Old Persian

ISO 15924: XpeoHistorical / Symbolic2 total languages
IANA registered: 16 October 2005

Example text

𐎠𐎭𐎢𐎠𐏐𐎴𐎱𐎑𐏐𐎭𐎠𐎼𐎹𐎺𐎒𐏐𐎻𐏐𐎷𐎠𐎴𐎠

Rendered using a Noto web font where available; falls back to system fonts.

Writing Direction
Direction
Left-to-right
RTL
No
Vertical tradition
None / unusual
Source
Unicode CLDR scriptMetadata.txt
LTR value derived from Unicode CLDR script metadata.
Script Properties
Family
Cuneiform
Geographic origin
Middle East
Usage status
Ancient script
OpenType tag
xpeo
Old Persian cuneiform, a semi-alphabetic script used in Achaemenid royal inscriptions (c. 525–330 BCE). Derived from Mesopotamian cuneiform.

Related Scripts

XsuxCuneiform, Sumero-Akkadian

Unicode Blocks

Old PersianU+103A0

1 Unicode block contain Old Persian characters. Browse all Unicode blocks β†’

The lists below count source attestation, not current or official usage. A language can appear under several scripts. Sources, denominators and limitations.

Multiple-source attestation (MAIN)
1

Old Persian (ca. 600-400 B.C.)
peo

Single-source attestation (AUX)
1

Persian
fasSingle source