Psalter Pahlavi
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For the translated document this writing system is named after, see Pahlavi Psalter.
Psalter Pahlavi is a cursive abjad that was used for writing Middle Persian on paper; it is thus described as one of the Pahlavi scripts.[1] It was written right to left, usually with spaces between words.[1]
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Psalter Pahlavi | |
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Script type | |
Time period | Mid-6th to 7th century CE |
Direction | Right-to-left script |
Languages | Middle Persian |
Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Aramaic alphabet
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ISO 15924 | |
ISO 15924 | Phlp (132), āPsalter Pahlavi |
Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Psalter Pahlavi |
U+10B80āU+10BAF |
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It takes its name from the Pahlavi Psalter, part of the Psalms translated from Syriac to Middle Persian and found in what is now western China.[2]