will be long” (Šumma Ālu 23 1). “(If a snake) twitters” (Šumma Ālu 23 6) means “shouts,” because zi.zi, which means “to twitter, said of a bird” (quotation from Nabnītu IX 48 or 49 ?), and “bird” zi.zi means “shout, said of a bird” (quotation from unknown source).

(28) “Empty day” (Šumma Ālu 23 8) means the 29th day of the month, the day when the moon is not visible.

(29) “If a man sees a snake and kills it, his fears will not approach that man” (Šumma Ālu 23 9) [(i.e.), if on a day which is] propitious to kill he sees it and kills it, (this is said) on account of the 20th of Ayyāru (i.e., a day which in the Babylonian Almanac is said to be propitious for killing snake).

(31) “He is afraid (of the snake)” (Šumma Ālu 23 10) means “he is terrified,” it refers (to the snake) that […]. [“That man will appease Marduk” (Šumma Ālu 23 10)] (means) that he will recite aloud a šigû prayer and will recite a namburbû prayer […]. […]. [“Const]antly all the time” (Šumma Ālu 23 12) means during the day, while the sun is out. “(The snake) constantly lies accross” (Šumma Ālu 23 12) […].

(33) [… “(If a snake)] hisses” (Šumma Ālu 23 14), “to hiss” means “to take care,” hence “to hiss” also means “to kiss.” […] noise was made.

(34) “If a snake has (šakin-ma) a paw (rittu) and roars like a lion” (Šumma Ālu 23 27) refers (to the snake) that makes (šakin-ma) noise, (since) riṭṭu (an otherwise unknown word) means “noise.”

(35) “(The snake) enters inside of the garment” (Šumma Ālu 23 40) means “inside of the fabric;” alternatively, it means “the place where the wrist is.” “That reporter will have a SAG.TUK” (Šumma Ālu 23 41) means “he will have a life-granting spirit.”

(36) “Fault” (Šumma Ālu 23 44) means “evil omen;” (as in?) “evil of the entrails, disastrous, frightening, dire and unauspicious” (quotation from the šuʾila Marduk 26 41 = Mayer OrNS 68 [1999] p. 151] ?). “Continuously stands” (Šumma Ālu 23 46) refers to (the man) who is enrolled into service and not exempted.

(38) “If a snake falls in a man’s house and slithers around” (Šumma Ālu 23 49) refers to (the snake) which does not enter the holes or the houses.

“It lays an egg” (Šumma Ālu 23 50?-52?) refers to (the snake) which gives birth in the man’s house. BÚN.BÚN-ah (Šumma Ālu 23 53) means “it hisses.” i-ziz-eš means “by being furious,” (ezēz-iš) which refers (to the snake) which shouts angrily or, alternatively, to the snake which shouts loudly. “As indemnity” (Šumma Ālu 23 56) means “as a compensation.”

(41) “Constantly causes fear” (Šumma Ālu 23 57) refers (to the snake) which frightens a whole army, on account of (the line) “to be afraid, said of soldiers” (quotation from an unknown lexical list). [Alternatively,] “constantly causes fear” means “constantly terrifies.”

(42) “If a snake coils around the door and bolt of a man’s house and does not allow him to open it, that house will be expanded (alternatively, it will be abandoned)” (Šumma Ālu 23 59): (this means that) it is a good (prognosis) for a noble man, but a bad one for a commoner, because of (the line) “the strong magic circles of Ninĝirzida” (quotation of K.10380 8′ // BM 35321 11′), where “circle” (šutukku) means “peg” (sikkatu, a part of the lock).

(44) “If several snakes are intertwined (GIL-MEŠ)” (Šumma Ālu 23 75?-78?): GIL-MEŠ means “intertwined.” PÉŠ (Šumma Ālu 23 unknown) means “mouse.” “If a snake goes hunting in a man’s house” (Šumma Ālu 23 81), refers to (the snake) whose wings […].

(46) “(The snake) wails” (Šumma Ālu 23 84) refers to screaming loudly. “Hardship” (ibid.) means “weep,” it can also mean “moaning.” “Continuously” (Šumma Ālu 23 87?) means “constantly.” “If a snake is seen in the house of a man” (Šumma Ālu 23 88), refers to (the snake) which grows legs. “To do regularly” (Šumma Ālu 23 88) means “permanent.” Anta (Šumma Ālu 23 97-99) means “friend.”

(48) (In) “If a woman catches a snake inadvertently in a waterspout and then lets go of it, that woman will have luck,” (Šumma Ālu 23 105) what it is said, (this is) because the snake and the woman, their …

(50) (In) “If a snake enters a man’s house” (Šumma Ālu 23 105) refers to (the snake) which enters a man’s house while he is with a group of people. “MUD-su” (ibid.) means “startles him.”

(51) (In) “If a snake is lying down on a man’s bed” (Šumma Ālu 23 110) refers to (the snake) which is lying down and does not stand up. ÉŠ-sunu (Šumma Ālu 23 115) means “their mooring rope.”

(52) Lemmata, oral explanations, and (materials for) a “questioning” by a (master-)scholar, relating to (the text with the incipit) “<If> on the first day of Nisannu (I), before a man has set his foot on the ground” (= Šumma Ālu 22) and “If a snake falls onto a man who has begun a lawsuit” (= Šumma Ālu 23). 23rd reading of “If a City is set on a Height,” not finished. “If a snake is sitting on a man’s bed” (= Šumma Ālu 24, catchline).