kir [HYENA] N (39x) Early Dynastic IIIa, Early Dynastic IIIb, Old Akkadian, Old Babylonian, Middle Babylonian, Neo-Assyrian, Neo-Babylonian wr. kir₄; kiri₄ "hyena"

[1]	𒅗	kir₄
[2]	𒊯	kiri₄

	PC	ED IIIa	ED IIIb	Ebla	OAkk	Lag II	Ur III	OB	Post-OB	(unknown)
[1]		1	2		1			21	14
[2]

5 distinct forms attested; click to view forms table.

Attested in the following periods:

Early Dynastic IIIa (1x/3%)

Early Dynastic IIIb (2x/5%)

Old Akkadian (1x/3%)

Old Babylonian (21x/54%)

Middle Babylonian (3x/8%)

Neo-Assyrian (9x/23%)

Neo-Babylonian (2x/5%)

Senses:

1. hyena (39x/100%)

Akk. būṣu.

kir₄

= būṣum (Karpeles 01 r ii 69; Moussaieff OB Aa o i 17).

Lexical Associations

būṣu[hyaena]N (// kir[hyena])

[kir₄] = ⸢bu⸣-ṣu (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a o i' 35; Ura 14 105; LTBA 1, 45 o ii 19'; LTBA 1, 40 o ii 31; JANES 04, 34-35 o 2').

būṣu[hyena]N (// kir[hyena])

kir₄ = bu-ṣum (Karpeles 01 r ii 69; Moussaieff OB Aa o i 17).

mīrānu[young dog]N būṣu[hyaena]N (// amar[young] kir[hyena])

amar kir₄ = mi-ra-nu MIN<(bu-u₂-ṣu)> (Ura 14 107; LTBA 1, 40 o ii 33).

⸢amar⸣ kir₄ = mu-ra-an MIN<(bu-u₂-ṣu)> (LTBA 1, 45 o ii 20').

mašku[skin]N būṣu[hyaena]N (// kuš[skin] kir[hyena])

[kuš] kir₄ = MIN<(mašak)> bu-⸢u₂⸣-[ṣi] (BaM 10, 129 W 23830d o i' 21').

[kuš] kir₄ = MIN<(mašak)> bu-u₂-ṣu (LTBA 1, 33 o i 19').

kuš ⸢kir₄⸣ = MIN<(maš-ka)> bu-u₂-ṣi (Emar 6/1, p. 257, Msk 74103b o i 34).

[kuš] kir₄ = MIN<(maš-ku)> bu-u₂-ṣu (Ura 11 section 1, 37).

References for all phrases

SU kir[hyena]

SU kir₄ (ED Animals B 75).

kir[hyena]

kiri₃-ma (ED Animals B 68).

kir₄ (A 07896 x' 35; HS 1799 c ii 19; OB Nippur Ura 3 322; TSS 0046 o ii 6).

[kir₄] = ⸢bu⸣-ṣu (CT 14, pl. 01-02, K 00071a o i' 35; Ura 14 105; LTBA 1, 45 o ii 19'; LTBA 1, 40 o ii 31; JANES 04, 34-35 o 2').

kir₄ = bu-ṣum (Karpeles 01 r ii 69; Moussaieff OB Aa o i 17).

amar[young] kir[hyena]

amar kir₄ = mi-ra-nu MIN<(bu-u₂-ṣu)> (Ura 14 107; LTBA 1, 40 o ii 33).

⸢amar⸣ kir₄ = mu-ra-an MIN<(bu-u₂-ṣu)> (LTBA 1, 45 o ii 20').

kuš[skin] kir[hyena]

kuš kir₄ (Emar 6/2, p. 571-574, Msk 74247 o i 25; OB Nippur Ura 2 350; MSL 07, 209 V01 r i 24; HS 1666 o 8'; HS 1671 r i 12; Emar 6/1, p. 264-265, Msk 74105a o i 23; FAOS 02/1, 215 b i 4').