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Inscriptional Pahlavi

Index 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). [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 18 relations: Abjad, Aramaic alphabet, International Phonetic Alphabet, Iranian languages, Kartir, Khvarenah, Mithridates I of Parthia, Mobad, Monogram, Naqsh-e Rajab, Numeral system, Pahlavi scripts, Paikuli inscription, Parthian Empire, Sasanian Empire, Shapur III, Taq-e Bostan, Unicode.

  2. Abjad writing systems
  3. Iranian inscriptions
  4. Middle Persian
  5. Persian scripts

Abjad

An abjad (أبجد), also abgad, is a writing system in which only consonants are represented, leaving the vowel sounds to be inferred by the reader. Inscriptional Pahlavi and abjad are abjad writing systems.

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Aramaic alphabet

The ancient Aramaic alphabet was used to write the Aramaic languages spoken by ancient Aramean pre-Christian tribes throughout the Fertile Crescent. Inscriptional Pahlavi and Aramaic alphabet are abjad writing systems, Obsolete writing systems and Persian scripts.

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International Phonetic Alphabet

The International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is an alphabetic system of phonetic notation based primarily on the Latin script.

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Iranian languages

The Iranian languages, also called the Iranic languages, are a branch of the Indo-Iranian languages in the Indo-European language family that are spoken natively by the Iranian peoples, predominantly in the Iranian Plateau.

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Kartir

Kartir (also spelled Karder, Karter and Kerdir; Middle Persian: 𐭪𐭫𐭲𐭩𐭫 Kardīr) was a powerful and influential Zoroastrian priest during the reigns of four Sasanian kings in the 3rd century.

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Khvarenah

Khvarenah (also spelled khwarenah or xwarra(h): 𐬓𐬀𐬭𐬆𐬥𐬀𐬵) is an Avestan word for a Zoroastrian concept literally denoting "glory" or "splendour" but understood as a divine mystical force or power projected upon and aiding the appointed.

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Mithridates I of Parthia

Mithridates I (also spelled Mithradates I or Mihrdad I; 𐭌𐭄𐭓𐭃𐭕 Mihrdāt), also known as Mithridates I the Great, was king of the Parthian Empire from 165 BC to 132 BC.

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Mobad

A mobed, mowbed, or mobad (Middle Persian: 𐭬𐭢𐭥𐭯𐭲) is a Zoroastrian cleric of a particular rank.

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Monogram

A monogram is a motif made by overlapping or combining two or more letters or other graphemes to form one symbol.

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Naqsh-e Rajab

Naqsh-e Rajab (نقش رجب) is an archaeological site just west of Istakhr and about 5 km north of Persepolis in Fars province, Iran.

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Numeral system

A numeral system is a writing system for expressing numbers; that is, a mathematical notation for representing numbers of a given set, using digits or other symbols in a consistent manner.

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Pahlavi scripts

Pahlavi is a particular, exclusively written form of various Middle Iranian languages. Inscriptional Pahlavi and Pahlavi scripts are abjad writing systems, Iranian inscriptions, Middle Persian, Obsolete writing systems and Persian scripts.

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Paikuli inscription

The Paikuli inscription (Peykulî, پایکولی, in بيكولي) is a bilingual Parthian and Middle Persian text corpus which was inscribed on the stone blocks of the walls of Paikuli tower; the latter is located in what is now southern part of Iraqi Kurdistan near modern-day Barkal village, Sulaymaniyah Governorate, Iraq. Inscriptional Pahlavi and Paikuli inscription are Middle Persian.

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Parthian Empire

The Parthian Empire, also known as the Arsacid Empire, was a major Iranian political and cultural power centered in ancient Iran from 247 BC to 224 AD.

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Sasanian Empire

The Sasanian Empire or Sassanid Empire, and officially known as Eranshahr ("Land/Empire of the Iranians"), was the last Iranian empire before the early Muslim conquests of the 7th to 8th centuries.

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Shapur III

Shapur III (𐭱𐭧𐭯𐭥𐭧𐭥𐭩), was the Sasanian King of Kings (shahanshah) of Iran from 383 to 388.

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Taq-e Bostan

Taq-e Bostan (طاق‌بستان, lit) is a site with a series of large rock reliefs from the era of the Sassanid Empire of Persia (Iran), carved around the 4th century CE.

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Unicode

Unicode, formally The Unicode Standard, is a text encoding standard maintained by the Unicode Consortium designed to support the use of text in all of the world's writing systems that can be digitized.

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See also

Abjad writing systems

Iranian inscriptions

Middle Persian

Persian scripts

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inscriptional_Pahlavi

Also known as ISO 15924:Phli, Inscriptional Pahlavi (script), Inscriptional Pahlavi script, .