Inscriptional Pahlavi
Inscribed stone block from thePaikuli inscription
Script type	Abjad
Period	2nd century BC — 6th century AD
Direction	Right-to-left script
Languages	Middle Iranian languages
Related scripts
Parent systems	Aramaic alphabet Pahlavi scripts Inscriptional Pahlavi
ISO 15924
ISO 15924	Phli(131), ​Inscriptional Pahlavi
Unicode
Unicode alias	Inscriptional Pahlavi
Unicode range	U+10B60–U+10B7F

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Inscriptional Pahlavi is the earliest attested form ofPahlavi scripts, and is evident in clay fragments that have been dated to the reign ofMithridates I (r. 171–138 BC). Other early evidence includes the Pahlavi inscriptions ofParthian coins andthe rock inscriptions ofSasanian emperors and other notables, such asKartir theHigh Priest.

Inscriptional Pahlavi used 19 non-joining letters:^[1][2]

Name[A]	Image	Text	Principalphones (IPA;Middle Persian)[3]	Transliteration[4]: 129(۱۲۹)-130(۱۳۰) [5]: xi, xii, xiii [1]
				Iranian	Semitic (Aramaic)
Aleph		𐭠‎	[a],[aː]	ʼorʾ	A
Beth		𐭡‎	[b],[w]	b	B
Gimel		𐭢‎	[ɡ],[j]	g	G
Daleth		𐭣‎	[d],[j]	d	D
He		𐭤‎	—		-H,E
Waw-		𐭥‎	[w],[o(ː)],[u(ː)]	w	W
-Ayin-			[∅]		O
-Resh			[r]	r	R
Zayin		𐭦‎	[z]	z	Z
Heth		𐭧‎	[h],[x]	h	Ḥ
Teth		𐭨‎	—		Ṭ
Yodh		𐭩‎	[j],[e(ː)],[i(ː)],[d̠͡ʒ]	y,j-	Y
Kaph		𐭪‎	[k],[ɡ]	k	K
Lamedh		𐭫‎	[l],[r]	l	L
Mem-		𐭬‎	[m]	m	M
-Qoph			—		Q
Nun		𐭭‎	[n]	n	N
Samekh		𐭮‎	[s],[h]	s	S
Pe		𐭯‎	[p],[b],[f]	p	P
Sadhe		𐭰‎	[t̠͡ʃ],[d̠͡ʒ],[z]	ṣ	Ṣ
Shin		𐭱‎	[ʃ]	š	Š
Taw		𐭲‎	[t],[d]	t	T

Inscriptional Pahlavi had its ownnumerals:

Value		1	2	3	4	10	20	100	1000
Sign	Image
	Text	𐭸‎	𐭹‎	𐭺‎	𐭻‎	𐭼‎	𐭽‎	𐭾‎	𐭿‎

Numbers are written right-to-left. Numbers without corresponding numerals are additive. For example, 24 is written as𐭽𐭻‎‎ (20 + 4).^[1]

Inscriptional Pahlavi script was added to theUnicode Standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

The Unicode block for Inscriptional Pahlavi is U+10B60–U+10B7F:

• 
  Sasanian coin ofArdashir I (r. 224–42)
• 
  Kartir's inscription at Naqsh-e Rajab
• 
  One side of theNasrabad fire altar [fa] dedicated toShapur I for his243/4 victory over the Romans^[6]
• 
  Inscription of Shapur II atTaq-e Bostan, including some ligatures
• 
  Drachm ofYazdegerd II (struck ca. 439-447)
• 
  Abulla (seal) ofWahrām, an Ērān-spāhbed. It mentions eitherHusraw I (r. 531–579) orII (591–626)^[7]
• 
  6th/7th centuryrelief with themonogram𐭠𐭯𐭥‎ʾpr, which stands forabzūn farr, meaning "May hisfarr increase!"

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