Abbreviations and Symbols

ABLR. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Letters (London and Chicago 1892-1914)
ADDC. H. W. Johns, Assyrian Deeds and Documents (Cambridge 1898-1923)
AhwW. von Soden, Akkadisches Handwörterbuch (Wiesbaden 1957-81)
APNK. L. Tallqvist, Assyrian Personal Names (Helsinki 1914)
BMtablets in the collections of the British Museum
BSABulletin on Sumerian Agriculture
Butablets in the collections of the British Museum
CADThe Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (Chicago 1956-)
Cat.C. Bezold, Catalogue of the Cuneiform Tablets in the Kouyunjik Collection 1-V (London 1889-1899)
CRRAIRencontre assyriologique internationale, comptes rendus
CTNCuneiform Texts from Nimrud
DTtablets in the collections of the British Museum
Festschrift GarelliD. Charpin and F. Joannes (eds.), Marchands, diplomates et empereurs: Études sur la civilisation mésopotamienne offerts à Paul Garelli (Éditions Recherche sur les Civilisations, Paris 1991)
Grayson ChroniclesA. K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (Texts from Cuneiform Sources 5, Glückstadt 1975)
JNESJournal of Near Eastern Studies
Ktablets in the collections of the British Museum
Kitablets in the collections of the British Museum
Landesberger Date PalmB. Landsberger, The Date Palm and its By-Products according to the Cuneiform Sources (Archiv für Orientforschung, Beiheft 17, Graz 1967)
LASS. Parpola, Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal I, II (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 5/1-2, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1970, 1983)
Luckenbill Senn. D. D. Luckenbill, The Annals of Sennacherib (Oriental Institute Publications 2, Chicago 1924)
Mélange FinetM. Lebeau and Ph. Talon (eds.), Reflets des Deux Fleuves: Volume de mélanges offert à André Finet (Akkadica, Supplementum VI, Leuven 1989)
Menzel TempelB. Menzel, Assyrische Tempel (Studia Pohl, Series Maior 10, Rome 1981)
NARGDJ. N. Postgate, Neo-Assyrian Royal Grants and Decrees (Studia Pohl, Series Maior 1, Rome 1969)
NDfield numbers of tablets excavated at Nimrud
PKTAE. Ebeling, Parfümrezepte und kultische Texte aus Assur (Rome 1952)
PSBAProceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology
RH. C. Rawlinson, The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia (London 1861-1884)
RARevue d' Assyriologie
Rmtablets in the collections of the British Museum
SAAState Archives of Assyria
SAABState Archives of Assyria Bulletin
Smtablets in the collections of the British Museum
Streck Asb.M. Streck, Assurbanipal I-III (Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 7, Leipzig 1916)
TCAEJ. N. Postgate, Taxation and Conscription in the Assyrian Empire (Studia Pohl, Series Maior 3, Rome 1974)
ToponymsS. Parpola, Neo-Assyrian Toponyms (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 6, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1970)
Thtablets in the collections of the British Museum
van DrielG. van Driel, The Cult of Aššur (Assen 1969)
VSVorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin
WODie Welt des Orients
ZAZeitschrift fur Assyriologie
Zadok West SemitesR. Zadok, On West Semites in Babylonian during the Chaldean and Achaemenid Periods. An Onomastic Study (Jerusalem 1977)

Other Abbreviations and Symbols

NANeo-Assyrian
DNdivine name
GNgeographical name
PNpersonal name
RNroyal name
syr.Syriac
e.edge
obv.obverse
r., rev.reverse
rs.right side
s.(left) side
coll.collated, collation
mng.meaning
unpub.unpublished
var.variant
!collation
!!emendation
?uncertain reading
: .: ::cuneiform division marks
*graphic variants (see p. XXXVIII and LAS I p. XX)
0uninscribed space or nonexistent sign
xbroken or undeciphered sign
( )supplied word or sign
(( ))sign erroneously added by scribe
[[ ]]erasure
[...] minor break (one or two missing words)
[......] Major break
...untranslatable word
......untranslatable passage
see also
+joint to

F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate

F.M. Fales & J.N. Postgate, 'Abbreviations and Symbols', Imperial Administrative Records, Part I: Palace and Temple Administration, SAA 7. Original publication: Helsinki, Helsinki University Press, 1992; online contents: SAAo/SAA07 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2021 [http://oracc.org/saao/saa07/abbreviationsandsymbols/]

 
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