U+10A68 "𐩨" Old South Arabian Letter Beth Unicode Character

U+10A68 "𐩨" Old South Arabian Letter Beth is an ancient script glyph representing the second letter of the Old South Arabian alphabet, corresponding to the Semitic letter "bet" and phonetically indicating the sound /b/. Found in inscriptions from the pre-Islamic civilizations of the Arabian Peninsula, such as the Sabaean, Minaean, and Himyarite kingdoms, this letter was used in the recording of monumental texts, trade records, and religious dedications on stone, metal, and pottery. The Old South Arabian script was written from right to left and is a direct ancestor of the modern Ethiopic Ge'ez writing system, making this character a key link in the historical development of Semitic orthography.