This small tablet was identified as a commentary by McEwan.1 It contains a single omen, elsewhere attested in K.3780 i 8'-9' (ACh 2 Suppl. 78, Enūma Anu Enlil 53) and BM 47799 19:2 ¶ mule-tu-ra-me sukkal mula-nu-ni-tum ana mulšu-pa te / ina mu bi ina til mu!(GABA) lugal úš buru₁₄ nap-šá kur gu₇ buru₁₄ še u še.giš.ì gál, "if the Eturame-star, the vizier of Anunītu, comes close to the Šupa-star, the king will die within that year, at the end of the year; the land will enjoy an abundant harvest, there will be a (good) harvest of barley and sesame."

The ten preserved lines contain only the text of the omen. After line 10 the tablet breaks off, but traces of more signs can be seen in Durand's copy, also in the left edge of the tablet. It seems thus likely that the tablet incorporated a short commentary after the omen proper (note that the lines introduced by cola in the obverse of the tablet, ll. 3, 4, and 6; are in all likelihood variant readings, and not commentarial glosses as assumed by McEwan3.

Another uʾiltu-tablet with only one omen and its commentary is known: NBC 6197 (CCP 3.8.1.C), q.v.

The tablet was bought in the antiquities market and its provenance is unknown. As pointed out by van Driel4, Uruk and Borsippa are good candidates.

• 1. G. J. P. McEwan, “Review of Durand Études assyriologiques. Cahier 6 & Joannès Études assyriologiques. Cahier 5”, Orientalia Nova Series, vol. 55, pp. 85-89, 1986. P. 87
• 2. E. Reiner, “If Mars Comes Close to Pegasus..”, in If a Man Builds a Joyful House: Assyriological Studies in Honor of Erle Verdun Leichty, A. K. Guinan, Ellis, MdeJ. , Ferrara, A. J. , Freedman, S. M. , Rutz, M. T. , Sassmannshausen, L. , Tinney, S. , and Waters, M. W. , Eds. Brill, 2006, pp. 313-323. P. 316
• 3. G. J. P. McEwan, “Review of Durand Études assyriologiques. Cahier 6 & Joannès Études assyriologiques. Cahier 5”, Orientalia Nova Series, vol. 55, pp. 85-89, 1986. P. 87
• 4. G. van Driel, “Neo-Babylonian Texts from the Louvre [Review of Durand Études assyriologiques. Cahier 6 (1981) & Joannès Études assyriologiques. Cahier 5]”, Bibliotheca Orientalis, vol. 43, pp. 5-20, 1986. P. 9