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2 ARM BE BIN Bull. on Sum. Agriculture CAD CDA CH CT GAG Greengus Ishchali HSM JCS Kraus AbB 1 Lambert-Millarad Atra-has¾s LIH MDA MYN PBS RIME Archives Royales de Mari (= TCL 22 ) Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pensylvania,series A:Cuneiform Texts. Babylonian Inscriptions in the Collection of J.B.Nies. Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture. The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian. R. F. Harper, The Code of Hammurabi Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets. Von Soden,W.,Grundriss der Akkadischen Grammatik. S.Greengus,Old Babylonian Tablets from Ischchali and Vicinity. Harvard Semitic Museum. Journal of Cuneiform Studies. F. R. Kraus, Briefe aus dem British Museum. W. G. Lambert and A. R. Millard,Atra-hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood. L. W. King, The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi. Labat,R.,Manuel D épigraphie Akkadienne Sigrist,M.,Mesopotamia Years Name. Publications of the Babylonian Section, University Museum, University of Pennsylvania. The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotania,Ear- Ly Periods,(Vol.4).

3 مهشد مطلق مهشد SBYF Sumero-Babylonian Year-Formula, London (1946). Sumer Journal of Archaeology and History in Iraq(Baghdad 1945 ff). TCL Textes Cuneiformes du Louvre. TIM Texts in the Iraq Museum UCP University of California Publications. YOS Yale Oriental Series, Babylonian Texts. 1(IM ) (GUR) ZÚ.LUM GI.Á nam- ar-ti À 27(GUR) 2(PI) 3(BÁN) GUR BÀD. È MU.TÙ a-lí-lu- mur nam - ar-ti 5. m aw¼t(inim)- d ea ( d É.A) SANTANA UNUG ki ITU BÁR.ZÀ.GAR U 4 13.KAM [MU ITÁ]. MA d marduk( d AMAR!.UTU).KE 4 (=year 7 abi- e u sulluppum ZÚ.LUM

4 TIM.2,82:6;Sumer,14(1958),30,No.12:8;ARM,7,P.53,134:12; HSM,22,P.542. GI.Á imdu CAD,±,P.197:b;TCL,1,167:1;TCL,11,153:2;BIN,2,96:2. nam arti CAD,N/1,P.227:b,e;JCS,2,85;YOS,2,148: d ru CAD,D,P.192:a;BIN,7,154:7;TCL,18,77:6 rubtu BÀD MU.TÙ CAD, /3,P.370:b;Greengus Ishchali,90:11;YOS,13,37:3; E,6/1,69:6 SANTANA saddanakku CDA,P.310:a;MDA,P.157,343. war u ITI CAD,A/2,P.260:b;CT,29,27:22;PBS,7,27:14 BÁR.ZÀ.GAR MDA,P.289. nisânu MYN,P.76,6a,and,P.78,15a. attu CAD, /2,P.197:a;Kraus AbB,1,106:17;PBS,7,122:6. kakku MU ITÁ

5 Lambert-Millard Atra-has¾s,48,i, Up.ed. 2(IM ) 4202 X (GUR)2(PI) 3(BÁN) GUR ZÚ.LUM [GI.Á ] nam- ar- ti À 27(GUR) 2(PI) 3(BÁN) GUR BÀD. È MU.TÙ a-lí-lu-mur nam- ar-ti m aw¼t- d ea( d É.A) SANTANA UNUG ki ITI BÁR.ZÀ.GAR U 4 13.KAM MU BÀD ì-si-in ki BA.UL.LA.A (= year 15 samsu-iluna) ilput BA.UL.LA.A lap¼tu G CAD,L,P.82;JCS,8,93,r.10;YOS,10,33,i,43;GAG,Paradigmen,P.9

6 5 Up.ed. 3(IM ) 4342 X (GUR)X (PI) GUR ZÚ. LUM À 28(GUR) 2(PI) 3(BÁN) GÚ. UN - u MU.TÙ ²à-ab- i-i 8 -tár GÌR a-ar- ri -[rum] m m¼r (DUMU)-KÁ. DINGIR.RA ki SANTANA ITI E.KIN.KU 5 U 4.5.KAM MU BÀD.DIDLI.GAL. GAL e -mu- ut -ba-lum ki (=year 17 samsu-iluna) GÚ.UN biltu CAD,B,P.229:a;CH,$,45:39;JCS,5,P.92 MAH 15890:10;BE,6/1, 39:9;PBS,7,103:9;UCP,9,365,No.30:47. GÌR

7 CAD, /2,P.307:a;CAD,G,P.94:a;CH,$ 187:50;TCL,7,22:6; ARM,4,2:16 wedþm MYN,P.78,17. E.KIN.KU 5 addaru MDA,P.289. DIDLI CDA,P.438 4(IM ) m a-x -[ ] m a-zi-rum m pur- d I KUR( d adad) [Ù] d ama ( d UTU)-ba -[ni] X [X].ME 5. [------]- X -[ ] [ ]- X-ni -im [ ]-A [ X -nu- um [ZÚ]. LUM Ì.ÁG.E 10. IGI e -til- p¾ (KA)- d na- bi-um ra-bi-a-nu-um IGI XXX- d s¾n ( d EN.ZU) IGI a-lim- a ika ( E -ka) Up.ed. ITI AB U 4. X.KAM MU [ ]- X

8 imaddad mad¼du G Ì.ÁG.E CAD,M/1,P.5;sumer,14,27,No.8:13;JCS,24,65,No.64:13. ¾bu IGI CAD, /2,P.390:a;LIH,11:27;PBS,5,100,ii,5;PBS,1/2,9:28;Greengu s Ishchali, 23:28;CT,29,12:26; YOS,8,66:17 rabi¼nu CAD,R,P.17;Kraus AbB,1,52:16;PBS,1/2,10:4;YOS,2,109:3 MDA,P.289. ITI AB tebêtu 1.(IM ) 2.(IM )

9 Up.ed. 3.(IM ) Up.ed. 4.(IM ) Up.ed.

10 Bulletin on Sumerian Agriculture,vol.I-VI,Cambridge( ). Veldnuis,N.,Religion,Literature,and Scholarship: The Sumerian composition Nan e and the birds, Leiden(2004). Neugebauer,O,Astronomical Cuneiform texts, London. Robson,E,Mathematics in Ancient Iraq, Oxford(2008). Neugebauer,O,Mathematische Keilschrift-Texte,3Vols,Berlin(1935-7) AL-Rawi.F.N.,and Roaf,M., (( Ten Old Babylonian Mathematical Problems From Tell Haddad,Himrin )),Sumer,43(1984),PP Baqir,T., (( New Mathematical Texts )),Sumer,18(1962),PP Woods,C.E.,The deictic Foundations of the Sumerian Language,Cambridge(2001). Houston,S.D,The First Writing Script Invention as History and Process, Cambridge(2004). Sanders,S.,Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures, Chicago(2006). Gelb,I.J,Old Akkadian Writing and Gramer,Chicago(1961). RIME,4,PP

11 SBYF,P.38-41

12 Alexander,J.B. AL-Rawi.F.N.,and Roaf M., Baqir,T. Black,J and others Bottéro,J Dijk,V. Dossin,G. Ellis,M.de j Faust,D.E Frayne,D., Gelb,I.J.and others Gelb,I.J Goetze,A , , , Greengus,S Gurney,O.R., Harper,R.F. Houston,S.D Jean,C.F. Early Babylonian Letters and Economic Texts, London (1943). (=BIN,7),., (( Ten Old Babylonian Mathematical Problems From Tell Haddad,Himrin )),Sumer,43 (1984), PP (( New Mathematical Texts )),Sumer,18(1962), PP A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, London (1999),(=CDA). Texts Économiques et Administratifs,Paris (1957),(=ARM,7). Old Babylonian Letters and Related Material, Wiesbaden(1965), (=TIM,2). Lettres de la Première Dynastie Babylonienne, Paris(1934). (=TCL,18)., (( Old Babylonian Economic Texts and Letters from Tell Harmal )),JCS,24 (1972),PP Contracts from Larsa,dated in the Reign of rimsin(=yos 8),New haven(1941). Old Babylonian period( ), London (1990),(=RIME,4). The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago(=CAD), Chicago(1964ff). Old Akkadian Writing and Gramer,Chicago (1961). (( Fifty old Babylonian Letters from Harmal )), Sumer,14 (1958),PP (( Thirty tablets from the Reigns of Ab¾-e u and Amm¾-dit¼n¼ )),JCS,2/2(1948),PP Old Babylonian Omen Texts, Oxford (1947), (=YOS,10). (( The Year Names ofab¾e u )),JCS,5/3 (1951), PP Old Babylonian Tablets from Ischchali and Vicinity, Istanbul (1979). (=Greengus Ischchali) Two Fragments from of the epic of Gilgamesh from Sultantepe,JCS,8/3(1954),PP The Code of ammurabi King of Babyl- on, London(1904).,(=CH), The First Writing Script Invention as History and Process, Cambridge(2004). Contrats de Larsa,(=TCL,11),Paris (1926).

13 King,L.,W., , Kraus AbB1 Labat,R. Lambert,W.G.,and Millard,A.R. Lutz,H.F , , Mercer,S.A.B Neugebauer,O., , Nies,J.B.,Keiser,C.E. Poebel,A. Ranke,H Robson,E Sanders,S., Sigrist,M.,Damerow,P., Sollberger,E. Soden,V., Thureau-Dangin,F., Ungnad,A., Veldnuis,N., Woods,C.E The Letters and Inscription of - AMMURABI,London(1900),(=LIH). Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets in the British Museum, London (1910),(=CT 29). Briefe aus dem British Museum(CT 43 und 44) Leiden(1964).(=Kraus Abb 1) Manuel D épigraphie Akkadienne,(=MDA). ATRA-ASÏS,The Babylonian Story of the Flood, Oxford(1969),(=Lambert Millard Atra- as¾s Old Babylonian Letters, California (1929),(=UCP,9). Early Babylonian Letters from Larsa,,Oxford,(1917),(YOS,2). Sumerian and Babylonian Texts,Philadelphia (1919),(=PBS,1/2). Sumero-Babylonian Year-Formula, London(1946),(=SBYF). Astronomical Cuneiform texts, London. Mathematische Keilschrift-Texte,3Vols,Berlin(1935-7) Historical, Religious and Economic Texts and Antiquities, London (1920),(=BIN,2). Historical and Grammatical texts,(=pbs,5), Philadelphia (1914). The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania, Series A:Cuneiform texts(=be,6/1). Philadelphia(1906). Mathematics in Ancient Iraq, Oxford(2008). Margins of Writing, Origins of Cultures, Chicago(2006) Mesopotamian Year Names,(=MYN),Berline (2001). (( Thirty Tow dated Tablets from the Reign of Ab¾e u )),JCS,5/3(1951), PP Grundriss der Akkadischen Grammatic, (=GAG),Rome (1964). Letters et contrats de 1 Epoque de la premiere Dynastie Babylonienne,Paris(1910). Babylonian letters of the Hammurapi period, Philadelphia(1915),(=PBS,7). Religion,Literature,and Scholarship: The Sumerian composition Nan e and the birds, Leiden(2004). The deictic Foundations of the Sumerian Language, Cambridge(2001).

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