Old Nubian script (historically)

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alphabet historical script writing system

Old Nubian script is an ancient alphabetic writing system used in medieval Nubia to record the Old Nubian language, particularly in Christian religious and administrative texts.

Aliases (2)

Old Nubian script ×50
Old Nubian ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabet → historical script → writing system →
approximateEndUse	15th century →
approximateStartUse	8th century →
associatedChurch	Nubian Church →
associatedReligion	Christianity →
containsBorrowedLettersFrom	Coptic alphabet → Greek alphabet →
currentUse	epigraphic documentation → scholarly study →
derivedFrom	Coptic script → Greek script →
geographicArea	Nile Valley between Aswan and Khartoum →
hasCharacterType	consonants → diacritics → vowels →
hasDistinctLettersFor	Old Nubian phonemes not in Greek →
historicalPeriod	medieval period →
influencedBy	Meroitic script →
languageWritten	Old Nubian →
notableCorpusLocation	Dongola → Faras → Qasr Ibrim →
primaryUsage	Christian religious texts → administrative documents → legal documents → letters →
region	Nubia →
scriptCategory	uncial →
scriptCodeISO15924	Nbat →
scriptDirection	left-to-right →
status	extinct →
unicodeBlock	Coptic →
usedBy	Christian Nubian kingdoms → Kingdom of Alodia → Kingdom of Makuria → Kingdom of Nobadia →
usedFor	writing Old Nubian language →
usedIn	medieval Nubia →
writingMedium	ostraca → paper → parchment → walls of churches →
writingSystemFamily	Greek-derived scripts →
writingSystemScope	administrative → legal → liturgical →
writingSystemType	alphabetic →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Nobiin ("Old Nubian") →	hasAncestor
Nubia ("Old Nubian script") →	hasWritingSystem
Nubians →	scriptUsage