# KI-\*310-RE (kinnār) > lyre (Hebrew kinnōr כִּנּוֹר) A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier. - Reading: kinnār - Confidence: Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control. - Root: [\*kinor-]() 'lyre' - Kind: Ritual - Language: Semitic - Signs: KI (ki) · \*310 · RE (re) - Rank: #76 of the top 100 ## Compared forms - Akkadian: *kinnāru* — kinnāru 'lyre', Mari and Ugarit (CAD K 387) - Old Syrian: *kinnār* — kinnār 'harp, lyre', ki-na-ri-im, GIŠ ki-in-na-ra-tim (GlOS 1, 312) - Ugaritic: 𐎋𐎐𐎗 *knr* — knr 'harp, lyre' (GlOS 1, 313) ## Attestations - [HT 37](): KI-\*310-RE 1 ## Commentary HT 37, an inventory tablet: KI-*310-RE with quantity 1. With *310 = in the word reads ki-in-re, kinnār 'lyre', the anchor for that value. Heb. kinnōr (כִּנּוֹר), the lyre David played before Saul (1 Sam 16:23). Emar writes the lyre ki-in-na-ru, in closing the first syllable as *310 does (Pentiuc 2001, 98). Weak point: *310 = in is a proposed value; /ni/ gives the same k-n-r. One attestation. ## References - Reading: di Mino; GlOS 1 - CAD K: Oriental Institute (A. Leo Oppenheim and Erica Reiner, eds.) (1971), The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, vol. 8, K. The Oriental Institute, Chicago; J. J. Augustin, Glückstadt - GlOS 1: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2019), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 1: ʔ – ḳ. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/1,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park - Pentiuc, Eugen J. (2001), West Semitic Vocabulary in the Akkadian Texts from Emar. Harvard Semitic Studies 49,Eisenbrauns, Winona Lake, Indiana --- Page: https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-*310-RE/ Licence: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Cite as: di Mino, Tom. 2026. Linear A Lexicon. Plasma AI. https://linear-a.ai/. Data: kaphtor, commit add28e94.