God or goddess · Semitic

NU-RO

light, fire (divine epithet or votive label on clay vessels)

Reading
nūr-
Type
God or goddess Candidate
Language
Semitic Candidate
Sites
Inatos, Kamilari
Attestations
2
Lexicon
NU-RO

Commentary

IN Zb 1 and KAM Zb 1, the sole word on two clay vessels: nūr- ‘Light’, √n-w-r, addressing a god, as in the epithets of Shamash; Ugaritic nr ‘light’ (DULAT 633), Akkadian nūru. Rival: a name on nūr, as Mari nu-ur-me-er (GlOS 2, 114). See the lexicon entry.

Compared forms

From the lexicon entry NU-RO.

  • Akkadiannūrunūru "light, fire" (CAD N/II)
  • Hebrewנוּרnūrנוּר (nūr) "fire"; נֵר (nēr) "lamp"
  • Ugaritic𐎐𐎗nrnr "light" (DULAT 633)
  • Arabicnūrnūr "light"
  • Eblaitenu-ru₁₂-umnu-ru₁₂-um ‘light’ (GlOS 2, 114)
Linear A Lexicon