KI-RI-SI
Kiriš, the god of the Amorite names, as oil recipient; rivals Hurrian Kiriš and a personal name
- Reading
- Kiriš
- Confidence
- Speculative
- Root
- Kiriš (Pre-Greek)
- Kind
- Divine
- Language
- Semitic
- Rank
- Amorite-linked appendix
Compared forms
- AmoriteGelb AS 21 glossary ‘Kiriš, Kirišu, DN’ (root KRS); ʾAwij-Kiriš A-WI-KI-RI-IŠ (no. 563; ARM XIV 106:18) and Iluna-Kiriš (no. 2556; ARM XIII 8:19 = LAPO 16 no. 104), Mari, Zimri-Lim era. Kiri(š) in 2 women’s and 5 men’s name types (Nakata 1995, Orient 30–31, charts pp. 251–252); seal of Iluna-Kiriš, servant of Zimri-Lim (Topçuoğlu 2016 no. 251 = Otto 2000 fig. 435)
- Linear Bqe-ra-si-ja (KN Fp 1+31, 5, 6, 13, 14, 48; fem. dat., oil offerings beside pa-si-te-o-i), masc. qe-ra-si-jo (KN Fp 16.2): comparandum, not identity (KI/QE, RI/RA)
- HurrianGelb 1944 (Hurrians and Subarians, 113) parses Ur III Pudum-kiriš as Hurrian kir + -š; Karana ki-ri-šu Kirišu, in Monti’s Hurrian list (Monti 2017, 390)
Attestations1 cited
Commentary
TY 3b (Tylissos, LM IB): KI-RI-SI OLE+MI 6 heads side b of an oil-distribution tablet whose other recipients are PI-KU-ZU, ZA-*321, A-DU, A-DA and KO-A-DU-WA. SI writes the final š. Kiriš, Kirišu, a god of the Amorite names (Gelb 1980, 23): ʾIlunā-kirišu ‘Kiriš is our god’ at Tuttul (Buck 2018, 338; Gelb 1980, no. 2556) and A-WI-KI-RI-IŠ at Mari (ARM 14 106:18; Gelb 1980, no. 563). Rival: Hurrian, where Awi-kiriš reads ‘Kiriš, save him!’ and Putum-kiriš ‘Kiriš begot him’ (Monti 2017, 115, 111), and kiriš stands beside Kirip-atal and Nuzi Kirip-tilla (Gelb 1944, 113). Rival: a personal name. Cf. Linear B qe-ra-si-ja, an oil recipient at Knossos, with ra where KI-RI has ri. Weak point: the god is known only from names. One attestation.