Psalter Pahlavi

For the translated document this writing system is named after, see Pahlavi Psalter.
Psalter Pahlavi

Sample of text taken from the Cross of Herat
Type
Languages Middle Persian
Time period
 Mid-6th to 7th century CE
Parent systems
Direction Right-to-left
ISO 15924 Phlp, 132
Unicode alias
 Psalter Pahlavi
U+10B80–U+10BAF

Psalter Pahlavi is an abjad which was used for writing Middle Persian on paper, it is thus described as one of the Pahlavi scripts.[1] It was written right to left with dots for word division.[2]

It takes its name from the Pahlavi Psalter, part of the Psalms translated from Syriac to Middle Persian and found in what is now western China.[3]

Characters

Letters
Letter name[lower-alpha 1] Letter
Aleph
Beth
Gimel
Daleth
He
Waw-ayin-resh
Zayin
Heth
Yodh
Kaph
Lamedh
Mem-qoph
Nun
Samekh
Pe
Sadhe
Shin
Taw

Punctuation
Character name Character
Section mark
Turned section mark
Four dots with cross
Four dots with dot

Numerals
Value Numeral
One
Two
Three
Four
Ten
Twenty
One hundred

Unicode block

Further information: Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode block)
Psalter Pahlavi[1][2]
Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)
  0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F
U+10B8x 𐮀 𐮁 𐮂 𐮃 𐮄 𐮅 𐮆 𐮇 𐮈 𐮉 𐮊 𐮋 𐮌 𐮍 𐮎 𐮏
U+10B9x 𐮐 𐮑 𐮙 𐮚 𐮛 𐮜
U+10BAx 𐮩 𐮪 𐮫 𐮬 𐮭 𐮮 𐮯
Notes
1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0
2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

Notes

  1. ↑ The names are based on the corresponding Imperial Aramaic characters

References

  1. ↑ Omniglot: Middle Persian scripts
  2. ↑ Omniglot: Psalter script
  3. ↑ Encyclopædia Iranica: Pahlavi Psalter

See also

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