Old Persian cuneiform syllabary (left), and the DNa inscription (part II, right) of Darius the Great (circa 490 BC), in the newly created script.
Script type
Semisyllabary
Time period
525 BC – 330 BC
Direction
Left-to-right
Languages
Old Persian
ISO 15924
ISO 15924
Xpeo(030), Old Persian
Unicode
Unicode alias
Old Persian
Unicode range
U+103A0–U+103D5
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Old Persian cuneiform is a semi-alphabetic cuneiform script that was the primary script for Old Persian. Texts written in this cuneiform have been found in Iran (Persepolis, Susa, Hamadan, Kharg Island), Armenia, Romania (Gherla),[1][2][3] Turkey (Van Fortress), and along the Suez Canal.[4] They were mostly inscriptions from the time period of Darius I, such as the DNa inscription, as well as his son, Xerxes I. Later kings down to Artaxerxes III used more recent forms of the language classified as "pre-Middle Persian".[4]
^Kuhrt 2013, p. 197.
^Frye 1984, p. 103.
^Schmitt 2000, p. 53.
^ abKent, R. G.: "Old Persian: Grammar Texts Lexicon", page 6. American Oriental Society, 1950.
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