Chorasmian Letter Nun

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Where did Chorasmian writing come from?

It developed from Imperial Aramaic, brought to Chorasmia through Achaemenid administration.

The earliest surviving Old Chorasmian evidence is on coins and on wood and parchment from about the end of the 2nd century CE.

Chorasmian belongs to a historically related group of Iranian scripts that includes Parthian, Inscriptional Pahlavi, Psalter Pahlavi, Book Pahlavi, and Old Sogdian. This is a connection between writing traditions, not a reason to substitute a similar-looking letter.

What was Chorasmian writing used for?

It appears in everyday documents, coin inscriptions, and burial objects.

Wood and leather documents from Toprak-Kala include household lists, receipts, and tally sticks. Coins bear rulers’ names and titles; silver vessels and ossuaries—containers for human bones—also preserve inscriptions.

Old Chorasmian evidence continues through the late 7th century. Later Chorasmian is attested from the 11th to the 14th centuries in a modified Arabic script, in manuscript notes, legal quotations, and marginal writing. Turkish eventually replaced it as the written language.