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Nestorian script

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association with Syriac calligraphy

In calligraphy: Spread of Aramaic to the Middle East and Asia
Eastern Syriac script was called Nestorian after Nestorius, who led a secession movement from the Orthodox Church of Byzantium that flourished in Persia and spread along trade routes deep into Asia.
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variation of Syriac alphabet

In Syriac alphabet
The eastern, or Nestorian, script remained in use in Central Asia and Siberia until the 13th or 14th century, as attested by inscriptions on gravestones in southern Siberia. The earliest extant Syriac inscription dates from about ad 50.
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