iri [CITY] N (3434x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Ebla, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. iri; iri^ki; uru₁₇; uru₂; iri^ki-iri^ki; iri-iri; uru₁₁; uru₁₇^ki; e-ri; iri^ki^kug-^sig₁₇; uru₁₈^ki; iri₁₁; u₁₉-lu; ^u₂uru₁₈; uru₁₈; uru₂^ki "city"

See abba irik[official]N, ama irik[official]N, irida tuš[besiege]V/t.

[1]	𒌷	iri
[2]	𒌷𒆠	iri^ki
[3]	𒍇	uru₁₇
[4]	𒍍	uru₂
[5]	𒌷𒆠𒌷𒆠	iri^ki-iri^ki
[6]	𒌷𒌷	iri-iri
[7]	𒌾	uru₁₁
[8]	𒍇𒆠	uru₁₇^ki
[9]	𒂊𒊑	e-ri
[10]	𒌷𒆠𒆬𒄀	iri^ki^kug-^sig₁₇
[11]	𒌸𒆠	uru₁₈^ki
[12]	𒀕	iri₁₁
[13]	𒌷𒇻	u₁₉-lu
[14]	𒌑𒌸	^u₂uru₁₈
[15]	𒌸	uru₁₈
[16]	𒍍𒆠	uru₂^ki

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		27	166	1	94	55	1597	893	52	9
[2]			1		10	1	128	340	2
[3]								14
[4]		1						6	6
[5]							4	4
[6]							1	5
[7]								4
[8]								4
[9]								2
[10]									2
[11]			2
[12]								1
[13]									1
[14]						1
[15]
[16]

149 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (28x/1%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (169x/5%)

Ebla (1x/0%)

Old Akkadian (104x/3%)

Lagash II (57x/2%)

Ur III (1730x/50%)

Old Babylonian (1273x/37%)

Middle Assyrian (2x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (15x/0%)

Neo-Assyrian (26x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (13x/0%)

Hellenistic (7x/0%)

unknown (9x/0%)

Senses:

1. city (3434x/100%)

Akk. ālu.

Bibliography

[2006] P. Notizia, OrNS 75 323-327.

[2006] W. Sommerfeld, Akkadian Language 52-53.

[2005] J. Bauer, Studies Klein 21.

[2001] G. Visicato, Fara Tablets 121-124.

[1999] G. Rubio, JCS 51 7 n13.

[1998] J. Bauer, Vorsargonische Abschnitt 476.

[1995] P. Steinkeller, BiOr 52 696.

[1994] F. Pomponio and G. Visicato, ED Šuruppak 95-96.

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