[60] I. e., a demoniac being or a monstrosity of some kind. [61] I. e., of the owner of the mother lamb. [62] I. e., the rudiments of what seems to be a second ear. [63] Similarly, a second ear appearing below or above (?) the other one, is a favorable sign; on the right side, therefore, favorable to you, on the left favorable to the enemy, and, therefore, unfavorable to your side. [64] There is inserted at this point an omen for the case that "a foetus has eight (?) feet and two tails with unfavorable interpretations, approach of an usurper, no unity in the land, the land will destroy its inhabitants." [65] I. e., not one within the other--in all, therefore, three ears. [66] Literally "full". [67] The 'wide-eared man' (rapaš uzni) is the wise man. Ashurbanapal in the subscript to the tablets of his library thanks the gods for having 'opened his ears wide', i. e. given him understanding etc. [68] See the partial list of such texts, Jastrow, _Religion_ II 851 note 1. [69] Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 21-22, with a duplicate Pl. 19 (K. 4132). [70] For =marratum= "the rain-bow" see Jastrow, _Religion_ II 739 note 7 and 875, note 3. The "rain-bow" bird must have been one distinguished by its manifold coloring. A lion-lamb with the head of a 'rainbow bird' was, therefore, a young lamb with a large lion-like head, but showing various hues and shades. [71] The god of pestilence. [72] An animal not yet identified. [73] Low prices indicate hard times and are an unfavorable sign; high prices are favorable. The gods in ancient Babylonia and Assyria appear to have been on the side of the "Trusts". [74] It is assumed that the abnormal birth is still-born, but in this particular case the eyes are open. [75] Such a monstrosity is known as Acephaly in modern nomenclature. See Kitt, _Lehrbuch der pathologischen Anatomie der Haustiere_ (4 ed.) I, 72, for illustrations of an =Acephalus bipes=. [76] Known in modern nomenclature as Brachyprosopy. See Kitt, ib. I 87 sq. [77] Presumably the mistress of the household in which the monstrosity was born. [78] Perokormy--See the illustration in Kitt, ib. I 75 sq. [79] Cross-breeding, in fact, is a comparatively rare phenomenon in the animal world, limited to the horse and ass, horse and zebra, dog and wolf, dog and fox, or jackal, lion and tiger, ox and buffalo or yak, hare and rabbit, camel and dromedary, goat and mountain stag, and possibly lambs and goats. See Ellenberger-Scheunert, _Lehrbuch der vergleichenden Physiologie der Haussäugetiere_ (Berlin 1910) 703. [80] See the enumeration in Jastrow, _Religion_ II 873 note 2, e. g., 'eyes like those of a dog' in the case of a newly-born lamb (Cun. Texts XVII Pl. 23, 14), 'foot like that of a lion' (Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 45, 34), 'head like that of a dog' (Cun. Texts, XXVIII Pl. 36, 15); in the case of a double foetus 'both like a lion' or 'like a dog' (Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 48, 11-12) etc. [81] Cun. Texts XXVII Pl. 22, obv. 13-25.