Inscriptional Parthian

Inscriptional Parthian
Parthian version of Shapur I's inscription at the Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
Script type
Time period
c. 100 CE – c. 400 CE[1]
DirectionRight-to-left script Edit this on Wikidata
LanguagesParthian language
Related scripts
Parent systems
Aramaic alphabet
ISO 15924
ISO 15924Prti (130), ​Inscriptional Parthian
Unicode
Unicode alias
Inscriptional Parthian
U+10B40–U+10B5F
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Inscriptional Parthian was a script used to write the Parthian language, the majority of the text found were from clay fragments. This script was used from the 2nd century CE to the 5th century CE or in the Parthian Empire to the early Sasanian Empire. During the Sasanian Empire it was mostly used for official texts.[2][3][citation needed]

Inscriptional Parthian is written right to left and the letters are not joined.[citation needed]

Parthian (above), along with Greek (below) and Middle Persian was being used in inscriptions of early Sasanian emperors. Shapur I's inscription at the Naqsh-e Rajab
  1. ^ https://escholarship.org/uc/item/2hm6b38h
  2. ^ "Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS". escholarship.org. Retrieved 2024-09-18.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference L207207 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).