Musnad script
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Musnad script is an ancient South Arabian consonantal writing system used by several pre-Islamic cultures in the Arabian Peninsula.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Musnad script canonical | 1 |
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | writing system ⓘ |
| characterType | consonantsOnly ⓘ |
| developedFrom |
Proto-Sinaitic script
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South Semitic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| diacritics | none ⓘ |
| directionality | right-to-left horizontal ⓘ |
| geographicExtent | southern and central Arabian Peninsula ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
cursive Musnad
ⓘ
monumental Musnad ⓘ |
| historicalStatus | extinct ⓘ |
| influenced | Geʽez script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageWritten |
Hadramitic language
ⓘ
Himyaritic language ⓘ Minaic language ⓘ Qatabanic language NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabaic language NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| numberOfLetters | 29 ⓘ |
| primaryUse |
monumental inscriptions
ⓘ
religious inscriptions ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| region |
modern-day Saudi Arabia
ⓘ
modern-day Yemen NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Ancient North Arabian scripts
ⓘ
Geʽez script NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptCodeISO15924 | Sarb ⓘ |
| scriptFamily |
Ancient South Arabian scripts
ⓘ
South Semitic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod | pre-Islamic era ⓘ |
| unicodeBlock | Old South Arabian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| unicodeRange | U+10A60–U+10A7F ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Hadramitic culture
ⓘ
Himyarite culture ⓘ Minaean culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Qatabanian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Sabaean culture NERFINISHED ⓘ pre-Islamic cultures ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Arabian Peninsula
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
ancient South Arabia ⓘ |
| usedUntil | early Islamic period ⓘ |
| writingDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| writingMedium |
metal
ⓘ
rock faces ⓘ stone ⓘ |
| writingSystemClass | Semitic abjad ⓘ |
| writingSystemType | consonantal ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.