If an ewe gives birth to a hind, the son of the king will seize his father’s throne, or the approach of Subartu will overthrow the land.
If an ewe gives birth to a roebuck, the son of the king will seize his father’s throne, or destruction of cattle[86].
If an ewe gives birth to a wild cow, revolt will prevail in the land.
If an ewe gives birth to an ox, the weapons of the ruler will prevail over the weapons of the enemy.
If an ewe gives birth to an ox that has ganni[87], the ruler will weaken the land of his enemy.
If an ewe gives birth to an ox with two tails, omen of Ishbi-Ura[88], who was without a rival.
If an ewe gives birth to a cow, the king will die, another king will draw nigh and divide the country.
One might have supposed that such omens represent a purely imaginative theoretical factor, but the introduction of the historical reference proves conclusively that the Babylonians and Assyrians attached an importance to the fancied resemblance of an animal to an other, and that in the case of such strange statements as that an ewe gives birth to one of a series of all kinds of animals, it is this fancied resemblance that forms the basis and the point of departure for the interpretation.