U+1060D "𐘍" Linear A Sign Ab017 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+1060D "𐘍" Linear A Sign Ab017 is a glyph from the Linear A script, an undeciphered writing system used by the Minoan civilization on the island of Crete and other Aegean islands during the Bronze Age, roughly from 1800 to 1450 BCE. This specific sign is cataloged as Ab017 in the standard sign list for Linear A, and its phonetic value, if it had one, remains unknown because the language it represents has not yet been conclusively deciphered. While Linear B, a later script used for Mycenaean Greek, was successfully decoded, Linear A continues to be a mystery, with scholars relying on contextual analysis of administrative tablets and other artifacts to hypothesize about its possible meanings and syllabic values. Thus, U+1060D stands as a tangible link to a lost language, a subject of ongoing research and speculation in historical linguistics and archaeology.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐘍 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐘍 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x98 0x8D |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD801 0xDE0D |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x0001060D |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud801\ude0d |
Unicode Properties