Type Abjad Time period 250 BC ISO 15924 Prti, 130 | Languages Parthian language Direction Right-to-left | |
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Parent systems Aramaic alphabet
Pahlavi scripts
Inscriptional Parthian | ||
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
There is an Inscriptional Parthian unicode block.
References
Inscriptional Parthian Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA