U+100DC "𐃜" Linear B Ideogram B258 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐃜
U+100DC "𐃜" Linear B Ideogram B258 is a 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 specific ideogram, cataloged as B258, represents a type of vessel or container, likely a jar or amphora, based on its contextual use in palace inventories that detailed stored goods such as oil, wine, or other commodities. Its inclusion in the Unicode Standard allows scholars and linguists to digitally preserve and study these Bronze Age scripts, facilitating research into early Greek economy and language without relying on specialized fonts or physical inscriptions.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+100DC |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B258 |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐃜 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐃜 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x83 0x9C |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDCDC |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000100DC |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udcdc |