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Old Persian cuneiform

unicameral cuneiform semi-syllabary used to write the Old Persian language
Class type of: cuneiform Q1471822

Facts

12 properties
Instance of
cuneiform, unicase alphabet, natural writing system, semi-syllabary[3][4][5]
Inception
525 BC[10]
Language of work or name
Old Persian[9]
Based on
cuneiform[6]
Subclass of
cuneiform[7]
Has use
Old Persian[8]
Facet of
Old Persian[12]
Creator
Darius I[2]
End time
330 BC[11]
Name
Old Persian, cunéiforme persépolitain[14][15]
Script directionality
left-to-right[13]
Unicode range
U+103A0-103DF[16]
🏷️ Also known as
en Old Persian alphabet en Xpeo en Old Persian cuneiform ar مسمارية فارسية قديمة de Persische Keilschrift el Παλαιά σφηνοειδή περσικά es cuneiforme persa antiguo fa دبیره میخی هخامنشی fr cunéiforme persépolitain fr écriture cunéiforme persane ancienne he כתב יתדות פרסי עתיק hu óperzsa ékírás hu óperzsa ékjelek id Aksara paku Persia Kuno ja 古代ペルシア楔形文字 ja 古代ペルシア語の楔形文字 pt Antigo cuneiforme persa ro scrierea cuneiformă persană veche ru Древнеперсидская клинопись th อักษรเปอร์เซียโบราณ
🔖 Identifiers · 5
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Old Persian for King.jpg ↗
Freebase ID
/m/0gd5nw
ISO 15924 alpha-4 code
Xpeo
ISO 15924 numeric code
030
Topic's main category
Category:Old Persian cuneiform

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🔗 Connections
Instance of 3
cuneiform, semi-syllabary, unicase alphabet
← Writing system 2
Old Persian, GNU Unifont
Based on 1
cuneiform
Creator 1
Darius I
Facet of 1
Old Persian
Has use 1
Old Persian
Language of work or name 1
Old Persian
Subclass of 1
cuneiform
Topic's main category 1
Category:Old Persian cuneiform
← Category's main topic 1
Category:Old Persian cuneiform
← Languages spoken, written or signed 1
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Summary

Old Persian cuneiform is a cuneiform[1].

Related Entities

Darius I

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . unicode.org. unicode.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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