Elymaic Letter Beth

It represents the consonant b in Elymaic writing. The scholarly label Beth follows the naming convention used for Imperial Aramaic letters.

The earliest possible trace is transitional graffiti at Tang-e Chilau, dated to the first century BCE or earlier; the better-established Elymaic corpus belongs to the first–third centuries CE. Regional administration used the script to write standard Achaemenid Aramaic. Later stone inscriptions and coin legends carried royal and cultic material.

Which scripts are historically related?

Elymaic is related to Parthian and Mandaic, other Aramaic-based scripts associated with southern Mesopotamia. It runs right to left, but its letters do not join.

Inscriptions at Tang-e Sarvak accompany carved royal scenes at a sacred site believed to be linked with coronations; coin legends name rulers. The representative forms are based on Tang-e Sarvak inscriptions, though fonts may use other inscriptional styles. These settings supply context; 𐿡 contributes its consonant.