left, the gods
will bring about a stable reign, the country will flourish, and it will
be a land of repose;
(11) whose ears are both closed, sa a au;
(12) that has a bird's beak, the country will be peaceful;
(13) that has no mouth, the mistress of the house will die;
(14) that has no right nostril, the people of the world will be injured;
(15) whose nostrils are absent, the country will be in affliction, and
the house of the man will be ruined;
(16) whose jaws are absent, the days of the master (king) will be
prolonged, but the house (where the infant is born) will be ruined.
When a woman gives birth to an infant--
(17) that has no lower jaw, mut ta at mat, the name will not be effaced;
(20) that has no nose, affliction will seize upon the country, and the
master of the house will die;
(21) that has neither nose nor virile member (penis), the army of the
king will be strong, peace will be in the land, the men of the king
will be sheltered from evil influences, and Lilit (a female demon)
shall not have power over them;
(22) whose upper lip overrides the lower, the people of the world will
rejoice (or good augury for the troops);
(23) that has no lips, affliction will seize upon the land, and the
house of the man will be destroyed;
(24) whose tongue is kuri aat, the man will be spared (?);
(25) that has no right hand, the country will be convulsed by an
earthquake;
(26) that has no fingers, the town will have no births, the bar shall
be lost;
(27) that has no fingers on the right side, the master (king) will not
pardon his adversary (or shall be humiliated by his enemies);
(28) that has six fingers on the right side, the man will take the
lukunu of the house;
(29) that has six very small toes on both feet, he shall not go to the
lukunu;
(30) that has six toes on each foot, the people of the world will be
injured (calamity to the troops);
(31) that has the heart open and that has no skin, the country will
suffer from calamities;
(32) that has no penis, the master of the house will be enriched by the
harvest of his field;
(33) that wants the penis and the umbilicus, there will be ill-will in
the house, the woman (wife) will have an overbearing eye (be haughty);
but the male descent of the palace will be more extended.
When a woman gives birth to an infant--
(34) that has no well-marked sex, calamity and affliction will seize
upon the land; the master of the house shal
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