Punic script
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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.
Aliases (2)
- Neo-Punic ×1
- Neo-Punic script ×1
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
abjad
→
historical script → writing system → |
| associatedWithCulture |
Carthaginian civilization
→
Punic civilization → |
| derivedFrom |
Phoenician alphabet
→
|
| developedFrom |
Phoenician script
→
|
| hasApproximateNumberOfLetters |
22
→
|
| hasDescendant |
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 scripts
→
|
| region |
western Mediterranean
→
|
| scriptCategory |
consonantal script
→
|
| scriptCodeISO15924 |
Phnx
→
|
| scriptDirection |
right-to-left
→
|
| sharesOriginWith |
Aramaic script
→
Hebrew script → Phoenician alphabet → |
| subclassOf |
Phoenician script
→
|
| timePeriod |
1st millennium BCE
→
early 1st millennium CE → |
| unicodeBlock |
Phoenician
→
|
| usedBy |
Carthaginians
→
Punic-speaking communities → |
| usedForLanguage |
Late Phoenician
→
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 (3)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
|---|---|
|
Phoenician alphabet
→
|
ancestorOf |
|
Punic script
("Neo-Punic script")
→
|
hasDescendant |
|
Dougga
("Neo-Punic")
→
|
inscriptionLanguage |