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Dumuzi-Inanna R lit. comp.; Sefati Love Songs 262ff.
Dumuzi-Inanna T lit. comp.; Sefati Love Songs 273ff.
Dumuzi-Inanna V lit. comp.; Sefati Love Songs 284ff.
Dumuzi-Inanna W lit. comp.; Sefati Love Songs 288ff.
Dumuzi-Inanna X lit. comp.; Sefati Love Songs (BE 31, 46)
Dumuzi-Inanna Y lit. comp.; Sefati Love Songs 301ff.
Dumuzi-Inanna Z lit. comp.; Sefati Love Songs 317ff.
Dumuzi's Dream lit. comp.; B. Alster Mesopotamia 1, and dupls.; RA 69, 97-108; new ms. M.W. Green; rev. ms. B. Alster
dupl(s). duplicate(s)
DynChal Janneau, Guillaume. Une dynastie chaldéenne les rois d'Ur. (Paris, P. Geuthner, 1911)
EA J. A. Knudtzon, Die El-Amarna-Tafeln (= VAB II, Leipzig 1915)
Ea lex. series e-a || A = naqu; MSL 14, 171ff.
EAE Enuma Anu Enlil (Babylonian astronomical series)
EAK Einleitung in die assyrischen Königsinschriften. R. Borger, Teil I Das zweite Jahrtausend v. Chr.; W. Schramm, Teil II 934-722 v. Chr., in HdOr. Erg.-Bd. V 1,1 (1961) und 1,2 (1973)
Eames (aka Eames Coll.) A.L. Oppenheim, AOS 32
EANEC Explorations in Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations (2013 ff.). Series
Eannatum lff. royal inscr.; Steible ABW 1, 120ff.
Early Rulers see Sumerian Poem 4
East and West East and West. A quarterly published by the Istituto italiano per (anfangs: il Medio e Estremo Oriente) l’Africa e l’Oriente 1–9 (= NS 1) (Rom 1950–1958ff.) Journal
EBH Early Babylonian History, Hugo Radau, 1900
Ebla 1975-1985 (aka Dieci anni) L. Cagni (ed.), Ebla 1975-1985, Dieci anni di studi linguistici e filologici, Atti del Convegno Internazionale (Naples 1987)
Ebla Bil. Voc. lex. text; MEE 4
Eblaitica Eblaitica Essays on the Ebla Archives and Eblaite Language (Winona Lake, 1987 ff.)
econ. economic (texts)
Economic History Economic History / Hospodárske Dejiny, Praha, vol. 15 (Prague 1986)
ECTJ A. Westenholz, Early Cuneiform Texts in Jena
ED Early Dynastic
ED Animal List A lex. text, MEE 3, 47ff.
ED Animal List B lex. text; MEE 3, 57ff.
ED Bird List A lex. text; MEE 3, 109ff., with appendix by M. Civil, 275ff
ED Lu lex. series; Early Dynastic recensions of Lu; MSL 12, 3ff.
ED Proverbs B. Alster AfO 38/39, 1-51
ed(s). edited, editor(s)
EDA H. Limet, Etude de documents de la periode d'Agade appartenant a l'Universite de Liege
EDATS F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, Early Dynastic Administrative Tablets of Šuruppak. Naples, 1994.
EE Stolper, Matthew W., Entrepreneurs and empire the Murašû Archive, the Murašû Firm, and Persian rule in Babylonia. Leiden & Istanbul 1985 Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut te Istanbul
Ee. Enuma elish (Babylonian creation myth)
EEN N. Veldhuis, Elementary Education in Nippur (Ph.D. dissertation)
EG A. Dillmann, Ethiopic Grammar, 2d edition, 1899, Translated by J. A. Crichton (London 1907)
EG (aka GE, gilg., Gilgamesh Epic) Epic of Gilgamesh (Babylonian epic)
EI Enzyklopädie des Islam (Leiden 1913-1934)
EK Excavations at Kish the Herbert Weld (for the University of Oxford) and Field Museum of Natural History (Chicago) Expedition to Mesopotamia, 1924-1934
ELA S. Cohen, Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta (diss., Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Elam. Elamite
Elementary Education N. Veldhuis, Elementary Education at Nippur the List of Trees and Wooden Objects
Elevation of Ishtar lit. comp.; B. Hruska, ArOr 37, 473ff.
Ellil F. Nötscher, Ellil in Sumer und Akkad
ELTS I. J. Gelb, P. Steinkeller, and R. M. Whiting, Jr., Earliest Land Tenure Systems in the Near East Ancient Kudurrus (=OIP 104; Chicago The Oriental Institute, 1989, 1991)
Emar 6 (aka Emar VI) D. Arnaud, Recherches au pays d'Astata Emar 6/1-4, Textes sumeriens et accadiens (Paris 1986)
Emesal Voc. lex. series; MSL4, 3ff.
Emesal-Studien (aka M.K. Schretter, Emesal) M. K. Schretter, Emesal-Studien, Sprach- und literuturgeschichtliche Untersuchungen zur sogenannten Frauensprache des Sumerischen, Innsbrucker Beiträge zur Kulturwissenschaft, Sonderheft 69 (Innsbruck 1990)
En. el. Akk. lit. comp.; Enuma elish
Enannatum I 1ff. royal inscr., Steible ABW 182ff.
Enannatum II 1ff. royal inscr.; Steible ABW 1, 273ff.
Enc. phot. M. Rutten, Encyclopédie photographique de l'art, Tome II (Paris 1936)
ENES (aka Yale) B. Buchanan, Early Near Eastern Seals im the Yale Babylonian Collection (New Haven 1981)
Enki and Ninmah lit. comp.; C. Benito, "Enki and Ninmah" and "Enki and the World Order" (diss., Univ. of Pennsylvania); rev. ms. S.J. Lieberman
Enki and the World Order (aka Enki-WO) lit. comp.; C. Benito, "Enki and the World Order" (diss., Univ. of Pennsylvania); rev. ms. M.W. Green
Enki's Journey to Nippur lit. comp.; A. al-Fouadi, Enki's Journey to Nippur (diss., Univ. of Pennsylvania)
Enkimansum and Giriniisag lit. comp.; BE 31, 45 and dupls.
Enkitalu and Enkihegal lit. comp.; ms. M. Civil
Enkl and Ninhursaga lit. comp.; S.N. Kramer, BASOR SS 1; rev. ms. S.J. Lieberman; P. Attinger, ZA 74, lff
Enlil and Namzitarra lit. comp.; M. Civil, AfO 25, 68ff.
Enlil and Ninlil (aka Behrens 1978) lit. comp.; H. Behrens, Studia Pohl SM 8, 1978
Enlil and Sud lit. comp.; M. Civil, JAOS 103, 43ff
Enlil in the Ekur lit. comp.; Falkenstein Götterlieder 5ff., D. Reisman Two Neo-Sumerian Royal Hymns (diss., Univ. of Pennsylvania) 41ff.; rev. ms. S. Kupferberg
Enlil's Chariot lit. comp., J. Klein, Acta Sum 11 37ff
Enlilbani 1 (StOr 49, 28)
Enlilbani 2a (StOr 49, 29)
Enlilbani 2b (StOr 49, 29; RIME 4 Enlilbani 3)
Enlilbani 3 (8tOr 49, 30; RIME 4 Enlilbani 5)
Enlilbani 4 (StOr 49, 30f.; RIME 4 Enlilbani 6)
Enlilbani 5 (StOr 49, 31; RIME 4 Enlilbani 9)
Enlilbani 6 (StOr 49, 31; RIME 4 Enlilbani 8)
Enlilbani 7 (StOr 49, 32; RIME 4 Enlilbani 11)
Enlilbani 8 (StOr 49, 33; RIME 4 Enlilbani 4)
Enlilbani 9 (StOr 49 33 RIME 4 Enlilbani 7)
Enlilbani A lit. comp.; A. Kapp, ZA 51, 76ff. and dupls., rev. ms. M. Roth
Enlilbani lff. royal inscr.
Enlildirishe lit. comp.; Römer SKIZ 39ff. and dupls.; rev. ms. S.J. Tinney
Enmerkar and Ensuhkeshdanna lit. comp A. Berlin Enmerkar and Ensuhkesdanna (= 0PBF 2); H. Behrens, AfO 29-30 98ff.; rev. ms. H. Behrens
Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta ht. comp.; S. Cohen (diss., Univ. of Pennsylvania); rev. ms Å.W. Sjöberg
Enmetena lff. royal inscr.; Steible ABW 1, 21 lff.
Enshakushanna lff. royal inscr.; Steible ABW 2, 293ff.
Ensi and Sanga to a King letter; Ali Letters 109ff. B 11
epigr. epigraphical(ly)
Epithetes (aka ÉR) M.-J. Seux, Epithetes royales akkadiennes et sumeriennes (Paris 1967)
ePSD electronic Pennsylvania Sumerian Dictionary Project <http //psd.museum.upenn.edu/epsd/index.html (Philadelphia)
Equids R. H. Meadow, H.-P. Uerpmann, Equids in the Ancient World, Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients, Reihe A 19/1 (Wiesbaden 1986)
ERC Edition Recherche sur les Civilisations, Cah. = Cahiers Mém = Mémoire (Paris)
Eridu M.W. Green, Eridu in Sumerian Literature (diss., Univ. Of Chicago)
Eridu Lament lit. comp.; M.W. Green, JCS 30, 127ff.
Erimhush lex. series erim2-hush = anantu; MSL 17, 3ff.
ErIsr. (aka Eretz-Israel, Er(etz) Isr(ael), EI) Eretz Israel, Archaeological, Historical and Geographical Studies (Jerusalem 1951 ff.)
Erra Epic Akk. lit comp., L. Cagni, Studia Pohl 5
Ershemma M.E. Cohen, Sumerian Hymnology The Ershemma
ES Emesal
ESA Eurasia Septentrionalis Antiqua (Helsinki 1926/1927 ff.)
ESA Eurasia Septentrionalis Antiqua (Helsinki 1926/1927 ff.)
ESA A. F. L. Beeston, A Descriptive Grammar of Epigraphic South Arabian (London 1962)

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