| Abbreviation | Fullform | Type | Publication |
|---|---|---|---|
| L | Tablet siglum of texts in the Archeological Museum in Istanbul (Lagash/Girsu) | ||
| l.e. | left edge | ||
| L'uomo | G. Pettinato, L'uomo cominciò a scrivere. Iscrizioni cuneiformi della Collezione Michail (Milano 1997) | ||
| La province (aka Prov. mér.) | J.-P. Grégoire, La province meridionale de l'état de Lagash | ||
| LAK | A. Deimel, Liste der archaischen Keilschriftzeichen (= WVDOG 40, 1922) | ||
| Lamentation over Sumer and Ur | lit. comp.; P. Michalowski, The Lamentation over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur (= MC 1) | ||
| Lamentation over Ur | lit. comp.; S.N. Kramer, AS 12; rev. ms. H. Vanstiphout | ||
| Lamentations | M.E. Cohen, The Canonical Lamentations of Ancient Mesopotamia | ||
| Landfahrzeuge (aka A. Salonen, Landfahrzeuge) | A. Salonen, Die Landfahrzeuge des alten Mesopotamien (Helsinki 1951), (=AASF B 72/III) | ||
| Language of Ebla | Studies on the Language of Ebla, ed. P. Fronzaroli, Quaderni di Semitistica 13 | ||
| LAOS | Leipziger Altorientalische Studien (from 2011) | ||
| LAPO | Littératures anciennes du Proche-Orient | ||
| LAS | S. Parpola, Letters from Assyrian Scholars to the Kings Esarhaddon and Assurbanipal, I (= AGAT 5/1, 1970); II (= AGAT 5/2, 1983) | ||
| Law Collections | M. Roth, Law Collections from Mesopotamia and Asia Minor | ||
| Laws of Lipiteshtar | lit. comp.; Roth Law Collections 23ff. | ||
| Laws of Urnammu | lit. comp.; Roth Law Collections 13ff. | ||
| LB | tablets in the de Liagre Bohl Collection (Leiden) | ||
| LBAT | A. Sachs/T. Pinches/ J. Strassmaier, Late Babylonian Astronomical and Related Texts (London 1955) | ||
| LE | C. Wilcke, Das Lugalbandaepos (Wiesbaden 1969) | ||
| Leather | V.E. Crawford, Terminology of the Leather Industry in Late Sumerian Times (diss., Yale Univ.) | ||
| Lenormant Choix | F. Lenormant, Choix de textes cunéiformes (1873-1875) | ||
| Letter from PN to a King(?) | letter; ISET 2, 117 Ni.4164 rev. | ||
| Letter from PN to Enlilbani | letter; ISET 2, 119 Ni.4326+ 9ff. | ||
| Letter from PN to Nanna | letter-prayer; A. Falkenstem, AnBibl 12, 69ff.; A. Sjöberg Mondgott 104ff. | ||
| Letter from PN to Nininsina | letter-prayer, SEM 74 | ||
| Letter to Ninshubur | letter-prayer; C.B.F. Walker and S.N. Kramer, Iraq 44, 78ff. | ||
| Letter to Zimrilim | letter; D. Charpin, Rencontre 35, 7ff. | ||
| Letters (aka LEM) | P. Michalowski, Letters from Early Mesopotamia, by Piotr Michalowski, edited by Erica Reiner (Writings from the Ancient World, vol. 3, Atlanta, Ga. Scholars Press, 1993) | ||
| Levant | Levant. Journal of the British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem (London 1969 ff.) | ||
| lex. | lexical (texts) | ||
| LexAe (aka LexAe., LexÄ) | Lexikon der Ägyptologie (Wiesbaden 1975-92) | ||
| Lexical | lexical reference(s) | ||
| LFBD | T. Fish, Letters of the First Babylonian Dynasty | ||
| LIH | L. King, The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi (London 1889-1900) | ||
| LIMC | Lexicon iconographicum mythologicae classicae (Zurich 1981 ff.) | ||
| Lingua di Ebla | La Lingua di Ebla, ed. L. Cagni | ||
| Lipiteshtar 01 | (StOr 49, 15f.; RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 1) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 02 | (8tOr 49, 16; RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 4) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 03 | (StOr 49, 17; RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 5) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 04 | (StOr 49, 18, RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 6) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 06 | (StOr 49, 20, RIME 4 not included) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 07 | (StOr 49, 21f.; RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 8) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 11 | (RIME 4, 48f. Lipiteshtar 2) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 12 | (RIME 4, 59f. Lipiteshtar 7) | ||
| Lipiteshtar 1ff. | royal inscr. | ||
| Lipiteshtar A | lit. comp.; Römer SKIZ 29ff.; rev. ms. Univ. Museum | ||
| Lipiteshtar and the Plow | lit. comp.; ms. M. Civil | ||
| Lipiteshtar B | lit. comp.; H. Vanstiphout, JCS 30 33ff | ||
| Lipiteshtar C | lit. comp.; Römer SKIZ 10ff. | ||
| Lipiteshtar D | lit. comp.; Römer SKIZ 6ff. | ||
| Lipiteshtar seal a | (StOr 49, 22 Lipiteshtar 8; RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 2001) | ||
| Lipiteshtar seal b | (8tOr 49, 22 Lipiteshtar 9; RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 2002) | ||
| Lipiteshtar seal c | (StOr 49, 23 Lipiteshtar 10; RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 2003) | ||
| Lipiteshtar seal d | (RIME 4 Lipiteshtar 2004) | ||
| Lipiteshtar to Nannakiag | letter; Ali Letters 76ff. B 5 | ||
| Lisin's Lament | lit. comp.; CBS 8508 (STVC 121) and dupl. | ||
| lit. | literary (texts) | ||
| LKA | L. Ebeling, Literarische Keilschrifttexte aus Assur (Berlin 1953) | ||
| LKU | A. Falkenstein, Literarische Keilschrifttexte aus Uruk (Berlin 1931) | ||
| LoC | Library of Congress | ||
| loc. | locative | ||
| loc.-term. | locative-terminative | ||
| Love Songs | Y. Sefati, Love Songs in Sumerian literature (diss., Bar- Ilan Univ.) | ||
| LSS | Leipziger Semitistische Studien (Leipzig 1903- 1920); NF = Neue Folge (1931-1932) | ||
| LSU | P. Michalowski, The Lamentation over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur (= MC 1) | ||
| LTBA | Die lexikalischen Tafelserien der Babylonier und Assyrer, Bd. I L. Matous; Bd. II W. von Soden (Berlin 1933) | ||
| Lu | lex. series lu2 = sha; MSL 12, 87ff. | ||
| Lu'utu lff. | royal inscr.; Steible NBW 2, 343f. | ||
| Luckenbill Adab | D. Luckenbill, Inscriptions from Adab (= 0IP 14) | ||
| Lugal-TAR-si of Kish | royal inscr.; Steible ABW 2, 218f. | ||
| Lugalannemundu Inscr. | royal inscr.; H. Guterbock, ZA 42, 40ff.; new ms. P. Michalowski | ||
| Lugalbanda Epic I | lit. comp.; ms. S. Cohen, rev. by Å.W. Sjöberg; W.W. Hallo, JAOS 103, 165ff. | ||
| Lugalbanda Epic II | lit. comp.; C. Wilcke, Das Lugalbandacpos; R. Falkowitz, JAOS 103, 103ff.; rev. ms. Å.W. Sjöberg | ||
| Lugalbandaepos | C. Wilcke, Das Lugalbandaepos, 1969 | ||
| Lugale (aka van Dijk Lugale) | lit. comp.; J. van Dijk, Lugal ud me-lam-BI; Sippar Version = F.N.H. Al-Rawi, Iraq 57 (1995) 199-223 | ||
| Lugalibila to Giriniisag | letter; ms. Univ. Museum | ||
| Lugaliblla to Lugalnisag | letter; J. Nougayrol, Ugaritica 5, 23ff.; rev. ms. M. Civil | ||
| Lugalkigmnedudu lff. | royal inscr.; Steible ABW 2, 298ff. | ||
| Lugalkisalsi lff. | royal inscr.; Steible ABW 2, | ||
| Lugalnisag to a King 1 | letter; Ali Letters 85ff. B 7 | ||
| Lugalnisag to a King 2 | letter; Ali Letters 92ff. B 8 | ||
| Lugalnisag to Enlilmassu | letter; Ali Letters 130ff. B 16 | ||
| Lugalzagesi lff. | royal inscr.; Steible ABW 2, 310ff. | ||
| Lullaby | lit. comp.; S.N. Kramer, Studi in onore di Edoardo Volterra 6, 191ff, and dupls.; rev. ms. A. Cavlgneaux | ||
| Luninurta to Inamlaandulduga | letter; M.E. Cohen, WO 9, I0ff. | ||
| Lushaga | royal inscr.; Steible NBW 2, |
Total 86 record(s)