I. Name
Kiririša (var. Kirišša) is an Elamite goddess, consort of Napiriša, and mother of Ḫutran (WbMyth. I/1, 55). Jensen 1892:64 urged that the name of Zeresh (זרשׁ, Est. 5.10, Est. 14; Est. 6.13), the wife of Haman, goes back to the name of the goddess Kiririša. This theory is to be rejected on phonological grounds
II. Identity
Kiririša is an important Elamite deity. Her name means ‘great lady’ (kiri-riša) and she was the consort of Napiriša, the ‘great lord’. She is a mother…