| ABL | R. F. Harper, Assyrian and Babylonian Letters (London and Chicago 1892-1914) |
| ADD | C. H. W. Johns, Assyrian Deeds and Documents (Cambridge 1898-1923) |
| Ahw | W. von Soden, Akkadisches Handwörterbuch (Wiesbaden 1957-81) |
| APN | K. L. Tallqvist, Assyrian Personal Names (Helsinki 1914) |
| BM | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| BSA | Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture |
| Bu | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| CAD | The 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) |
| CRRAI | Rencontre assyriologique internationale, comptes rendus |
| CTN | Cuneiform Texts from Nimrud |
| DT | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| Festschrift Garelli | D. 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 Chronicles | A. K. Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (Texts from Cuneiform Sources 5, Glückstadt 1975) |
| JNES | Journal of Near Eastern Studies |
| K | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| Ki | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| Landesberger Date Palm | B. Landsberger, The Date Palm and its By-Products according to the Cuneiform Sources (Archiv für Orientforschung, Beiheft 17, Graz 1967) |
| 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) |
| Mélange Finet | M. Lebeau and Ph. Talon (eds.), Reflets des Deux Fleuves: Volume de mélanges offert à André Finet (Akkadica, Supplementum VI, Leuven 1989) |
| Menzel Tempel | B. Menzel, Assyrische Tempel (Studia Pohl, Series Maior 10, Rome 1981) |
| NARGD | J. N. Postgate, Neo-Assyrian Royal Grants and Decrees (Studia Pohl, Series Maior 1, Rome 1969) |
| ND | field numbers of tablets excavated at Nimrud |
| PKTA | E. Ebeling, Parfümrezepte und kultische Texte aus Assur (Rome 1952) |
| PSBA | Proceedings of the Society of Biblical Archaeology |
| R | H. C. Rawlinson, The Cuneiform Inscriptions of Western Asia (London 1861-1884) |
| RA | Revue d' Assyriologie |
| 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 (Vorderasiatische Bibliothek 7, Leipzig 1916) |
| TCAE | J. N. Postgate, Taxation and Conscription in the Assyrian Empire (Studia Pohl, Series Maior 3, Rome 1974) |
| Toponyms | S. Parpola, Neo-Assyrian Toponyms (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 6, Neukirchen-Vluyn 1970) |
| Th | tablets in the collections of the British Museum |
| van Driel | G. van Driel, The Cult of Aššur (Assen 1969) |
| VS | Vorderasiatische Schriftdenkmäler der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin |
| WO | Die Welt des Orients |
| ZA | Zeitschrift fur Assyriologie |
| Zadok West Semites | R. Zadok, On West Semites in Babylonian during the Chaldean and Achaemenid Periods. An Onomastic Study (Jerusalem 1977) |
| NA | Neo-Assyrian |
| DN | divine name |
| GN | geographical name |
| PN | personal name |
| RN | royal 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) |
| 0 | uninscribed space or nonexistent sign |
| x | broken 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/]