Nabataean script

Script used by the Nabataeans from the second century BC onwards Nabataean script Script type Abjad Period2nd century BC to 4th century ADDirectionRight-to-left script LanguagesNabataean AramaicNabataean ArabicRelated scriptsParent systemsEgyptian hieroglyphsProto-Sinaitic scriptPhoenician alphabetAramaic alphabetNabataean scriptChild systemsArabic scriptISO 15924ISO 15924Nbat (159), ​NabataeanUnicodeUnicode aliasNabataeanUnicode rangeU+10880–U+108AF Final Accepted Script Proposal History of the alphabet‡ Entries marked with a double dagger are non-alphabetic Egyptian hieroglyphs‡ 32nd c. BCE Hieratic‡ 32nd c. BCE Demotic‡ 7th c. BCE Meroitic 3rd c. BCE Proto-Sinaitic‡ 19th c. BCE Ugaritic 15th c. BCE Ancient South Arabian 9th c. BCE Geʽez c. 5th c. BCE Phoenician 12th c. BCE Hangul 1443 Thaana c. 1601 Adlam 1989 Phoenician 12th c. BCE Paleo-Hebrew 10th c. BCE Samaritan 6th c. BCE Aramaic 8th c. BCE Unknown Kushan script 600–200 BCE Kharosthi 3rd c. BCE Brahmi 3rd c. BCE (Brahmic) Pallava 4th century Cham 4th century Dhives Akuru 6th century Khmer 611 Tibetan 7th century ʼPhags-pa 1269 Devanagari 10th century Canadian Aboriginal 1840 Hebrew 3rd c. BCE Pahlavi‡ 2