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LIBANOMANCY · BABYLONIAN SMOKE OMEN Ea (god of water and wisdom)
THE SMOKE
Smoke drifts toward the diviner's face
INTERPRETATION
The message is personal and urgent. The gods address the reader, not the supplicant. The diviner must look to their own affairs — the oracle turns the question back upon the questioner.
ASSOCIATED DEITY
Ea (god of water and wisdom)
CUNEIFORM SOURCE
BRM 4 12: 'If the smoke comes toward the face of the baru-priest, the omen is for the priest himself; let him examine his own house.'
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