U+10098 "𐂘" Linear B Monogram B133 Arepa Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐂘
U+10098 "𐂘" Linear B Monogram B133 Arepa is a specific sign from the Linear B script, which was used in ancient Mycenaean Greece for administrative record-keeping on clay tablets. This particular monogram represents a syllabic abbreviation for a word or product, with "Arepa" being a conventional transliteration that does not correspond to a known Mycenaean term but is instead a modern designation for classification purposes. As part of the Linear B Monograms block, it was typically employed to denote a commodity or a measure, often inscribed alongside numeric values to document economic transactions in palatial centers like Knossos and Pylos, offering insight into the early Greek Bronze Age economy and bureaucracy.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10098 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Monogram B133 Arepa |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐂘 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐂘 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x82 0x98 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDC98 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010098 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udc98 |