# NU-RO (nūr-)

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

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

- Reading: nūr-
- Type: God or goddess; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Language: Semitic; confidence Candidate. A comparison worth testing; the evidence is thin or the word is rare.
- Sites: Inatos, Kamilari
- Lexicon: [NU-RO](<https://linear-a.ai/lexicon/NU-RO/index.md>)

## 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.

## Attestations

- [KAM Zb 1](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/KAMZb1/index.md>)
- [IN Zb 1](<https://linear-a.ai/texts/INZb1/index.md>)

## References

- DULAT: del Olmo Lete, Gregorio; Sanmartín, Joaquín (2015), A Dictionary of the Ugaritic Language in the Alphabetic Tradition. Brill, Leiden/Boston (Handbook of Oriental Studies 1/112); Third Revised Edition, tr. and ed. Wilfred G.E. Watson; 2 parts
- GlOS 2: Sanmartín, Joaquín (2024), A Glossary of Old Syrian, Volume 2: l – z. Languages of the Ancient Near East 8/2,Eisenbrauns (Pennsylvania State University Press), University Park

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