U+1002D "𐀭" Linear B Syllable B031 Sa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐀭
U+1002D "𐀭" Linear B Syllable B031 Sa is a character from the Linear B script, a syllabary used in ancient Greece for writing the Mycenaean Greek language, primarily on clay tablets dating from approximately 1450 to 1200 BCE. This specific symbol represents the syllable "sa" and belongs to a set of signs that were deciphered in the mid-20th century, notably by the architect Michael Ventris and the philologist John Chadwick. Found in administrative records from sites such as Knossos and Pylos, the character appears in contexts related to inventory lists, agricultural goods, and personal names, offering a direct glimpse into the economic and social structure of the Late Bronze Age Aegean civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1002D |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Syllable B031 Sa |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐀭 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐀭 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x80 0xAD |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC2D |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001002D |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc2d |