Inscriptional Parthian

Inscriptional Parthian
Parthian version of Shapur I's inscription at Ka'ba-ye Zartosht
Type	Abjad
Languages	Parthian language
Time period	250 BC
Parent systems	Aramaic alphabet Pahlavi scripts Inscriptional Parthian
Direction	Right-to-left
ISO 15924	Prti, 130
Unicode alias	Inscriptional Parthian
Unicode range	U+10B40–U+10B5F

Inscriptional Parthian is a script used to write Parthian language on coins of Parthia from the time of Arsaces I of Parthia (250 BC). It was also used for inscriptions of Parthian (mostly on clay fragments) and later Sassanian periods (mostly on official inscriptions).

Inscriptional Parthian script has 22 letters for sounds and 8 letters for numerals. The letters are not joined.

Parthian (above), along with Greek (below) and Middle Persian was being used in inscriptions of early Sassanian kings. Shapur inscription in Naqsh-e Rajab

Unicode

Main article: Inscriptional Parthian (Unicode block)

There is an Inscriptional Parthian unicode block.

Inscriptional Parthian Official Unicode Consortium code chart (PDF)

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U+10B4x

𐭀

𐭁

𐭂

𐭃

𐭄

𐭅

𐭆

𐭇

𐭈

𐭉

𐭊

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𐭐

𐭑

𐭒

𐭓

𐭔

𐭕

𐭘

𐭙

𐭚

𐭛

𐭜

𐭝

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𐭟

Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 8.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points