U+1005B "𐁛" Linear B Symbol B083 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐁛
U+1005B "𐁛" Linear B Symbol B083 is a specific sign from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for administrative records in Mycenaean Greek between roughly 1450 and 1200 BCE. This particular symbol, cataloged as B083, represents a unique syllabic or ideographic value within the script’s repertoire, though its exact phonetic or semantic meaning is not universally agreed upon by scholars and may have been a form of a rarely used syllable or an abbreviation. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard ensures that this artifact of early European writing can be digitally preserved and studied, contributing to the ongoing decipherment and understanding of Mycenaean economic and linguistic history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+1005B |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Symbol B083 |
| Block | Linear B Syllabary |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐁛 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐁛 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x81 0x9B |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC5B |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x0001005B |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc5b |