U+10700 "𐜀" Linear A Sign A595 Unicode Character
Unicode Version 17.0
𐜀
U+10700 "𐜀" Linear A Sign A595 is a specific symbol from the ancient Linear A script, which was used by the Minoan civilization of Crete during the Bronze Age, primarily from approximately 1800 to 1450 BCE. This script remains largely undeciphered, and Sign A595 is one of hundreds of distinct signs cataloged by scholars, representing a phonetic or ideographic element whose exact sound or meaning has not been conclusively identified. Its inclusion in the Unicode standard allows for digital representation and academic study of this otherwise fragile archaeological artifact, preserving it for research in linguistics, epigraphy, and ancient history.
General Properties
| Code Point | U+10700 |
| Version Added | 7.0 |
| Name | Linear A Sign A595 |
| Block | Linear A |
| General Category | Other Letter |
| Canonical Combining Class | Not Reordered |
| Bidirectional Class | Left To Right |
Encodings
| HTML Decimal Encoding | 𐜀 |
| HTML Hex Encoding | 𐜀 |
| UTF-8 Encoding | 0xF0 0x90 0x9C 0x80 |
| UTF-16 Encoding | 0xD801 0xDF00 |
| UTF-32 Encoding | 0x00010700 |
| C/C++/Java Escape | \ud801\udf00 |