Psalter alphabet
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The Psalter alphabet is an abjad
which was used for writing middle Persian
on paper, it is thus described as one of the Pahlavi scripts
. It was written right to left with dots for word division.
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.
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Abjad
An abjad is a type of writing system in which each symbol always or usually stands for a consonant; the reader must supply the appropriate vowel....
which was used for writing middle Persian
Middle Persian
Middle Persian , indigenously known as "Pârsig" sometimes referred to as Pahlavi or Pehlevi, is the Middle Iranian language/ethnolect of Southwestern Iran that during Sassanid times became a prestige dialect and so came to be spoken in other regions as well. Middle Persian is classified as a...
on paper, it is thus described as one of the Pahlavi scripts
Pahlavi scripts
Pahlavi or Pahlevi denotes a particular and exclusively written form of various Middle Iranian languages. The essential characteristics of Pahlavi are*the use of a specific Aramaic-derived script, the Pahlavi script;...
. It was written right to left with dots for word division.
It takes its name from the Pahlavi Psalter
Pahlavi Psalter
The Pahlavi Psalter is the name given to a 12-page non-contiguous section of a Middle Persian translation of a Syriac book of psalms.The Pahlavi Psalter was discovered in 1905 by the second German Turpan expedition under Albert von Le Coq....
, part of the psalms
Psalms
The Book of Psalms , commonly referred to simply as Psalms, is a book of the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible...
translated from Syriac to middle Persian and found in what is now western China.
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