U+100E1 "𐃡" Linear B Ideogram Vessel B202 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐃡
U+100E1 "𐃡" Linear B Ideogram Vessel B202 is a specific glyph from the ancient Linear B script, which was used for writing Mycenaean Greek on clay tablets during the Bronze Age, primarily from the 15th to 13th centuries BCE. This ideogram represents a type of vessel, likely a container used for storage or trade, such as a jar or amphora, and is classified under the numerical designation B202 in the standard corpus of Linear B signs. Its inclusion in Unicode allows digital representation and scholarly study of this early writing system, preserving a tangible link to the administrative and economic records of Mycenaean civilization, where such symbols denoted commodities or inventory items in palatial archives.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+100E1 |
| Version Added | 4.0 |
| Name | Linear B Ideogram Vessel B202 |
| Block | Linear B Ideograms |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐃡 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐃡 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x83 0xA1 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD800 0xDCE1 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x000100E1 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud800\udce1 |