Psalter Pahlavi
E578263
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.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Papyrus Pahlavi | 1 |
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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Papyrus Pahlavi