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LIBANOMANCY · BABYLONIAN SMOKE OMEN
Nabu (god of wisdom and writing)
THE SMOKE
Smoke splits into two columns
INTERPRETATION
The matter is divided. Two paths present themselves and the gods do not favor one over the other. The supplicant must choose, and the choice itself is the test of wisdom.
ASSOCIATED DEITY
Nabu (god of wisdom and writing)
CUNEIFORM SOURCE
KAR 212, obv. 8: 'If the smoke divides itself into two, the house will be divided; let the lord of the house make peace between the parties.'