Nbat

E163876

Nbat is the ISO 15924 script code assigned to the ancient Nabataean alphabet used in the Near East.

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Nbat canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ISO 15924 script code
script code
assignedBy ISO 15924
codeFor Nabataean alphabet
direction right-to-left
geographicAssociation Nabataean Kingdom
linked to: Nabataean kingdom

Petra
northwestern Arabia
linked to: Northern Arabia

southern Levant
linked to: Levant region
relatedScript Arabic script
Imperial Aramaic script
linked to: Imperial Aramaic
scriptCodeCase title case
scriptCodeSystem ISO 15924 code list
scriptCodeType four-letter code
scriptFamily Aramaic script family
scriptName Nabataean
scriptScope alphabet
scriptStatus historic
scriptType historical script
scriptUsageRegion Near East
linked to: Middle East
standard ISO 15924
timePeriod approximately 2nd century BCE to 4th century CE
unicodeBlockName Nabataean
unicodeScriptName Nabataean
unicodeStandard Unicode
usedForLanguage Nabataean Aramaic
usedInDiscipline epigraphy
historical linguistics
palaeography
writingSystem Nabataean
writingSystemType abjad

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