Inscriptional Parthian
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Inscriptional Parthian |
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Parthian version of Shapur I's inscription at Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
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Type | |
Languages | Parthian language |
Time period
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250 BC |
Parent systems
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Aramaic alphabet
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Direction | Right-to-left |
ISO 15924 | Prti, 130 |
Unicode alias
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Inscriptional Parthian |
U+10B40–U+10B5F |
Inscriptional Parthian is a script used to write Parthian language on coins of Parthia from the time of Arsaces I of Parthia (250 BC). It was also used for inscriptions of Parthian (mostly on clay fragments) and later Sassanian periods (mostly on official inscriptions).
Inscriptional Parthian script has 22 letters for sounds and 8 letters for numerals. The letters are not joined.
Unicode
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There is an Inscriptional Parthian unicode block.
Inscriptional Parthian[1][2] Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF) |
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0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | A | B | C | D | E | F | |
U+10B4x | 𐭀 | 𐭁 | 𐭂 | 𐭃 | 𐭄 | 𐭅 | 𐭆 | 𐭇 | 𐭈 | 𐭉 | 𐭊 | 𐭋 | 𐭌 | 𐭍 | 𐭎 | 𐭏 |
U+10B5x | 𐭐 | 𐭑 | 𐭒 | 𐭓 | 𐭔 | 𐭕 | 𐭘 | 𐭙 | 𐭚 | 𐭛 | 𐭜 | 𐭝 | 𐭞 | 𐭟 | ||
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References
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