The Elymaic alphabet is a right-to-left, non-joining abjad.[1] It is derived from the Aramaic alphabet.[2] Elymaic was used in the ancient state of Elymais,[1] which was a semi-independent state of the 2nd century BCE to the early 3rd century CE, frequently a vassal under Parthian control, in the present-day region of Khuzestan, Iran (Susiana).[3]
| Elymaic alphabet | |
|---|---|
| Script type | |
Time period | 2nd century BCE — early 3rd century CE |
| Direction | Right-to-left script  |
| Languages | Achaemenid Aramaic[1] |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Elym (128), Elymaic |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Elymaic |
| U+10FE0–U+10FFF | |
- ^ a b c Pandey, Anshuman (2017-10-23). "L2/17226R2: Proposal to encode the Elymaic script in Unicode" (PDF). Working Group Document, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC. Retrieved 2018-09-15.
- ^ Daniels, Peter T.; Bright, William, eds. (1996). The World's Writing Systems. Oxford University Press, Inc. pp. 89. ISBN 978-0195079937.
- ^ Hansman, John F. "ELYMAIS". Encyclopædia Iranica. Retrieved 2012-12-24.