[82] Ideographic designation 'water dog'. [83] The chief god of Nippur and the older head of the pantheon. [84] I. e., an alternative interpretation. [85] An unidentified animal. [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. [92] The rest of the line is broken off. [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. [97] Restoration certain. [98] I. e., the capital. [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. [104] Above p. 19 seq. [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. [108] I. e., the father of the child. [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'. [110] See preceding note. [111] I. e., misplaced. [112] I. e., protect it. [113] =Agnathy= in modern nomenclature. See Birnbaum, _Klinik der Mißbildungen_ 73. [114] I. e., the upper lip falls over the lower one. [115] I. e., the father of the child. [116] I. e., the city in which the child was born. [117] Of the same house. [118] Presumably to the household in which the child was born. [119] I. e., the mother. [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. [123] I. e., only the rudiments of a foot are to be seen. [124] I. e., they are directly attached to the body without thighs. [125] I. e., bent and deformed so that one cannot stand on it.