Place · Semitic

A-RA-JU

a town of the kingdom of Ugarit, on the Ugarit–Alalakh border (toponym); rival Aralu

Reading: ʾArāyu
Type: Place Speculative
Language: Semitic Speculative
Sites: Haghia Triada
Attestations: 1
Lexicon: A-RA-JU

Commentary

JU = yu: ᵘʳᵘA-ra-yu, Ugaritic ary, a town of the kingdom of Ugarit on the border with Alalaḫ (RS 34.131:40; KTU 4.68:8; RGTC 12/2, 30). Rival: Aralu under JU = lu, nearest place Alalaḫ, ᵘʳᵘA-la-la-aḫ (RGTC 12/2, 8). Language unknown. Also in A-RA-JU-U-DE-ZA (HT122b).

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry A-RA-JU.

Ugariticaryary ‘Arāyu’ (KTU 4.49:3; 4.68:8; 4.244:18; 4.380:23; DULAT 108, ảry II)
Akkadian (Alalaḫ, rival)ᵘʳᵘA-la-la-aḫ (AIT 1:7; RGTC 12/2, 8)
Akkadian (Ugarit)ᵘʳᵘA-ra-yu (RS 34.131 [RSOu 7 Nr. 4]:40); ᵘʳᵘA-ra-[ya] (RS 20.143B [Ug. 5 Nr. 103]:4′) (RGTC 12/2, 30); DULAT 108 reads RS 34.131:40 URU a-ra-wa and restores a-r[a-yu at RS 20.143B:4