Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de Sacy, was a French nobleman, linguist and orientalist. His son, Ustazade Silvestre de Sacy, became a journalist.
Antoine Isaac, Baron Silvestre de Sacy
A portrait of Antoine Isaac Silvestre de Sacy
Pahlavi is a particular, exclusively written form of various Middle Iranian languages. The essential characteristics of Pahlavi are:the use of a specific Aramaic-derived script;
the incidence of Aramaic words used as heterograms.
Parthian (above), along with Greek (below) and Middle Persian was being used in inscriptions of early Sasanian emperors. Shapur inscription in Naqsh-e Rajab
Inscriptional Pahlavi text from Shapur III at Taq-e Bostan, 4th century
Kartir's inscription at Naqsh-e Rajab
Sasanian relief with Inscriptional Pahlavi monogram.