Unicode Block - Imperial Aramaic

Imperial Aramaic is a historical script used for writing the official language of the Achaemenid Empire, primarily between the 5th and 3rd centuries BCE, and it encodes the consonantal letters of this ancient Semitic alphabet, which served as a lingua franca across vast regions from Egypt to India. The characters in this collection represent the cursive and monumental forms of the script, including 22 letters, a word separator, and a few numeric signs, all derived from earlier Phoenician writing. This encoding supports the study of administrative documents, inscriptions, and religious texts, offering scholars a standardized digital representation for preserving and analyzing the linguistic heritage of the imperial chancelleries.