Compared forms
- Akkadiankirrukirru A (DUG.KIR) ‘a large vessel of earthenware, metal or stone’, from Old Akkadian on (CAD K 408–410)
- Hebrewכִּיֹּרkiyyôrkiyyôr (כִּיֹּר) ‘pot, basin, laver’ (1 Sam 2:14; Exod 30:18), rival
Attestations1 cited
- MI Zb 1KI-RU
Commentary
MI Zb 1, incised on the base of a clay vase (Copenhagen NM 6960): KI-RU, two signs, nothing else (GORILA IV 91). Akk. kirru A, a large vessel of earthenware, metal or stone for water, beer, oil, wine, honey or perfume, from Old Akkadian on; perfume kirrātu among Tušratta’s gifts (EA 22 iii 36) (CAD K 408–410). KI-RU writes kirru, the geminate unmarked. Rival: Heb. kiyyôr ‘basin, laver’ (Exod 30:18), Akk. kiūru ‘metal cauldron’, a Neo-Assyrian foreign word (CAD K 476), which needs an unwritten y; or an owner’s mark. One attestation.
On the 3D inscriptions
Not written on any of the 82 inscriptions modelled so far.