Inscriptional Parthian
Parthian language coin script from 250 BC / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Inscriptional Parthian is a script used to write the Parthian language on coins of Parthia from the time of Arsaces I (250 BC). It was also used for inscriptions of Parthian (mostly on clay fragments) and later Sasanian periods (mostly on official inscriptions).
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Inscriptional Parthian | |
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Script type | |
Time period | 250 BC |
Direction | Right-to-left script |
Languages | Parthian language |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Aramaic alphabet
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Prti (130), āInscriptional Parthian |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Inscriptional Parthian |
U+10B40āU+10B5F |
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Inscriptional Parthian is written right to left and the letters are not joined.