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Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode block)

Unicode block (U+10B80-10BAF) containing letters, numerals and punctuation signs used for writing Middle Persian in the Sassanide empire

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2024
Entity authorityQ3512912 ↗
Source-derived summary

Psalter Pahlavi is a Unicode block containing characters for writing Middle Persian. The script derives its name from the "Pahlavi Psalter", a 6th- or 7th-century translation of a Syriac book of psalms.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode block)” as unicode block (U+10B80-10BAF) containing letters, numerals and punctuation signs used for writing Middle Persian in the Sassanide empire. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Psalter, Pahlavi and Unicode.

Editorial reviewMost valuable as an event-and-institution map that identifies actors, dates and record creators for deeper historical inquiry. The current 32-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Psalter, Pahlavi and Unicode providing the first useful test.
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A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode block)”, the useful work is to connect “unicode block (U+10B80-10BAF) containing letters, numerals and punctuation signs used for writing Middle Persian in the Sassanide empire” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology, provenance and viewpoint should be read together before a broad social or political interpretation is accepted. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q3512912. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Official terminology may obscure informal participation, dissent or communities documented only indirectly. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

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This entry incorporates text from “Psalter Pahlavi (Unicode block)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.