If the outside of the right ear is destroyed, the land will yield to the enemy’s land.
If the right ear of the foetus lies near the cheek[58], the enemy will prevail against the power of the king, the king will be without counsellors, a ruler will not inhabit the land, or the son of the king of universal sway[59] will be king.
If the left ear of the foetus lies near the cheek, an enemy will be installed in the royal palace.
If the right ear of the foetus lies near the jaw, birth of a demon[60] in my land, or in the house of the man[61].
If the left ear of the foetus lies near the jaw, birth of a demon in the enemy’s land, or the land of the enemy will perish.
The guiding principle of the interpretation in these instances is the natural association of the right as your side and the left with the enemy’s side. A defect on the right side is unfavorable to you, i. e., to the king or to the country or to the individual in whose household the birth occurs, while the same defect on the left side is unfavorable to the enemy and, therefore, favorable to you. The principle is quite consistently carried out even to the point that if the sign itself is favorable, it is only when it is found on the right side that it is favorable to you, while its occurrence on the left side is favorable to the enemy.
Defects of any kind appear to be unfavorable, whereas an excess of organs and parts are in many instances favorable, though with a considerable measure of arbitrariness.
If the foetus has two ears on the right side and none on the left, the boundary city of the enemy will become subject to you.
If the foetus has two ears on the left side and none on the right, your boundary city will become subject to the enemy.
If the foetus has two ears on the right side and one on the left, the land will remain under the control of the ruler.