U+100DD "𐃝" Linear B Ideogram B259 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐃝
U+100DD "𐃝" Linear B Ideogram B259 is a graphic symbol representing an ox or a cow from the ancient Linear B script, which was used for administrative writing in Mycenaean Greece around 1450 to 1200 BCE. This particular ideogram appears on clay tablets, where it functioned as a logogram to denote livestock in economic records, typically listing quantities of animals for trade, tribute, or resource management. Its inclusion in Unicode ensures that scholars and enthusiasts can digitally represent this specific Mycenaean sign, preserving a direct link to the earliest known form of Greek writing.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+100DD |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram B259 |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐃝 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐃝 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x83 0x9D |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDCDD |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000100DD |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udcdd |