A-KI-RO

ʾAkiru (personal name; Amorite ʾAkir-, cf. ʾikkār 'plowman')

𐘇AAB0882 entries𐘸KIAB6745 entries𐘁ROAB0226 entries
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Reading
ʾAkiru
Confidence
Speculative
Root
*ʾkr 1, *ʾa/ikkār- 2 ‘to cultivate’ 1, ‘laborer’ 2
Kind
Personal name
Language
Semitic
Rank
—

Compared forms

  • AmoriteʾAKIR-UM, A-KI-RU-UM (KISURRA B 7+); ʾAKIR-I, A-KI-RI (VAS VIII 14 37); ʾAKIR-AH, A-KI-RA, FN (Gelb 1980 nos. 338–340)
  • Hebrewʾikkārʾikkār ‘plowman, farmer’ (Jer 51:23; Amos 5:16)
  • Akkadianikkaruikkaru ‘plowman, farm laborer; farmer’, Sum. lw. (CAD I/J s.v.)

Attestations1 cited

  1. ARKH 4bA-KI-RO 3

Commentary

ARKH 4b .4 A-KI-RO 3, after the numeral ]9 that closes the entry of .3–4 and before ZA-SI-ZU[ ]3, in a list of whole-number entries with no logogram on the face (GORILA III 14–15). Intact and undotted. A-KI-RO spells the Amorite A-KI-RU-UM, A-KI-RI and A-KI-RA sign for sign (Gelb 1980, nos. 338–340), RO for the case vowel; Gelb lists the names, and the noun ʾikkār ‘plowman’ behind them is di Mino’s reading. Rivals: the Akkadian name Ikkaru; A + KI-RO ‘owed’. See I-KI-RA and I-KA.

On the 3D inscriptions

Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.

Linear A Lexicon