Inscriptional Pahlavi
Inscriptional Pahlavi is the earliest attested form of Pahlavi scripts, and is evident in clay fragments that have been dated to the reign of Mithridates I (r. 171–138 BC). Other early evidence includes the Pahlavi inscriptions of Arsacid era coins and rock inscriptions of Sassanid kings and other notables such as Kartir.
Inscriptional Pahlavi | |
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Inscribed stone block from the Paikuli inscription | |
Script type | |
Direction | right-to-left script ![]() |
Languages | Middle Iranian languages |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Aramaic alphabet
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Phli, 131 ![]() |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Inscriptional Pahlavi |
U+10B60–U+10B7F |
