Inscriptional Parthian is a Unicode block containing characters of the script used under the Sassanid Empire.

Inscriptional Parthian[1][2] (PDF)
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U+10B4x𐭀𐭁𐭂𐭃𐭄𐭅𐭆𐭇𐭈𐭉𐭊𐭋𐭌𐭍𐭎𐭏
U+10B5x𐭐𐭑𐭒𐭓𐭔𐭕𐭘𐭙𐭚𐭛𐭜𐭝𐭞𐭟
Notes 1.^ As of Unicode version 17.0 2.^ Grey areas indicate non-assigned code points

History

The following Unicode-related documents record the purpose and process of defining specific characters in the Inscriptional Parthian block:

VersionFinal code pointsCountL2 IDWG2 IDDocument
5.2U+10B40..10B55, 10B58..10B5F30Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-03-01), Scripts from the Past in Future Versions of Unicode
Bunz, Carl-Martin (2000-12-21), "Inscriptional Alphabets (Middle Persian, Parthian) and Sogdian vs. Aramaic", Iranianist Meeting Report: Symposium on Encoding Iranian Scripts in Unicode
Everson, Michael (2007-04-12), Proposal for encoding the Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the BMP of the UCS
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-10-10), "M51.15", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 51 Hanzhou, China; 2007-04-24/27
, )Umamaheswaran, V. S. (2007-07-26), "8.17", Unconfirmed minutes of WG 2 meeting 50, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany; 2007-04-24/27
Moore, Lisa (2007-08-21), "C.8", UTC #112 Minutes
Everson, Michael; Pournader, Roozbeh (2007-08-24), Proposal for encoding the Inscriptional Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, and Psalter Pahlavi scripts in the SMP of the UCS