Elath was an ancient city mentioned in several places in the Hebrew Bible on the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba. The name survived into the Roman period as Aela, adopted into Byzantine Greek as Aila and into Arabic as Aylah (the Arab settlement was built outside the ruins of the ancient city), later becoming Aqabat Aylah (“Aylah Ascent”), eventually shortened down to Aqaba.  The modern Israeli town of Eilat, established in 1951, is named for the ancient city.  We tell you this because the unused card (date unknown) calls itself Elath.  Grade: 1