# AU-RE-TE (ʾawrēt)

> luminous one (feminine)

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

- Reading: ʾawrēt
- Type: Personal name; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Probable. Fits the word’s contexts and has a close external comparison, without an independent control.
- Sites: Khania
- Lexicon: [AU-RE-TE](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/AU-RE-TE/index.md>)

## Commentary

KH 6, AU-RE-TE · *306 1 on a Cyperus distribution tablet. ʾawrēt 'luminous one', √ʾ-w-r 'to shine' (Heb. ʾōr) with feminine -ēt. Rival: 'light', since -t also forms abstracts and unit nouns (Fischer 2002, §64). One attestation.

## Attestations

- [KH 6](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KH6/index.md>)

## References

- Fischer, Wolfdietrich (2002), A Grammar of Classical Arabic. Yale Language Series,Yale University Press

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