Psalter Pahlavi

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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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historical script
writing system
associatedLanguageFamily Indo-Iranian languages
Iranian languages
associatedReligion Syriac Christianity
linked to: Syriac Churches
derivedFrom Book Pahlavi
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
documentType biblical psalter
encodingStandard Unicode
geographicRegion Iran
Mesopotamia
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
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
Book Pahlavi
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi

Inscriptional Pahlavi
religiousContext Christian
scriptClass Brahmic-influenced Iranian script family
scriptCodeISO15924 Phlp
scriptDirection right-to-left
scriptFamily Middle Iranian scripts
Pahlavi scripts
linked to: Pahlavi script
subclassOf Pahlavi script
timePeriod Sasanian era
late antique period
unicodeBlock Psalter Pahlavi
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

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Referenced by (15)

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

Pahlavi script hasVariant Psalter Pahlavi
Pahlavi script hasVariant Papyrus Pahlavi
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
Pahlavi script unicodeBlock Psalter Pahlavi
Unicode 7.0 addsBlock Psalter Pahlavi
Inscriptional Pahlavi relatedUnicodeBlock Psalter Pahlavi
subject linked to: Inscriptional Pahlavi block
Inscriptional Pahlavi relatedUnicodeBlock Book Pahlavi
subject linked to: Inscriptional Pahlavi block
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
Arsacid Pahlavi relatedTo Book Pahlavi
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
Arsacid Pahlavi followedBy Book Pahlavi (for some traditions)
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
Pahlavi hasVariant Book Pahlavi
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
Pahlavi hasVariant Psalter Pahlavi
Pahlavi UnicodeBlock Psalter Pahlavi
Psalter Pahlavi derivedFrom Book Pahlavi
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
Psalter Pahlavi unicodeBlock Psalter Pahlavi
Psalter Pahlavi relatedScript Book Pahlavi
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi
Bundahišn associatedWith Pahlavi Zoroastrian corpus
subject linked to: Bundahišn (in Pahlavi)
linked to: Psalter Pahlavi