Aramaic script

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Semitic script abjad writing system

Aramaic script is an ancient Semitic writing system that became a widespread administrative and literary script across the Near East, influencing the development of many later alphabets.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Herodian Hebrew script	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Semitic script ⓘ abjad ⓘ writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom	Phoenician alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
developedFrom	Phoenician script NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDescendant	Arabic alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac alphabet NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus	historical script ⓘ
influenced	Arabic script ⓘ Avestan script NERFINISHED ⓘ Hebrew script ⓘ Mandaic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Manichaean script NERFINISHED ⓘ Mongolian script NERFINISHED ⓘ Nabataean script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Turkic script NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Uyghur script NERFINISHED ⓘ Pahlavi script NERFINISHED ⓘ Palmyrene script ⓘ Sogdian script NERFINISHED ⓘ Square Hebrew script NERFINISHED ⓘ Syriac script NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedWritingTraditionsOf	Christian communities ⓘ Jewish communities NERFINISHED ⓘ Zoroastrian communities NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfLettersApproximate	22 ⓘ
periodOfWidestUse	Achaemenid period ⓘ
region	Ancient Near East NERFINISHED ⓘ Levant NERFINISHED ⓘ Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptClass	consonantal script ⓘ
scriptFamily	Northwest Semitic scripts NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptType	consonant alphabet ⓘ
timeOfOrigin	1st millennium BCE ⓘ
unicodeBlock	Imperial Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedAs	administrative script ⓘ literary script ⓘ
usedBy	Achaemenid Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Babylonian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ various Aramaean states ⓘ
usedFor	Biblical Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ Imperial Aramaic language NERFINISHED ⓘ Official Aramaic NERFINISHED ⓘ
writingDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemFamily	Abjad scripts ⓘ
writingSystemOf	Aramaic language NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Yehud (Persian province) → writingSystem → Aramaic script ⓘ

Artaxiad dynasty → usedScript → Aramaic script ⓘ

Genesis Apocryphon → script → Aramaic script ⓘ

this entity surface form: Herodian Hebrew script