If the left ear of the young one is missing, the deity will hear the prayer of the king, the king will capture his enemy's land, and the palace of the enemy will be destroyed, the enemy will lack judgment, the produce of the enemy's land will be taken away and everything will be plundered (?).
If the right ear of the young one falls off, the stall[650] will be destroyed.
If the left ear of the young one falls off, the stall will be increased, the stall[651] of the enemy will be destroyed.
If the right ear of the young one is split (?), that stall will be destroyed, the enemy (?) will advance against the city.
If the left ear of the young one is split (?), that stall will be increased, the king[652] will advance against the enemy's land.
In all these cases it will be observed that a defect in the right ear or an accident happening to it is an evil omen, whereas the same thing occurring in the case of the left is a favorable indication. The greater importance of the right side of anything evidently suggests in this case the interpretation offered, and yet this principle, as we have seen, is far from being of universal application. It depends upon what happens to the right ear. Above, we have seen that an unusually large ear betokens some good fortune, and in the tablet under consideration, illustrations are afforded of accidents to the right ear which furnish a good omen, while the same accident in the case of the left ear is regarded as a bad omen.
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If the right ear of the young one is shrunk (?), the house of the owner will prosper.
If the left ear is shrunk, the house of the owner will perish.
If the right ear is torn off, the house of the owner will prosper.