tīru II
31. Intestines (always plural)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ti-ra-an šuginêm kīnūtum YOS 11, 23: 71, 130 “the normal (number of) intestine coils from the daily offerings”. Mayer 2009, 434; see Starr 1983, 33, 36. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ti-ra-nu waṣbū ARM 26/1, 284 no. 117: 12 ARCHIBAB “the coils were bloated”. Also ib. no. 142: 11. new
MAMA: Middle Assyrian (ca. 1500–1000 BCE) kī ti-ru ša PNf lā ṭābūni KAJ, 209: 5 tcma “when the intestines (i.e., the omen) of PNf were not good”. Previously cited CAD s.v. tīru F (now deleted). Rare pl. tīrū instead of tīrānu.
22. Coils of silver (as currency)
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana anneqē 1 1/3 MA.NA.TA KÙ.BABBAR ukaʾʾil ana té-re-e 1 1/2 MA.NA.TA ukaʾʾil CUSAS 34, 2: 7 “for the rings he offered 1 1/3 minas per piece, for the coils he offered 1 1/2 minas per piece”. Coil (of silver). Cf. té-re-e EL 34: 2; KBo. 9, 3: 2 and té-e-re kt k/k 19: 2 (quot. Veenhof 1989, 523). This passage suggests that té-ri refers to the form of the silver and contradicts its interpretation as a stamp on metal (CAD Ṭ 113b s.v. ṭīru A; AHw 1392b s.v. ṭīru IV) or as a reference to an official weighing system (Veenhof 1989, 522f. and 2014, 391). new
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 3 1/6 GÍN KÙ.BABBAR kibsātim ša té-re PN uṣaḫḫeram CUSAS 34, 35: 2 “PN deducted for me 3 1/6 shekels of silver as compensation(?) for the coils”. Cf. té-re TPAK 1, 110: 1. new
33. As decor on vessels
OAOA: Old Assyrian (ca. 1900–1700 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 10 šaplātum ša tí-ra-⸢ni⸣ OACT, 77 kt h/k 87 1 “10 grooved(?) stands”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 šušmarû ša ti-ra-ni ARM 31, 85: 6 ARCHIBAB “1 basin with coils”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) 1 šušmarû ta-ar-nim ARM 31, 185: 1 ARCHIBAB. Possibly a variant of or error for tīrānu. new
24. Bend of a river(?)
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) — new attestation (not in AHw/CAD) ana šūmī ša ina te?-ri i-pu-šu AbB 13, 79: 18 ARCHIBAB “for the garlic which he/they planted in the bend (of the river)(?)”. new
OBOB: Old Babylonian (ca. 2000–1600 BCE) A.ŠÀ ti-ri YOS 14, 105: 1 ARCHIBAB “field in the bend of a river(?)”.
Discussion
Cf. SAD T 94f.