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.

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All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Old Nubian script 7
Old Nubian alphabet 2
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 script ⓘ
surface form: 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 (11)

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

Nubians → scriptUsage → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
Nubia → hasWritingSystem → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian script
Nobiin → hasAncestor → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian
Christian Nubian kingdoms → hadWritingSystem → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian alphabet
Old Nubian → writingSystem → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian alphabet
Kingdom of Makuria → writingSystem → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian script
Nubian Church → usedScript → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian script
Kingdom of Nobadia → usedScript → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian script
Kingdom of Alodia → usedScript → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian script
Nile Nubian → writingSystem → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian script
Kingdom of Nobatia → writingSystem → Old Nubian script (historically) ⓘ
this entity surface form: Old Nubian script