Mut-bisirorMutu-bisir (inAkkadian Cuneiform: mu-ut-bi-si-ir, in transliterated Amorite: mut-biśir, "man of Biśri";[1] fl. 19th century BC) was a senior military official to the Amorite king Shamshi-Adad I.[2] His name appears repeatedly in the Mari letters, and means "man of Biśir", referring to the desert region around the Jebel Bishri.[3] In these letters, Anson Rainey describes him as "frequently mentioned in connection with troops located near the 'Euphrates."[4]
In one such letter, from Mut-biśir to Shamshi-Adad, he was the first recorded individual to refer to Canaanites by name (Akkadian, ki-na-aḫ-nu(m)).[5][6] In this letter, Mut-biśir describes his soldiers and opposing Canaanite forces as tensely watching one another.[4]
His residence in Mari seems to have eventually been given to Shibti, the daughter of Shamshi-Adad, and this household became a major supplier of foods to the royal palace.[2]
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