Inscriptional Pahlavi

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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 Parthian coins and the rock inscriptions of Sasanian emperors and other notables, such as Kartir the High Priest.

Letters

Inscriptional Pahlavi used 19 non-joining letters:[1][2]

NameTemplate:Cref2 Image Text Phones (IPA; Middle Persian)[3] Transliteration[1]
Aleph File:InscriptionPahlavi-a.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Beth File:InscriptionPahlavi-b.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Gimel File:InscriptionPahlavi-g.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Daleth File:InscriptionPahlavi-d.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
He File:InscriptionPahlavi-h.svg Template:Huge Template:Translit
Waw-Ayin-Resh File:InscriptionPahlavi-v.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit, Template:Translit, Template:Translit
Zayin File:InscriptionPahlavi-z.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Heth File:InscriptionPahlavi-heth.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Teth File:InscriptionPahlavi-Ta.svg Template:Huge Template:Translit
Yodh File:InscriptionPahlavi-y.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Kaph File:InscriptionPahlavi-k.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Lamedh File:InscriptionPahlavi-l.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Mem-Qoph File:InscriptionPahlavi-m.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Nun File:InscriptionPahlavi-n.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Samekh File:Inscription Pahlavi letter samekh.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Pe File:InscriptionPahlavi-p.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Sadhe File:InscriptionPahlavi-Q.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Shin File:InscriptionPahlavi-sh.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink Template:Translit
Taw File:InscriptionPahlavi-taw.svg Template:Huge Template:IPAblink, Template:IPAblink Template:Translit

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Numbers

Inscriptional Pahlavi had its own numerals:

Value 1 2 3 4 10 20 100 1000
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Numbers are written right-to-left. Numbers without corresponding numerals are additive. For example, 24 is written as Template:Script/Inscriptional Pahlavi‎ (20 + 4).[1]

Unicode

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The Unicode block for Inscriptional Pahlavi is U+10B60–U+10B7F:

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Gallery

References

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