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A Khwarazmian chancery hand.
Also known as: Khwarezmian script
The script used for Chorasmian in the oasis of Khwarazm, in an Aramaic-derived hand.
Writes the Chorasmian language of the Khwarazm oasis.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Attested almost entirely on objects rather than in books, so the surviving vocabulary is that of coinage, inventories and ownership — the script's record is skewed to what people wrote on metal.
Contexts: Language and transcription, History
Aramaic-derived letters written right to left, attested on coins, silver vessels and documents rather than in literary manuscripts.