| 79-7-8 etc. | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| A | tablets in the collections of Istanbul Arkeoloji Müzeleri |
| ABL | R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Letters (London and Chicago 1892-1914) |
| AfO | Archiv für Orientforschung |
| AGS | J. A. Knudtzon, Assyrische Gebete an den Sonnengott (Leipzig 1893) |
| AlT | D. J. Wiseman, The Alalakh Tablets (London 1953) |
| ANET | J. B. Pritchard (ed.), Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament (3rd edition, Princeton 1969) |
| AO | tablets in the collections of the Musée du Louvre |
| Ass | field numbers of tablets excavated at Assur |
| BaM Bh | Baghdader Mitteilungen, Beihefte |
| Bauer Asb | Th. Bauer, Das Inschriftenwerk Assurbanipals (Leipzig 1933) |
| Biggs Šaziga | R. D. Biggs, ŠÀ.ZI.GA: Ancient Mesopotamian Potency Incantations (Texts from Cuneiform Sources 2, Glückstadt 1967) |
| BM | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| Borger Esarh. | R. Borger, Die Inschriften Asarhaddons, Königs von Assyrien (AfO Beiheft 9, Graz 1956) |
| Böhl Chrestomathy | F. M. T. Böhl, Akkadian Chrestomathy (Leiden 1947) |
| Börker-Klähn, Bildstelen | J. Börker-Klähn, Altorientalische Bildstelen und vergleichbare Felsreliefs I-II (Baghdader Forschungen 4, Mainz 1982) |
| BRM | Babylonian Records in the Library of J. Pierpont Morgan |
| BSOAS | Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies |
| Bu | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| BWL | W. G. Lambert, Babylonian Wisdom Literature (Oxford 1960) |
| CAD | Chicago Assyrian Dictionary |
| CH | Codex Hammurapi |
| CRRAI | Rencontre assyriologique internationale, comptes rendus |
| CT | Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum |
| Grayson Chronicles | A. K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (Texts from Cuneiform Sources 5, Glückstadt 1975) |
| JCS | Journal of Cuneiform Studies |
| K | tablets in the Kuyunjik collection of the British Museum |
| KAI | H. Donner and W. Röllig, Kanaanäische und Aramäische Inschriften (2nd edition, Wiesbaden 1966-1968) |
| KAJ | E. Ebeling, Keilschrifttexte aus Assur juridischen Inhalts (Leipzig 1927) |
| KAR | E. Ebeling, Keilschrifttexte aus Assur religiösen Inhalts (Leipzig 1919) |
| LAS | S. 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) |
| MLC | tablets in the collections of the J. Pierpont Morgan Library |
| ND | field numbers of tablets excavated at Nimrud |
| NL | H. W. F. Saggs, "The Nimrud Letters", Iraq 17 (1955), 21ff, etc. |
| Or. | Orientalia, Nova Series |
| Pedersén Archives | O. Pedersén, Archives and Libraries in the City of Assur I-II (Uppsala 1985-1986) |
| Piepkorn Asb | A. C. Piepkorn, Historical Prism Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (Assyriological Studies 5, Chicago 1933) |
| PKTA | E. Ebeling, Parfümrezepte und kultische Texte aus Assur (Roma 1952) |
| PRT | E. Klauber, Politisch-Religiöse Texte aus der Sargonidenzeit (Leipzig 1913) |
| R | H. C. Rawlinson, The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia (London 1861-1884) |
| Rm | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| SAA | State Archives of Assyria |
| SAAB | State Archives of Assyria Bulletin |
| Sm | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| Streck Asb | M. Streck, Assurbanipal I-III (Vorderasiatisches Bibliothek 7, Leipzig 1916) |
| TUAT | Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments |
| Uruanna | pharmaceutical series uruanna: maštakal |
| VAT | tablets in the collections of the Staatliche Museen, Berlin |
| VS | Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler der Königlichen Museen zu Berlin |
| VTE | D. J. Wiseman, The Vassal Treaties of Esarhaddon (London 1958) |
| WO | Die Welt des Orients |
| ZA | Zeitschrift für Assyriologie |
| Aram. | Aramaic |
| Babyl. | Babylonian |
| LB | Late Babylonian |
| MA | Middle Assyrian |
| NA | Neo-Assyrian |
| MB | Middle Babylonian |
| NB | Neo-Babylonian |
| OA | Old Assyrian |
| OAkk | Old Akkadian |
| OB | Old Babylonian |
| SB | Standard Babylonian |
| SB | Standard Babylonian |
| e. | edge |
| obv. | obverse |
| r., rev. | reverse |
| s. | (left) side |
| coll. | collated, collation |
| frg. | fragment |
| MS | manuscript |
| unpub. | unpublished |
| var. | variant |
| ! | collation |
| !! | emendation |
| ? | uncertain reading |
| : :. :: | cuneiform division marks |
| * | graphic variants (see LAS I p. XX) |
| 0 | uninscribed space or nonexistent sign |
| x | broken or undeciphered sign |
| ( ) | supplied word or sign |
| [[ ]] | erasure |
| [...] | minor break (one or two missing words) |
| [......] | major break |
| ... | untranslatable word |
| ...... | untranslatable passage |
| → | see also |
| / | (in score transliteration) line boundary |
| + | joined to, (in score transliteration) continuing line |
Simo Parpola
Simo Parpola, 'Abbreviations and Symbols', Neo-Assyrian Treaties and Loyalty Oaths, SAA 2. Original publication: Helsinki, Helsinki University Press, 1988; online contents: SAAo/SAA02 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.org/saao/saa02/SAA2AbbreviationsandSymbols/]