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Ba’alat is the plural of ba’al = baOal meaning holiday/celebration/“fiesta”. B.laOt is bribe; z.blaO is something that could be eaten. For example, Z.blaO habuna/habana= give us something to eat (request to a m or f/pl.) It is one of those rare cases where reference of the word is masculine/singular (m/s) and is not, to my knowledge, referred to in the female gender. While begiO/baagiO is sheep (f/s) and abaagiO (plural/pl.m/ or both genders). (I use O for the guttural sound of o/O as often used in some ancient languages, that have emphatic and guttural sounds in their alphabets, for example in Hebrew and Arabic.) I am not knowledgeable in either though I speak, read, and write two other ancient languages of the Afroasiatic family of languages with a good understanding of a related third ancient language. I have not in the past released my research material on open platform.

The Ba’alat.jpg under consideration here seems to translate to: “Let us get that/her closer to the side/edge.” (Above it to the right is written, “you see that [or] look at that.” Sequentially, it may also be read as:#1. ”you (m/s) see that”; #2. Let us get that closer to the side/edge”.  [Hopefully, this reading (previously read the same and at the time, I mentioned the plural form of it in 1999): would be scrutinized by scholars who may come across this entry.

Note: The reader, with all due respect, should be aware that there could be, actually should be, a variety of approaches, readings, translations, and interpretations of any given word including/especially when at the dawn of civilization where their writings may still have been not firm and less clear, this entry of Ba’alat, being at the bottom of the totem of writing, as it may be obvious to any researcher, should be read and re-read as much and as many times as possible. What is expected of anyone involved is a thorough work while the greater work would be on those scholars who may re-examine this or any other work to verify and accept or reject it based on merit. N.B. All my entries so far have been based on my previous research work. Sole Independent Researcher (S.I.R.).

Time is too precious and often so short to waste it on baseless conclusion, and worst of all, it could be misleading other researchers. I once heard a radio broadcast from a European reporter who said in her language (My rough translation): “Time is that element (of nature) that strengthens those that are strong, weakens those that are weak, and eternalizes those whom it cannot destroy/terminate.” I have shared it in writing and in conversation because of the truth that it holds especially when one considers what research is all about. Alphalang 12 April 2022.