The tablet Rm 2, 302 is a fragment of a portrait-oriented tablet in Babylonian script, published as source m of EAE 5 (Tablet 5 of Enūma Anu Enlil), is re-edited here because it seems to include at least three commentarial explanations (ll. 38′-39′ and 42′). These explanations, if such they be, are indented, which is the format typical of mukallimtu commentaries from Nineveh. In addition to these three lines, three more lines (ll. 28′, 33′ and 37′) are indented, but to a much greater degree; instead of indicating an explanation, the indentations in these cases may indicate that the text that follows is the tail end of the preceding line, or else, in the case of l. 33′, that it is a gloss.
Our understanding of the first nineteen lines is impeded by the loss of the left side of the tablet, but from l. 20′ on the text cites omens that are clearly derived from the appearance of the horns of the moon (especially its right horn). These better preserved entries (ll. 20′-40′) progress from omens derived from a horn facing the earth to those derived from bent horns, pointed horns, stretched horns and weak horns. In this respect, their sequence corresponds to the sequence of protases attested in source q of EAE 5, ll. 1′-16′.
The fragment in Babylonian script K.5790, edited also below, contains the apodoses of astrological omens, including one that mentions the moon’s left horn. The fragment might belong to the same tablet as Rm 2, 302, specifically to the end of its reverse, however it might be part of a different manuscript entirely. There is no indication from the small amount of text preserved on this fragment that it is part of a text commentary.
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