VIR+KA

kāribū, intercessory priests (VIR with the KA complement)

𐛧VIR+KA*5681 entries
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Reading
VIR+KA
Confidence
Candidate
Root
*kVrVb- ‘ask, request’ 1, ‘blessing, prayer’ 2
Kind
Personnel
Language
Semitic
Rank
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Compared forms

  • Akkadiankāribukāribu ‘worshipper’; deity in adoration (CAD K 216); karābu ‘prayer, blessing’ (CAD K 192)
  • AmoriteKRB ‘bless, pray’: jakrub, kirb(ān)um (Gelb AS 21, 23)

Attestations9 cited

  1. HT 28aVIR+KA-VIN 6
  2. HT 883DA-DU VIR+KA 20men (VIR+KA)
  3. HT 97aKA-RU *307+*307 VIR+KA 82
  4. HT 100VIR+KA 58personnel category KA (male workers)
  5. KH Wc 2029VIR+KAtemple/sanctuary personnel class
  6. KH Wc 2030VIR+KAtemple/sanctuary personnel class
  7. KH Wc 2031VIR+KAtemple/sanctuary personnel class
  8. KH Wc 2032VIR+KAtemple/sanctuary personnel class

Commentary

HT 97a VIR+KA 82, HT 100 VIR+KA 58, HT 88 A-DU VIR+KA 20, HT 28a VIR+KA-VIN 6, and VIR+KA alone on five Khania roundels, KH Wc 2029–2032 and 2106. VIR marks personnel, and KA is a written complement: a personnel class. KA writes the initial of Akk. kāribu ‘one who prays’, designating a priest (CAD K 216): the kāribū. Rival: Akk. kallû ‘official, messenger’ (CAD K 83). Weak point: no witness spells the word out, and KA is also the initial of the rival kallû. Nine attestations.

On the 3D inscriptions1 inscription

HT 88Haghia TriadaVIR+KA…
Linear A Lexicon