Main Aramaic scripts

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										ʼ	̕ālep
										b	bēt
										g	gīmel
										d	dālet
										h	hē
										w	wãw
										z	zayin
										ḥ	ḥēt
										ṭ	ṭēt
										y	yōd
										k	kap
										l	lāmed
										m	mēm
										n	nūn
										s	sămek
										ʻ	ʻayin
										p	pē
										ṣ	ṣadē
										q	qōp
										r	rēš
										š/ś	šïn/śïn
										t	tāw

Legend:

1) Old Aramaic: 8th cent. B.C.
2) Imperial Aramaic: Aramaic monumental script (6th cent. B.C.)
3) Imperial Aramaic: Aramaic cursive script (5th-4th cent. B.C.)
4) Aramaic square script: 3rd cent. B.C.
5) Middle Aramaic: Palmyrene script (1st cent. B.C.- 3rd cent. A.D.)
6) Middle Aramaic: Nabataean script (1st cent. B.C.- 4th cent. A.D.).
7-9) Late Aramaic: Syriac-Aramaic scripts (Estrangelo, East Syriac and West Syriac)
10) Late Aramaic: Mandaic script (4th cent. A.D.)
11) Transcription
12) Name

Source: graphic rework of:  http://www.proel.org/index.php?pagina=alfabetos/arameo

Aramaic script and the languages in Iran

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Legend:

1) Transcription
2) Parthian script: 1st cent. B.C. (Nisa)
3) Epigraphic Parthian script: 2nd cent. A.D.
4) Phonetic values (in Parthian language).
5) Epigraphic Middle Persian script (up to the 5th cent. A.D.)
6) Phonetic values (in Middle Persian language).

Source: graphic rework of: P.O. Skjærvø, ‘Aramaic Scripts for Iranian Languages’, in P.T. Daniels, W. Bright, The World’s Writing Systems, New York - Oxford 1996, p. 518, tab. 48.1.

Aramaic script and the languages in Central Asia

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ʾ
b
(β)
g
(γ)
d
h(ẖ)
w
z
(j)
(ž)
ḥ(h)
ṭ­
y
k
(x)
l(δ)
m
n
s
ʿ
p
(f)
ṣ(c)
q
r
š
t

Legend:

1) Transcription
2) Old Sogdian script (from 4th cent. A.D.)
3) Manichean Sogdian script (Turfan, 9th-10th cent.)
4) Christian Sogdian script (Turfan, 9th-10th cent.)
5) Phonetic values (in Sogdian language).

Source: graphic rework of: P.O. Skjærvø, ‘Aramaic Scripts for Iranian Languages’, in P.T. Daniels, W. Bright, The World’s Writing Systems, New York - Oxford 1996, p. 519, tab. 48.2.

Aramaic and Arabic script

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ʼ				l
b				m
g				n
d				s
h				ʽ
w				p
z				ṣ
ḥ				q
ṭ				r
y				š
k				t

Legend:

1) Transcription
2) Old Aramaic (8th cent. B.C.)
3) Aramaic Nabataean script (1st cent. B.C. – 4th cent. A.D.)
4) Arabic script

Numerical signs in Aramaic inscriptions

Script of Hatra (1st-3rd cent. A.D.)

Nabataean script (1st cent. B.C. – 4th cent. A.D.)

Palmyrene script (1st cent. B.C. – 3rd cent. A.D.)

Phoenician script

Unit

Unit

Unit

Unit

Ten

Ten

Ten

Ten

Twenty

Twenty

Twenty

Twenty

Hundred

Hundred

Hundred

Hundred

Source: Ifrah, G. (1984), Storia universale dei numeri, Milano, p. 379