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• CONTENTS
  1. Tools
  2. Dictionaries
     1. Fascicle dates for AHw
     2. Volume dates for CAD
  3. Abbreviations
  4. Websites of editions, translations and databases
     1. Achemenet
     2. Archibab
     3. The Codex Hammurapi
     4. The Cuneiform Commentaries Project (CCP)
     5. The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI)
        1. Searching CDLI
     6. Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts
     7. The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL)
     8. Ebla Digital Archives
     9. Emar Online Database
     10. Middle Euphrates Digital Archive
     11. Old Babylonian Text Corpus
     12. Prosobab
     13. The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC)
     14. State Archives of Assyria Online
     15. Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL)
  5. Websites of PDFsÌý
  6. Journals
     1. Aula Orientalis (AuOr)
     2. Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO)
     3. Iraq
     4. Journal of Ancient Civilizations
     5. Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JCS)
     6. Journal of Near Eastern Studies (JNES)
     7. Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS)
     8. Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires (NABU)
     9. Revue d’Assyriologie (RA)
     10. Zeitschrift für Assyriologie (ZA)
  7. Book series
     1. Assyriological Studies (AS)
     2. Assyriologische Bibliothek (AB)
     3. The Babylonian Expedition (BE)
     4. Bibliotheca MesopotamicaÌý(Undena Publications)
     5. Cuneiform Texts (CT)
     6. Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek (KB)
     7. Keilschrifttexte aus Assur literarischen Inhalts (KAL)
     8. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (OBO)
     9. Publications of the Babylonian Section, University Museum, Philadelphia (PBS)
  8. Individual books
  9. Links to Works by Individual Researchers
  10. Webpages about Archaeological Sites

Tools

: converts transliterations to cuneiform, and generates bespoke sign lists

Ìý(KeiBi):Ìýsearch by author and title; esp. good for tracking down reviews of a particular book, seeing what a given author has published, or finding works with a specific word or phrase in the title.

: search by tablet number/siglum to see if/where it has been published in the SAA series.

Dictionaries

Ìý(electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary)

Walter Sommerfeld'sÌýÌý(several versions)Ìý

Ìý(CAD) - all volumes downloadable here

P. Attinger,ÌýÌý(published online, 2019)

F. Delitzsch,ÌýÌý(Leipzig, 1894) [not up-to-date, but of great historical interest]

W. Muss-Arnolt,ÌýA Concise Dictionary of the Assyrian Language,ÌýÌý(Berlin, 1894),ÌýÌý(Berlin, 1905)Ìý[not up-to-date, but of historical interest]

von Soden, W. Akkadisches Handwörterbuch, on Google Books: vol. 1,Ìý,Ìý.

Ìý(eSAD) - also as published volumes

Ìý´Ú´Ç°ùÌýA Concise Dictionary of AkkadianÌý(°ä¶Ù´¡)

Fascicle dates for AHw

fascicle	pages	date
1	1-80	1959
2	81-176	1959
3	177-272	1960
4	273-368	1962
5	369-464	1963
6	465-568	1965
7	569-664	1966
8	665-760	1967
9	761-856	1969
10	857-952	1971
11	953-1064	1972
12	1065-1160	1974
13	1161-1256	1976
14	1257-1352	1977
15	1353-1448	1979
16	1149-1592	1981

Volume dates for CAD

Ìý

Volume Ìý	Publication date
A/1	1964
A/2	1968
B	1965
D	1959
E	1958
G	1956
Ḫ	1956
I-J	1960
K	1971
L	1973
M/1	1977
M/2	1977
N/1	1980
N/2	1980
P	2005
Q	1982
R	1999
S	1984
á¹¢ (tsade) Ìý	1962
Å /1	1989
Å /2	1992
Å /3	1992
T	2006
Ṭ (tet)	2006
U-W	2010
U	2010
Z	1961

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Abbreviations

The CDLI maintains a list ofÌý.

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Websites of editions, translations and databases

Achemenet

AccessÌý. ÌýEdits written sources (including, but not confined to, those in cuneiform) dating to the Persian Empire, with French translations.

Archibab

AccessÌý, and see Christoph Schmidhuber's tutorial video:

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The Codex Hammurapi

OnlineÌýÌý(in German) by Walter Sommerfeld.

The Cuneiform Commentaries Project (CCP)

AccessibleÌý. ÌýEdits Babylonian and Assyrian commentaries.

The Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI)

AccessÌý.

Searching CDLI

The CDLI is very particular about how you enter search criteria (includingly seemingly redundant zeros).

To search for a number in a format such as ’79-7-8, 28’: search by accession number, following the format ‘1879-07-08, 0028’.

To search for an A number (Mari): search by accession number, following the format ‘A 00002’.

To search for an AO number (the Louvre): search by accession number, following the format 'AO 06453'.

To search for a BM (British Museum) number: search by collection number, following the format ‘BM 012345’

To search for a CBS (Catalogue of the Babylonian Section, Penn Museum) number: search by collection number, following the format ‘CBS 09219’

To search for an IM (Iraq Museum) number: search by collection number, following the format ‘IM 062827’.

To search for a K number (Kuyunjik): into the search field ‘accession number’ (notÌý‘collection’) enter your query in the format of K, space, five-digit number (adding zeros at the front as necessary), e.g. ‘K 00341’.

To search for an N number (Nippur): search by collection number, following the format ‘N 0123’.

To search for an Rm number: search by accession number, following the format ‘Rm 1234’ or ‘Rm 2, 123’.

To search for an Sm (Smith) number: search by accession number, following the format ‘Sm 1234’.

To search for a VAT (Vorderasiatische Texte) number: search by collection number, following the format ‘VAT 01234’.

Database of Neo-Sumerian Texts

AccessÌý. ÌýContains transliterations, mostly of Ur-III economic/administrative tablets.

AÌýÌý('Glossar') has been prepared by Walter Sommerfeld.

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature (ETCSL)

AccessÌý. ÌýContains composite transliterations and free translations of most works of Sumerian literature from the Old Babylonian period.

Ebla Digital Archives

Ìýhere. Contains transliterations and photos of tablets from Ebla.

Emar Online Database

Middle Euphrates Digital Archive

Old Babylonian Text Corpus

AccessÌý. ÌýIncludes transliterations of many OB texts (hence overlaps with Archibab).

Prosobab

AccessÌý.

The Open Richly Annotated Cuneiform Corpus (ORACC)

AccessÌý. ÌýA huge repository of editions, comprising many sub-projects. ÌýSeveral are listed separately here.

State Archives of Assyria Online

AccessÌý.

To go to particular volume, follow the format

To see all the letter titles in a given volume, follow the format

To go to a particular tablet, use the tablet's CDLI numberÌýfollowing the formatÌý

Sources of Early Akkadian Literature (SEAL)

AccessÌý. ÌýEditsÌýOld and Middle Babylonian literature, with glossaries.

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Websites of PDFsÌý

Ìý- contains many old publications

Ìýdigital library - contains many old publications

Ìý- contains many old publications

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Journals

Aula Orientalis (AuOr)

All volumes can be accessedÌý.

Archiv für Orientforschung (AfO)

All but the most recent volumes can be accessedÌýÌývia Jstor.

Iraq

All but the most recent volumes can be accessedÌýÌývia Jstor.

Journal of Ancient Civilizations

Many volumes can be accessedÌý.

Journal of Cuneiform Studies (JCS)

All but the most recent volumes can be accessedÌýÌývia Jstor.

Journal of Near Eastern Studies (JNES)

All but the most recent volumes can be accessedÌýÌývia Jstor.

Journal of the American Oriental Society (JAOS)

All but the most recent volumes can be accessedÌýÌývia Jstor.

Nouvelles Assyriologiques Brèves et Utilitaires (NABU)

All volumes can be accessedÌý.

Revue d’Assyriologie (RA)

Recent volumes are open accessÌý. ÌýOlder ones are accessibleÌýÌývia JSTOR.

Zeitschrift für Assyriologie (ZA)

Volumes up to 1938 are accessible atÌý

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Book series

Assyriological Studies (AS)

All volumes downloadableÌý.

Assyriologische Bibliothek (AB)

Volumes available online are listedÌý.

The Babylonian Expedition (BE)

Volumes available online are listedÌý.

Bibliotheca MesopotamicaÌý(Undena Publications)

All volumes availableÌý.

Cuneiform Texts (CT)

All volumes availableÌýÌýor (listed in numerical order)Ìý.

Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek (KB)

Volumes available online are listedÌý.

Keilschrifttexte aus Assur literarischen Inhalts (KAL)

All volumes availableÌý.

Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis (OBO)

All volumes availableÌý.Ìý

Publications of the Babylonian Section, University Museum, Philadelphia (PBS)

Volumes available online are listedÌý.

Individual books

Many old books are available throughÌýÌýandÌý. ÌýHere is a sample of those which people are likeliest to use.

Ebeling, E.ÌýKeischrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts (KAR),ÌýÌý(1919) andÌýÌý(1919).

Flückiger-Hawker, E.ÌýÌý(Freiburg/Göttingen, 1999).

Gantzert, M.ÌýÌý(unpublished PhD dissertation, Leiden, 2011).

Gelb, I. J.ÌýÌý(Chicago, 1952).

George, A. R.ÌýÌý(two vols, Oxford, 2003). ÌýAlso on Google Books:ÌýÌýandÌý.

George, A. R.ÌýÌý(Leuven, 1992).

Jagersma, A. H.ÌýÌý(unpublished PhD Thesis, Leiden, 2010).

Maul,ÌýS. M.ÌýÌý(Mainz, 1994).

Mittermayer C. and Attinger, P.ÌýÌý(Freiburg/Göttingen, 2006).

Oppenheim, A. L.ÌýÌý(Philadelphia, 1956).

Oppenheim, A. L.ÌýÌý(rev. ed. Chicago, 1977).

Stol, M.ÌýÌý(Berlin, 2016).

Thureau-Dangin, F.ÌýÌý(714 av.ÌýJ.-C.) (TCL III) (Paris, 1912).

Zimmern, H.ÌýÌý(Leipzig, 1901).

Zólyomi, G.ÌýÌý(Budapest, 2017)

Links to Works by Individual Researchers

We list here non-profit sites (NB this excludes academia.edu) that link to open-access publications by individual researchers. ÌýPlease send additions to Martin Worthington (mjw65@cam.ac.uk).

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Webpages about Archaeological Sites

Ìý(in French)