This the initial letter k as in kashta ( ܟܫܛܐ ) archer in its alternative form in Classical Syriac the Estrangelo verdion.The usual form of the letter is ( ܩ ) as in ܩܫܬܐ . Related post the Syriac Estrangelo script
After the dissolution of the Persian Empire by Alexander the Great as a result Greek influence and culture spread all over the Middle East.It was then that Aramean scholars first became familiar with the Greek alphabet which alre…
the Syriac Estrangelo Aramaic alphabet Estrangelo is the oldest of the Syriac scripts used to write Classical Syriac which stopped being widely used since the 10th century. Nowadays some scholarly publications,titles and inscri…