# KI-RI-TA₂ (Kirīta)

> Kret (variant spelling)

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

- Reading: Kirīta
- Type: Personal name; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [KI-RI-TA₂](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/KI-RI-TA~E2~82~82/index.md>)

## Commentary

HT 114a and HT 121, paired with SA-RA₂ in one allocation template: Kirīta, KI-RE-TA₂ Kirēta with RI for RE, Ugaritic krt /kirta/, the king of the Kirta epic (Huehnergard 2012, 60). See the lexicon entries KI-RI-TA₂ and KI-RE-TA₂.

## Attestations

- [HT 114a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT114a/index.md>)
- [HT 121](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT121/index.md>)

## References

- Huehnergard, John (2012), An Introduction to Ugaritic. Hendrickson

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