Palmyrene alphabet
The Palmyrene alphabet was a historical Semitic alphabet used to write Palmyrene Aramaic. It was used between 100 BCE and 300 CE in Palmyra in the Syrian desert.The oldest surviving Palmyrene inscription dates to 44 BCE.The last surviving inscription dates to 274 CE, two years after Palmyra was sacked by Roman Emperor Aurelian, ending the Palmyrene Empire. Use of the Palmyrene language and script declined, being replaced with Greek and Latin. The Palmyrene alphabet was derived from cursive versions of the Aramaic alphabet and shares many of its characteristics:
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Palmyrene alphabet
The Palmyrene alphabet was a historical Semitic alphabet used to write Palmyrene Aramaic. It was used between 100 BCE and 300 CE in Palmyra in the Syrian desert.The oldest surviving Palmyrene inscription dates to 44 BCE.The last surviving inscription dates to 274 CE, two years after Palmyra was sacked by Roman Emperor Aurelian, ending the Palmyrene Empire. Use of the Palmyrene language and script declined, being replaced with Greek and Latin. The Palmyrene alphabet was derived from cursive versions of the Aramaic alphabet and shares many of its characteristics:
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Palmyrene inscribed tablet in the Musée du Louvre
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April 2018
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[a] The Semitic origin of the Brahmic scripts is not universally agreed upon.
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Palm
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Palmyrene alphabet
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Ammonite
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Brāhmī [a]
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Final Accepted Script Proposal
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The Palmyrene alphabet was a h ...... s many of its characteristics:
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Palmyrene alphabet
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