Inscriptional Pahlavi

Earliest attested form of Pahlavi scripts Inscriptional PahlaviInscribed stone block from the c. 293 CE Paikuli inscriptionScript type Abjad Period2nd century BC — 6th century ADDirectionRight-to-left script LanguagesMiddle Iranian languagesRelated scriptsParent systemsAramaic alphabetPahlavi scriptsInscriptional PahlaviISO 15924ISO 15924Phli (131), ​Inscriptional PahlaviUnicodeUnicode aliasInscriptional PahlaviUnicode rangeU+10B60–U+10B7F Inscriptional Pahlavi is the earliest attested form of Pahlavi scripts, and is evident in clay fragments that have been dated to the reign of Mithridates I (r. 171–138 BC). Other early evidence includes the Pahlavi inscriptions of Parthian coins and the rock inscriptions of Sasanian emperors and other notables, such as Kartir the High Priest. Reproduction of one of the painted inscriptions (no. 42) from the walls of the Dura-Europos synagogue, presumed to date to the 15th regnal year of the unnamed Šāpūr I (240–70 CE): 𐭡𐭩𐭥𐭧 𐭯𐭥𐭥𐭥𐭲𐭩𐭭 𐭬𐭣𐭬‎ BYRḤ prwrtyn QDM 𐭱𐭭𐭲 𐭼𐭺𐭹 𐭥𐭩𐭥𐭬 𐭫𐭱𐭭𐭩‎ ŠNT X III II WYWM lšny 𐭠𐭬𐭲 𐭩𐭦𐭣𐭠𐭭𐭲𐭧𐭬𐭯