kiri [ORCHARD] N (2154x) Early Dynastic I-II, Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Lagash II, Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian, Hellenistic, unknown wr. ^ŋeškiri₆; kiri₆; ki-ri; ^kikiri₆; kiri₆^ki; gi-ra; gir₂; ^ki  ^ŋeškiri₆; ^ŋeškiri; ^mukiri₆; ^ŋeškiri₆-^ŋeškiri₆ "(fruit) plantation, orchard; garden"

[1]	𒄑𒊬	^ŋeškiri₆
[2]	𒊬	kiri₆
[3]	𒆠𒊑	ki-ri
[4]	𒆠𒊬	^kikiri₆
[5]	𒊬𒆠	kiri₆^ki
[6]	𒄀𒊏	gi-ra
[7]	𒄈	gir₂
[8]	𒆠𒄑𒊬	^ki  ^ŋeškiri₆
[9]	𒄑𒄫	^ŋeškiri
[10]	𒈬𒊬	^mukiri₆
[11]	𒄑𒊬𒄑𒊬	^ŋeškiri₆-^ŋeškiri₆

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]	4		40		75	3	1351	342	49	16
[2]	1	8	180		17		21	28
[3]							1	8
[4]					3			1
[5]					2
[6]									1
[7]									1
[8]							1
[9]								1
[10]
[11]

53 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic I-II (5x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIa (8x/0%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (220x/10%)

Old Akkadian (97x/5%)

Lagash II (3x/0%)

Ur III (1374x/64%)

Old Babylonian (380x/18%)

Middle Assyrian (3x/0%)

Middle Babylonian (15x/1%)

Neo-Assyrian (26x/1%)

Neo-Babylonian (6x/0%)

Hellenistic (1x/0%)

unknown (16x/1%)

Senses:

1. (fruit) plantation, orchard (2154x/100%)

2. garden

Akk. kirû.

Bibliography

[1989] P. Steinkeller, SDU 124-125; 168-9.

[1987] J. Postgate, BSA 3 122.

[1985] K. Maekawa, BSA 2 101.

[1972] M. Powell, ZA 62 190-191 wn60.

Word ID: o0032200; Citation URL: http://oracc.org/epsd2/o0032200; version 2.7 (built 2022-12-21)