U+10639 "𐘹" Linear A Sign Ab069 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
U+10639 "𐘹" Linear A Sign Ab069 is a script symbol from the undeciphered Linear A writing system used by the Minoan civilization on Crete during the Bronze Age, roughly from 1800 to 1450 BCE. Unlike Linear B, which was later deciphered as an early form of Greek, Linear A remains largely unreadable, though scholars have identified that many signs represent syllables or logograms for commodities, with Ab069 specifically noted in administrative texts stored on clay tablets. Its exact phonetic value and meaning are unknown, but it is classified within the AB series of signs, which are considered to have shared syllable values with the corresponding Linear B characters. This particular sign is primarily of interest to epigraphers and historians studying Minoan economy, language, and the evolution of Aegean scripts.
General Properties
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding |
𐘹 |
| HTML Hex Encoding |
𐘹 |
| UTF-8 Encoding |
0xF0 0x90 0x98 0xB9 |
| UTF-16 Encoding |
0xD801 0xDE39 |
| UTF-32 Encoding |
0x00010639 |
| C/C++/Java Escape |
\ud801\ude39 |
Unicode Properties