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Aramaic Script as Administrative Lingua Franca in the Near East (c. 9th century BCE–3rd century CE)

Aramaic Script as Administrative Lingua Franca in the Near East (c. 9th century BCE–3rd century CE)

  1. Tel Dan Stele inscribed in Old Aramaic

    Labels: Tel Dan, Old Aramaic

  3. Aramaic enters Neo-Assyrian administrative practice

    Labels: Neo-Assyrian Empire, Aramaic scribes

  4. Aramaic becomes Assyrian lingua franca

    Labels: Assyrian lingua, Neo-Assyrian

  5. Imperial Aramaic standardizes under Achaemenids

    Labels: Imperial Aramaic, Achaemenid Empire

  6. Persepolis Fortification Archive records Aramaic use

    Labels: Persepolis Archive, Darius I

  7. Elephantine Aramaic papyri document provincial governance

    Labels: Elephantine Papyri, Imperial Aramaic

  8. Letoon Trilingual includes Aramaic text

    Labels: Letoon Trilingual, Aramaic inscription

  9. Alexander’s conquest reduces Aramaic’s imperial role

    Labels: Alexander the, Hellenistic administration

  10. Ashoka issues an Aramaic inscription at Laghman

    Labels: Ashoka inscription, Laghman

  11. Nabataean script used from the 2nd century BCE

    Labels: Nabataean script, Nabataeans

  13. Palmyrene inscriptions proliferate under Roman era

    Labels: Palmyra, Palmyrene Aramaic