ABBREVIATIONS

A AA AAT AB ADFU

AEL AfO AHw

tablets in the collections of the Oriental Institute, Univ. of Chicago Agyptologische Abhandlungen Agypten und Altes Testament The Anchor Bible Ausgrabungen der Deutschen Forschungsgemeinschaft in Uruk- Warka Miriam Lichtheim, Ancient Egyptian Literature. 3 vols. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1973-1980

Archiv fur Orientforschung

AO AOAT

W. von Soden, Akkadisches Handworterbuch. 3 vols. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 1959 - 1981 J. Pritchard, ed., The Ancient Near East in Pictures Related to the Old Testament. 2nd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969. J. Pritchard, ed., Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. 3rd ed. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1969 museum siglum Louvre (Antiquites orientales) Alter Orient und Altes Testament

AoF ArOr AS]

Altorientalische Forschungen Archiv Orientalni Acta Sumerologica

ASOR AT

American Schools of Oriental Research The Alalakh Tablets

AuOr

Aula Orientalis

AuOrS

Aula Orientalis Supplement

BA BaF BaM BAR BASOR BBB BBVO Bib BibB

Biblical Archaeologist Baghdader Forschungen Baghdader Mitteilungen Biblical Archaeology Review Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research Bonner Biblische Beitriige Berliner Beitriige zum Vorderer Orient Biblica Biblische Beitrage

BICS

Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies

ANEP

ANET

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I

GODS IN DWELLINGS

BiOr BIS BM

CUSAS

Bibliotheca Orientalis Brown ludaic Studies museum siglum of the British Museum, London, or Baal miniature art

BMCR BMECq BMSAES

Bryn Mawr Classical Review Bulletin of the Middle Eastern Culture Center in Japan British Museum Studies in Ancient Egypt and Sudan

Boreas

Boreas: Uppsala Studies in Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Civilizations

BR

Babylonian recension of the mouth-washing

BS

Baal statue

BzA BZAW

Beitriige zur Agyptologie Beihejte zur ZeitschriJt for die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft Ignace Gelb et al., eds., The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. 21 vols.

CAD

CANE CAT

Chicago: University of Chicago, 1956-2010 J. M. Sasson, ed., Civilizations of the Ancient Near East. 2 vols. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2000 W. Dietrich, O. Loretz and J. Sanmartin, eds., The Cu-

neiform Alphabetic Texts: from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and other places (KTU). 2nd. ed. Munster: Ugarit-Ver-

CBET CBOT

lag, 1995. Contributions to Biblical Exegesis and Theology Coniectanea biblica. Old Testament series

CBQ

Catholic Biblical Quarterly

CDOG CEPOA CG ChS

CHD

CLL CM

COS CRB CTH

Colloquien der Deutschen Orient-Gesellschaft Centre d'Etude du Proche-Orient Ancien, Universite de Geneve Catalogue General du Musee du Caire Corpus der Hurritischen Sprachdenkm~iler H. G. Guterbock and H. A. Hoffner, Jr., eds., The Hittite

Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1991H. C. Melchert. Cuneiform Luvian Lexicon. Chapel Hill, NC, 1993 Cuneiform Monographs W. W. Hallo and K. L. Younger, eds., The Context of Scripture. 3 vols. Leiden: Brill, 1997-2002

Cahiers de la Revue biblique E. Laroche, Catalogue des textes hittites. Paris: Klincksleek, 1971.

l

ritual

DBH DDD EA

Ee Emar

FAT GGIG HAB HAT HdO

HED HEG

HEO

HrwG

HS HSS

HW HUCA HUCASup

lEI IT

IANER lAOS IBTh ICS lEA lEOL IESHO INES INSL

ABBREVIATIONS

CUSAS Museum, London, or

DBH DDD

:::ulture Center in Japan Ient Egypt and Sudan lent Mediterranean and

EA Ee Emar FAT GGIG

nith-washing ritual

flAB 'ttestamentliche

Wissen-

;yrian Dictionary of the iity of Chicago. 21 vols. ,1956-2010 f the Ancient Near East. son,2000 inmartin, eds., The Cu~ Ugarit, Ras lbn Hani l. Munster: Ugarit-Versis and Theology nent series

mt-Gesellschaft

HAT HdO HED HEG

HEO HrwG

HS HSS HW2

ent Ancien, Universite 1 Caire

adenkmaler ner, [r., eds., The Hittite 'ute of the University of .Chicago, 1991'Avian Lexicon. Chapel

.r, eds., The Context of 997-2002 ) hittites. Paris: Klinck-

HUCA HUCASup IEJ IT JANER JAOS JBTh JCS JEA JEOL JESHO JNES JNSL

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Cornell University Studies in Assyriology and Sumerology Dresdner Beitriige zur Hethitologie K. van der Toorn et al., eds., Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible. 2nd ed. Leiden: Brill, 1999 El Amarna Tablets Enuma Elish Emar texts Forschungen zum Alien Testament O. Keel and C. Uehlinger. Gods, Goddesses, and Images of God in Ancient Israel. Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998 Hildesheimer Agyptologische Beitrdge Handbuch zum Alten Testament Handbuch der Orientalistik J. Puhvel. Hittite Etymological Dictionary. Berlin: de Gruyter. 1984J. Tischler. Hethitisches etymologisches Glossar. Innsbruck: Institut fur Sprachwissenschaft der Universitat Innsbruck, 1977Hautes etudes orientales H. Cancik et al. Handbuch religionswissenschaftlicher Grundbegriffe. 5 vols. Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 19882001 Tablet siglum of the Hilprecht Collection in [ena (Hilprecht-Sammlung) Harvard Semitic Studies J. Friedrich et al., eds. Hethitisches Worterbuch. 2nd ed. Heidelberg: Winter, 1975Hebrew Union College Annual Hebrew Union College Annual Supplements Israel Exploration Journal Incantation Tablet(s) in Walker and Dick 2001 Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions Journal of the American Oriental Society lahrbuch fur biblische Theologie Journal of Cuneiform Studies Journal of Egyptian Archaeology [aarbericht van het Vooraziatisch-Egyptisch Genootschap (Gezelschap) "Ex Oriente Lux" Journal of the Social and Economic History of the Orient Journal of Near Eastern Studies Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages

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GODSIN DWELLINGS museum siglum of the British Museum in London (Kuyunjik) H. Donner and W Rollig, Kanaanaische und aramdische Inschriften. 3 vols. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz, 1962-1964 H. Otten and C. Rtister, eds., Keilschrifttexte aus Boghazkoi. Leipzig-Berlin: Hinrichs-Gebr. Mann, 1916-

RAI

KIF

Kleinasiatische Forschungen

RIMA

KTU

M. Dietrich, O. Loretz, and

J. Sanmartin, eds., Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit. Neukirchen: Neukir-

RIMA 2

K KAI

KBo

RARG RB RDE RHA RHR

chen-Vluyn,1976

KUB LA LACMA

LKU MARG MARl

MAs MDOG MIO MKNAW NEAEHL

Keilschrifturkunden aus

Boghazkoi. Berlin: Akademie, 1921W HeIck et aI., eds., Lexikon der Agyptologie. 7 vols. Harrasowitz: Wiesbaden: 1975-1992 Los Angeles County Museum of Art A. Falkenstein, Literarische Keilschrifttexte aus Uruk, Berlin: Staatlichen Museen, 1931

Mitteilungen fur Anthropologie und Religionsgeschichte Mari, Annales de Recherches Interdisciplinaires Mimchner Agyptologische Studien Mitteilungen der Deutschen Orientgesellschaft Mitteilungen des lnstituts flir Orientforschung Mededeelingen der Koninklijke Nederlandsche Akademie van Wetenschappen E. Stern, ed. The New Encyclopedia of Archaeological Excavation in the Holy Land. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993.

NEA

Near Eastern Archaeology

NR OBO

Nineveh recension of the mouth-washing ritual Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis D. Redford, ed., The Oxford Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt, 3 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001.

OEAE OEANE

The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East. 5 vols. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1997

OlC OLA OlP OIS ORA Or

Oriental Institute Communications Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta Oriental Institute Publications Oriental Institute Seminars Orientalische Religionen in der Antike

OrAnt

Orientalia Nova Series Oriens Antiquus

RIA

RS

SAA SAA2

SAA

12

SAAB SAALT SAGA SAK SANER SANTAG SAOC SBLWAW SBLWAWSup SCCNH

SEL SMSR StBoT STT Studia Pohl T.

TDOT

ABBREVIATIONS

ih Museum in London naaniiische und aramiiiesbaden: Harrasowitz, Keilschrifttexte aus Bogrs-Gebr, Mann, 1916.anmartln, eds., Die keilit. Neukirchen: Neukir-

RAI RARG RB RDE RHA RHR RIMA RIMA 2

zkoi. Berlin: Akademie, RIA

der Agyptologie. 7 vols. .-1992 of Art eilschrifttexte aus Uruk, 31 ~und Religionsgeschichte

RS SAA SAA2

iterdiscipiinaires 'ien 'ientgesellschaft trieniforschung e Nederlandsche Akadeipedia of Archaeological 1. New York: Simon &

th-washing ritual Encyclopedia of Ancient University Press, 200 l.