# KI-RI-SI (Kiriš)

> Kiriš, the god of the Amorite names, as oil recipient; rivals Hurrian Kiriš and a personal name

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: Kiriš
- Type: God or goddess; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Tylissos
- Lexicon: [KI-RI-SI](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RI-SI/index.md>)

## Commentary

Amorite DN Kiriš (Mari: ARM XIV 106:18, ARM XIII 8:19; Nakata 1995: 7 name types; seal of Iluna-Kiriš). Not Elamite Kiririša. Rival: Hurrian kir + -š (Gelb 1944: 113). TY3b KI-RI-SI OLE+MI 6.

## Outside the corpus

am_gelb_g_00704

## Attestations

- [TY 3b](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/TY3b/index.md>)

## References

- Nakata, Ichiro (1995), A Study of Women's Theophoric Personal Names in the Old Babylonian Texts from Mari. Orient,30–31,234–253
- Gelb, Ignace J. (1944), Hurrians and Subarians. University of Chicago Press (Studies in Ancient Oriental Civilization 22)

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