Writing Systems

Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE)inPalmyrene

arc·PalmAbjadRTLMultiple-source attestation (MAIN)

GlotScript records this relationship through multiple-source attestation. Present-day usage, official status, region and dates are unknown here unless separately sourced. How to interpret the evidence.

Language
ISO 639-3arcStatusHistoricalScopeIndividualScripts used5
Also written in:
Hatran (Hatr)Nabataean (Nbat)Imperial Aramaic (Armi)Syriac (Syrc)
Script
ISO 15924PalmFamilySemitic / AramaicOriginMiddle EastDirectionRight-to-leftStatusAncient scriptOpenType tagpalm

Palmyrene script, used in the Silk Road trading city of Palmyra (modern Syria), 2nd century BCE – 3rd century CE. A variant of the Aramaic abjad.

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