# A-RU (Ḫaru)

> Ḫaru (Hurrian personal name); rival the Semitic name Ḫayru 'Excellent'

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

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

## Commentary

Ḫaru, the Nuzi name Ḫa-a-ru (NPN 55), beside TU-SU-PU₂ Tešub on HT 49a. Rival: the Eblaite name ha-ru₁₂ ḫayru 'excellent' (Pagan 1998, row 2259).

## Attestations

- [HT 9a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT9a/index.md>)
- [HT 49a](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/HT49a/index.md>)

## References

- NPN: Gelb, Ignace J.; Purves, Pierre M.; MacRae, Allan A. (1943), Nuzi Personal Names. Oriental Institute Publications 57, University of Chicago
- Pagan, Joseph M. (1998), Ebla Electronic Corpus: Onomastic Data Base. Undena Publications (1998 disk); HTML edition by G. Buccellati, IIMAS / Cybernetica Mesopotamica (2012)

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