U+10096 "𐂖" Linear B Ideogram B131 Wine Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐂖
U+10096 "𐂖" Linear B Ideogram B131 Wine is a symbol from the Linear B script, an ancient writing system used by Mycenaean Greeks around 1450 to 1200 BCE primarily for administrative and economic records. This specific ideogram represents wine, appearing on clay tablets that often listed commodities, rations, or offerings. The character encodes a pictographic depiction of a vessel or product associated with wine, reflecting the importance of viticulture and trade in Mycenaean society. As part of the Linear B Ideograms block, it helps modern scholars decode the economic and cultural practices of this Bronze Age civilization.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10096 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B131 Wine |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐂖 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐂖 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0x96 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC96 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010096 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc96 |