Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Festival and calendars -- THIRD MILLENNIUM BCE -- Early dynastic calendars : i. The early Semitic calendar; ii. The Ebla calendar; iii. The Tell Beydar calendar; iv. Other month names -- Lagaš/Ĝirsu calendars : i. The early dynastic period; ii. The Sargonic period; iii. The governorship of Gudea; iv. After Gudea -- Ur calendar : i. The early dynastic period; ii. The Ur III period -- Nippur calendar -- Umma calendar : i. The early dynastic and Sargonic periods; ii. The Ur III period -- Adab calendar -- Other calendars : i. Ešnunna; ii. Ishan Mizyad; iii. Iri-saĝrig and Keši; iv. Uruk; v. Garšana; vi. Festivals in other cities; vii. Months from unidentified calendars -- SECOND MILLENNIUM BCE -- Southern-Mesopotamian Sumerian calendar : i. The months; ii. Rīm-Sîn I's calendrical innovation ; iii. Festivals and cities -- Amorite calendars : i. The city calendars; ii. The month names; iii. Other festivals and months -- Sippar calendar -- Aššur calendars : i. Structure of the calendar; ii. The month names -- Mari calendar -- Emar calendar -- Other calendars : i. Susa; ii. Anšan; iii. Nuzi; iv. Ḫana; v. Ṭābetu; vi. Manana; vii. Tuttul; viii. Unidentified calendar: Kiš(?); ix. Other months -- SECOND AND FIRST MILLENNIA BCE -- Levant calendars; i. Ugarit; ii. Canaanite/Phoenician calendar; iii. Pre-exilic Israel; iv. Alalakh; v. Aleppo; vi. Carchemish; vii. Unidentified months -- Standard Mesopotamian calendar: i. Adoption of the calendar: ii. The months -- Indices : i. Month names; ii. Dieties; iii. General terms; iv. Selected subjects.

"Analysis of the ancient calendars of Mesopotamia, the Levant and other cities of the ancient Near East and their annual festivals and rituals. The cultic calendars include those of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Israel, and cities in ancient Syria. Includes the order of each calendar's months and the meanings of the month names"--