Aramaic Script
OriginMiddle East
Earliest800 BC
TypeAbjad
About Aramaic Script
The administrative script of the Persian Empire. Ancestor of both Hebrew and Arabic scripts. Jesus likely spoke and wrote in Aramaic. The square Hebrew letters used today are actually Aramaic in origin. Over 3,000 years of continuous use. Dead Sea Scrolls include Aramaic texts.
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