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 The Old Persian writing system cannot be considered a true alphabet since each sign can be interpreted both syllabically and phonemically.  It consists of thirty-six phonographic signs, including the three vowels a, i, and u, as well as seven unique logograms (‘king,’ ‘country,’ ‘earth,’ ‘god,’ and three different signs for ‘Ahuramazda’, the head of the Persian pantheon), several numerical signs, and a word divider sign 𒀹.  In several cases, the phonographic sign inventory included multiple signs with the same phonologic value, such as v, m, t, d, n, dʒ, g, and r.  In these instances the different signs were only used before certain vowels.  In all other cases, each sign represented a particular consonant and any one of the three vowels mentioned above.
-Like the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform script, Old Persian cuneiform signs are composed of three types of wedges: horizontal 𒀸, vertical 𒁹, and the Winkelhaken 𒌋.  It is also written and read from left to right, just as Mesopotamian cuneiform is.
+Like the Ugaritic alphabetic cuneiform script, Old Persian cuneiform signs are composed of three types of wedges: horizontal 𒀸, vertical 𒁹, and the Winkelhaken 𒌋.  It is also written and read from left to right, just as Mesopotamian cuneiform is. See: http://titus.uni-frankfurt.de/personal/jg/unicode/aperstb4.gif
 None of the Old Persian sign forms resemble their phonemic counterparts in Mesopotamian cuneiform, with the exception of the sign representing the sound /l/, which is not native to the Old Persian language, being very likely graphically based on the cuneiform sign la.