Pahlavi
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Pahlavi is the script and literary form of Middle Persian used during the Sassanian Empire and early Islamic period in Iran.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pahlavi canonical | 3 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Middle Persian language variety
ⓘ
historical alphabet ⓘ script ⓘ writing system ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Middle Persian Pahlavi script
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ⓘ
Pehlevi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDynasty | Sasanian dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Zoroastrianism NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Aramaic script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
Aramaic logograms
ⓘ
consonant-based orthography ⓘ heterograms ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
Book Pahlavi
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ⓘ
Inscriptional Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ Psalter Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | later Persian orthographic conventions ⓘ |
| ISO15924Code | Phlv ⓘ |
| languageWritten | Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| region |
Iran
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ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| replacedBy | Persian written in Arabic script ⓘ |
| scriptOf | Middle Persian literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptType | abjad ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
3rd century to 7th century CE
ⓘ
Sasanian period NERFINISHED ⓘ early Islamic centuries ⓘ |
| UnicodeBlock |
Inscriptional Pahlavi
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Psalter Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Manichaean communities
ⓘ
Sasanian administration NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoroastrian clergy ⓘ |
| usedFor |
administrative documents
ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ writing Middle Persian ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Sasanian Empire
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ⓘ
Zoroastrian communities NERFINISHED ⓘ early Islamic Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedToWrite |
Avesta commentaries
ⓘ
Zoroastrian legal texts ⓘ royal inscriptions of Sasanian kings ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
paper manuscripts
ⓘ
parchment manuscripts ⓘ stone inscriptions ⓘ |
| writingStandardFor | Zoroastrian Middle Persian literature ⓘ |
| writingSystemFamily | Aramaic-derived scripts ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Middle Persian