# JA-RA (Yaraḫ)

> Moon (personal name, after the moon god); rival yarē 'he instructs'

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

- Reading: Yaraḫ
- Type: Personal name; 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: Knossos
- Lexicon: [JA-RA](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/JA-RA/index.md>)

## Commentary

Reading from the lexicon (di Mino). Amorite JARAḪ-T-UM, IA-RA-AḪ-TUM (Gelb 1980, no. 3419).

## Attestations

- [KN Wc 30](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KNWc30/index.md>)

## References

- AS 21: Gelb, Ignace J. (1980), Computer-aided Analysis of Amorite. Assyriological Studies 21,The Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

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