Palmyrene_alphabet
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The Palmyrene alphabet was a historical Semitic alphabet used to write Palmyrene Aramaic. It was used between 100 BCE and 300 CE in Palmyra in the Syrian desert. It is known from the over 3,000 Palmyrene inscriptions discovered in modern times. The oldest surviving Palmyrene inscription dates to 44 BCE. The last surviving inscription dates to 274 CE, two years after Palmyra was sacked by Roman Emp
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| Palmyrene alphabet | |
|---|---|
 Palmyrene inscription in the Louvre | |
| Script type | |
Period | 100 BCE to 300 CE |
| Direction | Right-to-left script  |
| Languages | Palmyrene Aramaic |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Proto-Sinaitic alphabet
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Sister systems | Ammonite Brāhmī Syriac Elymaic Hatran Hebrew Mandaic Nabataean Pahlavi Parthian |
| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Palm (126), Palmyrene |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Palmyrene |
| U+10860–U+1087F Final Accepted Script Proposal | |
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