Aramaic script

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Aramaic script is an ancient Semitic writing system that became a widespread administrative and literary script across the Near East, influencing the development of many later alphabets.

All labels observed (4)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Semitic script ⓘ
abjad ⓘ
writing system ⓘ
derivedFrom Phoenician alphabet ⓘ
developedFrom Phoenician script ⓘ
linked to: Phoenician alphabet
hasDescendant Arabic alphabet ⓘ
Hebrew alphabet ⓘ
Syriac alphabet ⓘ
historicalStatus historical script ⓘ
influenced Arabic script ⓘ
Avestan script ⓘ
Hebrew script ⓘ
Mandaic script ⓘ
linked to: Mandaic alphabet

Manichaean script ⓘ
Mongolian script ⓘ
Nabataean script ⓘ
linked to: Nabataean alphabet

Old Turkic script ⓘ
Old Uyghur script ⓘ
linked to: Old Uyghur alphabet

Pahlavi script ⓘ
Palmyrene script ⓘ
Sogdian script ⓘ
linked to: Sogdian alphabet

Square Hebrew script ⓘ
linked to: Hebrew alphabet

Syriac script ⓘ
linked to: Syriac alphabet
influencedWritingTraditionsOf Christian communities ⓘ
Jewish communities ⓘ
Zoroastrian communities ⓘ
linked to: Zoroastrians
numberOfLettersApproximate 22 ⓘ
periodOfWidestUse Achaemenid period ⓘ
region Ancient Near East ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
scriptClass consonantal script ⓘ
scriptFamily Northwest Semitic scripts ⓘ
scriptType consonant alphabet ⓘ
timeOfOrigin 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
unicodeBlock Imperial Aramaic ⓘ
usedAs administrative script ⓘ
literary script ⓘ
usedBy Achaemenid Empire ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian Empire ⓘ
various Aramaean states ⓘ
usedFor Biblical Aramaic ⓘ
Imperial Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Aramaic

Official Aramaic ⓘ
linked to: Imperial Aramaic
writingDirection right-to-left ⓘ
writingSystemFamily Abjad scripts ⓘ
writingSystemOf Aramaic language ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

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

Yehud (Persian province) → writingSystem → Aramaic script ⓘ
Artaxiad dynasty → usedScript → Aramaic script ⓘ
Genesis Apocryphon → script → Herodian Hebrew script ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic script
Phoenician block → relatedScript → Aramaic script ⓘ
Pahlavi → derivedFrom → Aramaic script ⓘ
Iron Age Levant → hasWritingSystem → Aramaic script ⓘ
Parthian script → writingSystemFamily → Aramaic script ⓘ
Parthian script → derivedFrom → Aramaic script ⓘ
Old Aramaic → scriptFamily → Aramaic script ⓘ
Central Aramaic → writingSystem → Palestinian Aramaic script ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic script
Khwarezmian script → derivedFrom → Aramaic script ⓘ
Khwarezmian script → scriptLineage → Aramaic script ⓘ
Persian province of Samaria → hasScript → Aramaic script ⓘ
Paleo-Hebrew script → replacedBy → Aramaic-derived square Hebrew script ⓘ
linked to: Aramaic script
Paleo-Hebrew script → distinctFrom → Aramaic script ⓘ
Abgarid dynasty → usedScript → Aramaic script ⓘ