“The Elymaic script was used to write Achaemenid Aramaic in the state of Elymais, which flourished from the second century bce to the early third century ce and was located in the southwestern portion of modern-day Iran. Elymaic derives from the Aramaic script and is closely related to Parthian and Mandaic.” - The Unicode Consortium, The Unicode Standard 15.0, p. 418.
Data
| Alternate Names | Elymaen, Archaemenid Aramaic |
|---|---|
| ISO 15924 | Elym 128 |
| Type | Abjad |
| Family | Middle Eastern |
| Direction | RTL |
| Diacritics | No |
| Contextual Forms | No |
| Capitals Used | No |
| Glyphs | 130 |
| Inventor | Unknown |
| Earliest Location | Iranian Plateau |
| Earliest Date | 247 BCE |
| Latest Date | 224 BCE |
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Overview
Bibliography
| Author | Year | Publication | Publisher |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gragg, Gene | 1996 | The World's Writing Systems, Mesopotamian Cuneiform "Other Languages", 58-60 | Oxford University Press |
| Naveh, Joseph | 1970 | The Origin of the Mandaic Script, No. 198 (Apr., 1970), p. 32-37 | Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research |
| Pandey, Anushman | 2017 | Preliminary proposal to encode the Elymaic script in Unicode | The Unicode Consoritum |
| The Unicode Cornsorium | 2022 | The Unicode Standard 15.0, p. 418, 435 | The Unicode Consortium |