Psalter Pahlavi
| Psalter Pahlavi | |
|---|---|
Sample of text taken from the Cross of Herat | |
| Script type | |
Period | Mid-6th to 7th century CE |
| Direction | Right-to-left script |
| Languages | Middle Persian |
| Related scripts | |
Parent systems | Aramaic alphabet
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| ISO 15924 | |
| ISO 15924 | Phlp (132), Psalter Pahlavi |
| Unicode | |
Unicode alias | Psalter Pahlavi |
| U+10B80–U+10BAF | |
Psalter Pahlavi is a cursive abjad that was used for writing Middle Persian on paper; it is thus described as one of the Pahlavi scripts. It was written right to left, usually with spaces between words.
It takes its name from the Pahlavi Psalter, part of the Psalms translated from Syriac to Middle Persian and found in what is now western China.