[83] The chief god of Nippur and the older head of the pantheon.
[84] I. e., an alternative interpretation.
[86] I. e., an alternative interpretation of a less official character.
[87] See Jastrow, _Religion_ II 879 note 9.
[88] Founder of the Isin dynasty (c. 2175 B. C.)--another illustration of an historical omen.
[89] Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 4, 15-39, completed by the duplicates Pl. 3, 22-27 and Pl. 1, 1-2 and Pl. 6. The complete translation of the tablet with its various duplicates will be found in Jastrow, _Religion_ II 900-916.
[90] An alternative 'unofficial' interpretation as in the instances noted above pp. 15-16, 20 etc.
[91] Two interpretations, both unofficial--a rather unusual case.
[93] The line is defective, but the omen was without doubt unfavorable.
[94] As in the case of the famous Siamese twins.
[95] Interpretation broken off, but it was no doubt the reverse of what was entered in the preceding omen, i. e., unfavorable for the enemy and therefore, favorable to your side.
[96] The end of the line can be restored by comparison with the preceding omen.
[99] Interpretation no doubt unfavorable.
[100] Restored by comparison with the second omen--above p. 29.
[101] Rest of the line broken off, but the interpretation was no doubt unfavorable.
[102] The end of the line supplied by Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 24, 16.
[103] Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 241, 16 (K. 3881) to the close of the tablet.
[105] Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 16, together with Pl. 17, 18--an extract from the fuller tablet.
[106] I. e., of the child; and so of course in every case.
[107] Compare the omen in the case of the young of an animal, above p. 19.
[109] The 'left' side being unfavorable to the enemy is favorable to you. We may, however, expect to find in a variant text 'A weakling will be born in the enemy's house'.
[113] =Agnathy= in modern nomenclature. See Birnbaum, _Klinik der Mißbildungen_ 73.
[114] I. e., the upper lip falls over the lower one.
[116] I. e., the city in which the child was born.
[118] Presumably to the household in which the child was born.
[120] Variant 'the offspring', i. e., the newly born infant.
[121] I. e., there will be a political upheaval.
[122] This malformation of a child with a closed anus is frequently referred to in Roman omens, e. g., Julius Obsequens, de prodigiis (ed. Roßbach), §§ 26 and 40. See below p. 52.