Inscriptional Pahlavi

Inscriptional Pahlavi used 19 non-joining letters written from right to left, and usually with spaces between words:^[1][2]

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Name[A]	Image	Text	Principal phones (IPA; Middle Persian)[3]	Transliteration[4]: 129(۱۲۹)-130(۱۳۰) [5]: xi, xii, xiii [1]
				Iranian	Semitic (Aramaic)
Aleph		𐭠‎	[a], [aː]	ʼ or ʾ	A
Beth		𐭡‎	[b], [w]	b	B
Gimel		𐭢‎	[ɡ], [j]	g	G
Daleth		𐭣‎	[d], [j]	d	D
He		𐭤‎	—		-H, E
Waw-		𐭥‎	[w], [o(ː)], [u(ː)]	w	W
-Ayin-			[∅]		O
-Resh			[r][B]	r	R
Zayin		𐭦‎	[z]	z	Z
Heth		𐭧‎	[h], [x]	h	Ḥ
Teth		𐭨‎	—		Ṭ
Yodh		𐭩‎	[j], [e(ː)], [i(ː)], [d̠͡ʒ]	y, j-	Y
Kaph		𐭪‎	[k], [ɡ]	k	K
Lamedh		𐭫‎	[l], [r][B]	l	L
Mem-		𐭬‎	[m]	m	M
-Qoph			—		Q
Nun		𐭭‎	[n]	n	N
Samekh		𐭮‎	[s], [h]	s	S
Pe		𐭯‎	[p], [b], [f]	p	P
Sadhe		𐭰‎	[t̠͡ʃ], [d̠͡ʒ], [z]	ṣ	Ṣ
Shin		𐭱‎	[ʃ]	š	Š
Taw		𐭲‎	[t], [d]	t	T

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Inscriptional Pahlavi had its own numerals:

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Value		1	2	3	4	10	20	100	1000
Sign	Image
	Text	𐭸‎	𐭹‎	𐭺‎	𐭻‎	𐭼‎	𐭽‎	𐭾‎	𐭿‎

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Numerals are written right-to-left, the rightmost being the highest—with the exception of multiplication. Numerals add when the one to the left is lower or equal but multiply when it is larger.

Example: 6798 is written as 𐭺𐭺‎𐭿‎𐭻‎𐭺‎𐭾‎𐭽‎𐭽‎𐭽‎𐭽‎𐭼‎𐭻‎𐭻‎‎ ((3 + 3) × 1000 + (4 + 3) × 100 + 20 + 20 + 20 + 20 +10 + 4 + 4).^[1]

Inscriptional Pahlavi script was added to the Unicode Standard in October, 2009 with the release of version 5.2.

The Unicode block for Inscriptional Pahlavi is U+10B60–U+10B7F:

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  Sasanian coin (dinar) of Ardashir I (r. 224–42)
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  One side of the Nasrabad fire altar [fa] dedicated to Shapur I for his 243/4 victory over the Romans^[6]
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  The one Middle Persian ostracon from Dura-Europos listing twenty-seven professions^{[note 1][7][8]}
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  Inscription of Shapur II at Taq-e Bostan, including some rudimentary ligatures (letters joined on the baseline)
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  Drachm of Yazdegerd II (struck ca. 439-447)
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  A bulla (seal) of Wahrām, an Ērān-spāhbed. It mentions either Husraw I (r. 531–579) or II (591–626)^[9]
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  6th/7th century relief with the monogram ʼpr,^{[note 2]} which stands for afzūn farr (See Khvarenah)