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.

All labels observed (5)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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