# A-RA-JU (ʾArāyu)

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

A name in the Linear A onomasticon. The reading is a proposal and carries its tier.

- Reading: ʾArāyu
- Type: Place; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Speculative. A proposed reading on a word too rare to test. Most occur only once.
- Sites: Haghia Triada
- Lexicon: [A-RA-JU](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/A-RA-JU/index.md>)

## 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).

## Attestations

- [HT 109](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT109/index.md>)

## References

- KTU: Dietrich, Manfried; Loretz, Oswald; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2013), Die keilalphabetischen Texte aus Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani und anderen Orten / The Cuneiform Alphabetic Texts from Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani and Other Places (KTU³). Ugarit-Verlag, Münster (Alter Orient und Altes Testament 360/1); ISBN 978-3-86835-014-2
- RGTC 12/2: Belmonte Marín, Juan Antonio (2001), Die Orts- und Gewässernamen der Texte aus Syrien im 2. Jt. v. Chr.. Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden (Répertoire Géographique des Textes Cunéiformes 12/2; Beihefte zum Tübinger Atlas des Vorderen Orients B 7/12/2)

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