Arsacid Pahlavi
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Arsacid Pahlavi is an ancient Northwestern Iranian language script and orthographic tradition used to write the Parthian language during the Arsacid (Parthian) Empire.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arsacid Pahlavi canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical writing system
ⓘ
orthographic tradition ⓘ script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| associatedWithDynasty | Arsacid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire | Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPeople | Parthians NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithReligion | Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronology | roughly 3rd century BCE to 3rd century CE ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Imperial Aramaic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| followedBy | Book Pahlavi (for some traditions) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| historicalPhaseOf | Pahlavi writing ⓘ |
| languageFamilyWritten | Northwestern Iranian ⓘ |
| modernUse |
studied in Iranian philology
ⓘ
used in epigraphic research ⓘ |
| precededBy | Imperial Aramaic script (in the region) ⓘ |
| region |
Iranian Plateau
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ Parthia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Book Pahlavi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Inscriptional Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ Sasanian Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptClass | consonantal alphabet ⓘ |
| scriptStageOf | Parthian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| scriptType | abjad ⓘ |
| scriptUsage |
administrative documents
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| subclassOf |
Middle Iranian scripts
ⓘ
Northwestern Middle Iranian writing systems ⓘ Pahlavi scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeDepth | Middle Iranian period ⓘ |
| usedFor | writing the Parthian language ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Arsacid Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ ancient Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInPeriod |
Hellenistic period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
early centuries CE ⓘ |
| usesFeature |
Aramaic heterograms
ⓘ
consonantal writing with matres lectionis ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
manuscripts
ⓘ
ostraca ⓘ parchment ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Aramaic-derived scripts ⓘ |
| writingSystemOf | Parthian language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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