# MA-RI-RE-I (marīrēy)

> myrrh (the bitter resin)

A Linear A word in the Linear A Lexicon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: marīrēy
- Confidence: Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Root: [\*marār-](<https://linear-a.ai/roots/K0153/index.md>) 'bitter' 1, 'myrrh' 2
- Kind: Commodity
- Language: Semitic
- Signs: MA (ma) · RI (ri) · RE (re) · I (i)

## Compared forms

- : Akk. murru, Ug. mr, Heb. mōr (Exod 30:23), Ar. murr

## Attestations

- [HT 6b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT6b/index.md>): MA-RI-RE-I 3

## Commentary

HT 6b: MA-RI-RE-I 3, after RA-TI-SE 1 and before DU-DA-MA 66, on an aromatic allocation tablet whose face also counts SA-MA 'herb' 35. marīrēy 'the bitter stuff', myrrh: a qaṭīl adjective of √m-r-r with the nisbe -ēy, as Heb. mōr 'myrrh' and mar 'bitter', with Mandaic and Ethiopic marīr (HALOT 630). Song 4:14 lists mōr beside qāneh and karkōm 'saffron'. One attestation. See MI+JA+RU.

## Same root

- [MI+JA+RU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MI~2BJA~2BRU/index.md>) (murru)

## References

- Reading: di Mino
- HALOT: Koehler, Ludwig; Baumgartner, Walter; Stamm, Johann Jakob; Richardson, M. E. J. (trans. and ed.) (1994), The Hebrew and Aramaic Lexicon of the Old Testament, vols. I–IV. E. J. Brill, Leiden · New York · Köln

---

Page: https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/MA-RI-RE-I/
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.