Bactrian script

E535225

alphabet historical script writing system

Bactrian script is an ancient writing system derived from the Greek alphabet that was used to write the Bactrian language in Central Asia.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Bactrian Greek script	1
Bactrian script canonical	1

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	alphabet ⓘ historical script ⓘ writing system ⓘ
basedOn	Greek uncial script ⓘ
containsCharacter	Greek letters with modified values ⓘ special letter for /š/ ⓘ
derivedFrom	Greek alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
direction	left-to-right ⓘ
hasCaseDistinction	no ⓘ
languageBranchOfText	Eastern Iranian NERFINISHED ⓘ
languageFamilyOfText	Indo-Iranian ⓘ
numberOfLetters	about 25 ⓘ
primaryMedium	coins ⓘ manuscripts ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ
replacedBy	Arabic script ⓘ Persian written in Arabic script ⓘ
scriptFamily	Greek script family ⓘ
scriptType	alphabetic ⓘ
timePeriod	1st century CE ⓘ 2nd century CE ⓘ 3rd century CE ⓘ 4th century CE ⓘ 5th century CE ⓘ 6th century CE ⓘ 7th century CE ⓘ 8th century CE ⓘ
unicodeBlock	Greek and Coptic ⓘ
usedBy	Hephthalites NERFINISHED ⓘ Kushan Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Kushan rulers NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedFor	administrative documents ⓘ legal documents ⓘ religious texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ
usedIn	Kushan coin legends ⓘ inscriptions of Surkh Kotal ⓘ
usedInRegion	Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Bactria NERFINISHED ⓘ Central Asia NERFINISHED ⓘ Northern Afghanistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Southern Uzbekistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tajikistan NERFINISHED ⓘ Tokharistan NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingMaterial	leather ⓘ metal ⓘ parchment ⓘ stone ⓘ
writingSystemFor	Bactrian language NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle Iranian language ⓘ
writingSystemStatus	extinct ⓘ

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

Bactrians → usedScript → Bactrian script ⓘ

Middle Iranian languages → writingSystem → Bactrian script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bactrian Greek script