U+10085 "𐂅" Linear B Ideogram B105M Stallion Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐂅
U+10085 "𐂅" Linear B Ideogram B105M Stallion is a specific symbol from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used primarily for administrative records in Mycenaean Greek civilization around 1450 to 1200 BCE. This ideogram represents a stallion, as indicated by its designation "B105M," where the "M" likely denotes the male gender of the horse, and it was employed in palace inventories to list livestock or chariot resources. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows scholars and enthusiasts to digitally preserve and study this complex syllabic script, which was deciphered in the mid 20th century and provides crucial insights into early Greek economy and culture.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10085 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B105M Stallion |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐂅 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐂅 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0x85 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC85 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010085 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc85 |