Punic script

E30367
abjad historical script writing system

Punic script is a later, regionally adapted form of the Phoenician writing system used primarily in Carthage and other Punic-speaking communities around the western Mediterranean.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Punic alphabet 3
Neo-Punic 2
Neo-Punic script 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf abjad ⓘ
historical script ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
associatedWithCulture Carthaginian civilization ⓘ
Carthaginian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Punic civilization
derivedFrom Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
developedFrom Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician script
hasApproximateNumberOfLetters 22 ⓘ
hasDescendant Punic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Punic script
hasFeature cursive tendencies in later inscriptions ⓘ
matres lectionis for vowels in later stages ⓘ
primarily consonant letters ⓘ
regional variants in western Mediterranean ⓘ
linguisticFamilyOfLanguageWritten Northwest Semitic languages ⓘ
parentWritingSystem Northwest Semitic ⓘ
surface form: Northwest Semitic scripts
region western Mediterranean ⓘ
scriptCategory consonantal script ⓘ
scriptCodeISO15924 Phnx ⓘ
scriptDirection right-to-left ⓘ
sharesOriginWith Aramaic script ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew script

Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
subclassOf Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician script
timePeriod 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
early 1st millennium CE ⓘ
unicodeBlock Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
surface form: Phoenician
usedBy Carthaginian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Carthaginians

Punic-speaking communities ⓘ
usedForLanguage Late Phoenician ⓘ
Phoenician language ⓘ
surface form: Punic language
usedIn Carthage ⓘ
Iberian Peninsula ⓘ
North Africa ⓘ
Sardinia ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
usedOn ceramic inscriptions ⓘ
coin legends ⓘ
metal objects ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
usedUntil late antiquity ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Semitic abjad ⓘ
writingSystemScope historical ⓘ
writingSystemStatus extinct ⓘ
writingSystemType consonantal alphabet ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Phoenician alphabet → ancestorOf → Punic script ⓘ
Dougga / Thugga → inscriptionLanguage → Punic script ⓘ
subject surface form: Dougga
this entity surface form: Neo-Punic
Punic script → hasDescendant → Punic script self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Punic script
Carthaginian Empire → writingSystem → Punic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic alphabet
New City → writingSystemOfOriginalName → Punic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic alphabet
Punic stelae → script → Punic script ⓘ
this entity surface form: Punic alphabet
city of Thugga → languageOfInscriptions → Punic script ⓘ
subject surface form: Thugga
this entity surface form: Neo-Punic