Inscriptional Parthian block

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The Inscriptional Parthian block is a Unicode range that encodes the historic Parthian script used in ancient inscriptions from the Parthian Empire.

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Observed surface forms (2)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Unicode block
assignedInUnicodeVersion Unicode 5.2 NERFINISHED
blockCode Inscriptional_Parthian NERFINISHED
blockName Inscriptional Parthian NERFINISHED
blockSize 32 code points
containsCategory letters
numbers
punctuation
encodingPurpose representation of historic Parthian inscriptions
generalCategory Letter
Number
Punctuation
historicalPeriod 1st century BCE–3rd century CE
plane Supplementary Multilingual Plane NERFINISHED
rangeEnd U+10B5F
rangeStart U+10B40
relatedScript Inscriptional Pahlavi
Psalter Pahlavi
script Parthian NERFINISHED
scriptFamily Middle Iranian scripts
scriptProperty Inscriptional_Parthian NERFINISHED
scriptType historic script
unicodeBlockRange U+10B40–U+10B5F
unicodeStandard ISO/IEC 10646 NERFINISHED
usedFor inscriptions
usedIn Parthian Empire NERFINISHED
writingDirection right-to-left
writingSystemFor Parthian language
yearOfStandardization 2009

Referenced by (2)

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Supplementary Multilingual Plane contains Inscriptional Parthian block
Parthian language writingSystem Inscriptional Parthian block
this entity surface form: Inscriptional Parthian script