Nabataean Aramaic Script (1st Century B.C.E.) with the Corresponding West-Syriac Script

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by  Ashur Cherry

Nabataean Aramaic Script (1st Century B.C.E.) with the Corresponding West-Syriac Script
Nabataean West-Syriac West-Syriac Transliteration Numerical
Aramaic Script Script Reading Value Value
a A
õōlaf õ 1

b B
bēṯ b 2

g
gōmal g 3

d
dōlaṯ/d d 4

h H
hē h 5

w
wāw w 6

z
zay(n) z 7

x
ḥēṯ ḥ 8

j
ṭēṯ ṭ 9

y Y
yōd y 10

k K
kōf k 20

l L
lōmad l 30

m M
mīm m 40

n N
nūn n 50

s
semkaṯ s 60

[
Õayn Õ 70

p P
pē p 80

c
ṣōdē ṣ 90

Q
qōf q 100

r
rēš r 200

V
šīn š 300

t
tāw t 400
Author: Ashur Cherry
York University
Title: Nabataean Aramaic Script
(1st Century B.C.E.)
with the Corresponding West-Syriac Script
Publisher: Toronto, Ontario
Copyright: 2008
Ref. No.: 3211

References

Daniels, Peter T. and William Bright. (Editors) The World's Writing Systems.
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Daniels, Peter T. and William Bright. (Editors) “Serto” The World's Writing Systems.
New York: Oxford University Press, ©1996. p. 500.

Diringer, David. The Alphabet: A Key to the History of Mankind. Third Edition.
Volume 2. London: Hutchinson, ©1968. pp. 185, 205.

Healey, John F. “Phoenician, Hebrew and Aramaic scripts.” The Early Alphabet.
Berkeley: University of California Press, ©1990. p. 29.

Hetzron, Robert. (Editor) The Semitic Languages. New York: Routledge, ©1997.
pp. 28, 35.

Dedication

I dedicate all my work published in 2008 to His Holiness Mar Dinkha IV,
Catholicos-Patriarch of The Assyrian Church of the East, with love and respect.