Psalter Pahlavi
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Psalter Pahlavi is a historical variant of the Pahlavi script used primarily in a Middle Persian translation of the Psalms, notable for its distinctive letter forms and limited manuscript tradition.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Psalter Pahlavi canonical | 3 |
| Papyrus Pahlavi | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6215308 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psalter Pahlavi Context triple: [Pahlavi script, hasVariant, Psalter Pahlavi]
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A.
Psalter
The Psalter is the traditional name for the biblical Book of Psalms, a collection of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
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B.
Avesta
The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism, containing hymns, liturgical texts, and religious teachings.
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C.
Codex Regius
Codex Regius is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript that is the most important surviving source for the Old Norse mythological and heroic poems collectively known as the Poetic Edda.
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D.
Codex Zographensis
Codex Zographensis is a late 10th–11th century Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important early Slavic literary monuments.
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E.
Codex Leningradensis
Codex Leningradensis is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, dating to the early 11th century and serving as a primary source for modern biblical editions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psalter Pahlavi Target entity description: Psalter Pahlavi is a historical variant of the Pahlavi script used primarily in a Middle Persian translation of the Psalms, notable for its distinctive letter forms and limited manuscript tradition.
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A.
Psalter
The Psalter is the traditional name for the biblical Book of Psalms, a collection of religious songs, prayers, and poems central to Jewish and Christian worship.
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B.
Avesta
The Avesta is the primary collection of sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism, containing hymns, liturgical texts, and religious teachings.
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C.
Codex Regius
Codex Regius is a 13th-century Icelandic manuscript that is the most important surviving source for the Old Norse mythological and heroic poems collectively known as the Poetic Edda.
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D.
Codex Zographensis
Codex Zographensis is a late 10th–11th century Old Church Slavonic Gospel manuscript, written in the Glagolitic script and considered one of the most important early Slavic literary monuments.
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E.
Codex Leningradensis
Codex Leningradensis is the oldest complete manuscript of the Hebrew Bible in Hebrew, dating to the early 11th century and serving as a primary source for modern biblical editions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical script
ⓘ
writing system ⓘ |
| associatedLanguageFamily |
Indo-Iranian languages
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Iranian languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedReligion | Syriac Christianity NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | Book Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| documentType | biblical psalter ⓘ |
| encodingStandard | Unicode NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| geographicRegion |
Iran
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| graphemeType |
consonantal letters
ⓘ
vowel-indicating matres lectionis ⓘ |
| hasCharacterCategory |
letters
ⓘ
numbers ⓘ punctuation ⓘ |
| hasDirectionality | right-to-left script ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct script ⓘ |
| historicalUse | Middle Persian Christian communities ⓘ |
| languageWritten | Middle Persian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
consonant-based script with matres lectionis
ⓘ
distinctive letter forms ⓘ ligature-based orthography ⓘ limited manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| orthographicFeature | heterogram usage is reduced compared to Book Pahlavi ⓘ |
| primaryUsage | translation of the Psalms ⓘ |
| relatedScript |
Avestan script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ Inscriptional Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousContext | Christian ⓘ |
| scriptClass | Brahmic-influenced Iranian script family ⓘ |
| scriptCodeISO15924 | Phlp ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Middle Iranian scripts
ⓘ
Pahlavi scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subclassOf | Pahlavi script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Sasanian era
ⓘ
late antique period ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | Psalter Pahlavi NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unicodeRange | U+10B80–U+10BAF ⓘ |
| unicodeStandardVersionAdded | Unicode 7.0 ⓘ |
| usageExtent | very limited corpus ⓘ |
| usedFor |
Middle Persian Christian biblical texts
ⓘ
Psalter manuscripts ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
manuscripts
ⓘ
parchment ⓘ |
| writingSystemScope | liturgical use ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | abjad ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Psalter Pahlavi Description of subject: Psalter Pahlavi is a historical variant of the Pahlavi script used primarily in a Middle Persian translation of the Psalms, notable for its distinctive letter forms and limited manuscript tradition.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Papyrus Pahlavi