kīrum

Akkadian

Etymology

From Sumerian 𒌋𒀜 (gir₄ /⁠gir⁠/, “oven”). Cognate with Arabic جِير (jīr, “chalk, lime”) and Hebrew גִּיר (gir, “chalk, lime”).

Noun

kīrum f (plural kīrātum) (Old Babylonian, Standard Babylonian, Neo-Babylonian)

1. oven, kiln (especially for lime and bitumen)

   Synonym: 𒆠𒉈 (kūrum, “metal/glass furnace”)

Alternative forms

• kīru (non-mimated)
• kēru

Cuneiform spellings

Logograms	Phonetic
𒌋𒀜 (GIR₄)	𒆠𒄿𒀸 (ki-i-rum) 𒆠𒄿𒊒 (ki-i-ru)

References

• “kīru”, in The Assyrian Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CAD)‎^[1], Chicago: University of Chicago Oriental Institute, 1956–2011
• Black, Jeremy, George, Andrew, Postgate, Nicholas (2000) “kīru(m)”, in A Concise Dictionary of Akkadian, 2nd corrected edition, Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz Verlag